Ragtopjohnny

I understand what you are saying and here are my thoughts on the gallery.  You will very rarely get critical comments there.  I use the gallery as a place to put up images that my friends want to see.  That is the only thing I use it for.  The comments I look for are in the emails they send me, not in the comment section of the gallery.

If I really want help with critical comments I will post a link to the image (or the image itself) here, in the forums.  There are wonderful people here who will help you with very honest, very critical, very helpful comments that you are not likely to get in the gallery area.

It also depends on what you are trying to do with Poser.  This forum is fabulous for learning how to create realistic images using the new tools we have in Poser Pro 2012.  But, some people are not interested in creating realistic images.  Personally (and this is just me) I never use Poser to create realistic images. I have a great camera and Photoshop for that.

I use poser to shortcut my complete lack of artistic talent.  I cannot create anything on a canvas with paints and brushes that I would enjoy seeing (the way my wife can) and that is very frustrating.  Poser is a great way for me to create images that make me happy, even though deep down inside I laugh and consider it cheating.

I also come to this forum to learn how to create realistic images with Poser, because this is a technical skill I want to learn even if I never use it for posted images. I have learned more here about creating realistic images (shaders, nodes, sss, etc) than I have ever learned (or could ever learn) from reading the books. This is a great place to learn.

Poser Pro 2012 SR3

Windows 7 Professional 64 bit

Intel Core I7 990x 3.46G 6 core

24G RAM

EVGA GTX580 R Video Card

Single HP LP2475 1920x1200 monitor

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