Or maybe they use other programs as well so poser is not the main app that is named or not named at all as being used and so you are not getting the results in your search.

Really, after the viral sale of Messiah, Poser would be just a tool to get those figures into it. The same goes for other highend software. Poser is just one of the tools.

Not everyone likes to animate or model. In fact I would say that the majority of DS/Poser users are more into images that they can postwork as well. That does not mean they are hobbiest. There are many very good artists that use DS/Poser as one of thier tools to get what they want. Sure there are a lot of click and render images of the latest thing they bought. That still does not take away the talent that is out there using these apps.

On a side note. I watched the webinar of Anime Studio 8 Pro today. Very nice new features. I know what I'll be buying next week.