Magic_Man opened this issue on Mar 01, 2010 · 358 posts
efstarlet posted Fri, 05 March 2010 at 4:54 PM
Quote - So I have read through here on the debate and I really have only 1 question to the artists out here. I use Poser 7, I'm happy with 7, do I really need to even upgrade to 8 at this time or invest in a new product with PoserPro 2010?
What do you do with Poser? Do you animate, render for yourself or render professionally or use Poser in part of a pipeline?
Poser 6 and 7 are stable aps that a lot of people use very effectively, and not everyone needs new flashy bells and whistles. It's like with new Photoshop versions every year - I really only crop and cleanup pictures, old versions work great for me, but designers who like fancier things can take advantage of the new hot things. People do a huge variety of work with Poser and require different levels of power and features from the app. I'm working on user stories now, and I'm just blown away with the eclectic nature of this community and the artists that use the software.
The quick elevator speech for Poser 7 users, with Poser 8 you'll get faster rendering and better lights, with Pro 2010, you'll get even more improvements in rendering, lights and get network & background rendering that is very helpful to the high volume artist. There are lots of features in Poser Pro 2010, and there will be a comparison chart vs Poser 8 available, as well as a lot of details about the product available and you should be able to see for yourself if there is a compelling need to upgrade for your use. Launch is close.
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