Whoa here. 64 bit background renderer is not an "improvement" to the Poser application. It is a specific feature implemented in Poser Pro, which is not in the main stream of Poser development. Maybe some day it will be implemented in regular Poser, but that's obviously not the case now.

Keep in mind that we are NOT talking about feature requests for Poser 9 here. We are talking about feature requests for a supposedly Pro level app. Granted that it is very economical on the scale of pro apps, I don't think it is unreasonable to ask for at least a nod in the direction of some pro features. Granted that some of the requests above were perhaps overly ambitious. But let's not forget that feature enhancement that makes today's low-level app more feature-rich than yesterday's pro app is a longstanding technological reality. Even in the automotive industry (which is far slower moving than software), things that were strictly luxury items not so long ago are taken for granted in virtually every car on the market today.

Moreover, it's beside the point to compare Poser Pro 2010 to Poser 4 - a leap between a forthcoming self-proclaimed pro app and a consumer app four versions old. Even aside from the difference between Poser Pro and Poser, every piece of software that goes through four or five versions sees HUGE improvements. It's the nature of the beast. But nobody says, "Well, we had huge improvements the last few versions, so we don't need any this time around." That's a very quick way to get people off the upgrade path. Frankly, I don't have much motivation to buy Poser Pro 2010 if all they add is the new features in P8 to the existing Poser Pro. It's too much money to pay for functionality I already have, even with the $129 I'll get off for purchasing P8.

Of course, I agree with your core point. Realistically, we cannot expect Poser Pro to be everything. It cannot be ZBrush, 3DS Max, Bodypaint, and Vue all rolled into one. But it certainly can have considerably more robust features than it does. Hell, DAZ Studio Advanced is already ahead of Poser Pro in a lot of areas (IDL, GI, SSS, 64 bit native etc etc), and it's cheaper than regular Poser, never mind PP. Smith Micro needs to identify key areas where Poser Pro can be far superior to a non-pro app, and I think feature requests can help with that.

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