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There also seems to have been a generational shift in the market, as well. The old P4 weenies used to dig into the cr2 and assorted other files with gleeful abandon, simply because they could. Someone would figure out a new trick, and many others would hop on the bandwagon. Recently, the folks who want to push the envelope are being buried beneath the 'load and render' crowd. Which is cool, as it keeps the product alive.....but those of us who want to move the application up a notch or three get buried under the make it for the masses mentality.

Yes sir  We must Not Forget the Commercial reality
that the "Load& Render Crowd" Are the financial Backbone of this Market ,Such as it is, and they Will Always seek Prepackaged  solutions and eagerly PAY for them.
and as a Merchant Myself I dont see this as a Bad thing.
If you are an innovator of ,sorts, and find yourself Frustrated that hardly anyone seems
interested in learning to Extend the programs
Capabilities that way you have you really have two options:
Use your Innovations in your personal poser work
and forget about who else is Doing it.
or you can Package your innovation/Skills into a Click Load and render $Commercial$ product.
Either way you Will benefit.

Now back on the subject of Posers Dynamic Cloth
I Completely Agree it is Superior to Conforming In many Aspects.
But as already Stated the number of parameters one has to learn & Set  BEFORE you even begin your Simulation is just too intimidating for many and the simulation times are an additional deterrent .

And finallyI am Certain Poser8's Advanced IDL Rendering option will Suffer the same Fate.
Look at the Sudden Drop in the number of threads about IDL. Does it indicate that people have figured it out??
or have largely abandoned it and gone back to
traditional Light sets? 

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