Why? Because I'm retired on a fixed income with a disabled wife. I need a little escape every now and then. Poser is somethng I mess around with not something I earn a living with. I'm a hack and don't mind admitting it. It's taken me years to get a handle an this program and even though I have time to dedicate to a new app why should I? There is always something new to learn Poser. The folks here have helped me to no end. They answer my dumb questions and point me in the direction I need with a patience that I have not seen in some of the other "high end" fourms. If you use a "high end" app you are expected to have a "high end" knowledge level. Stupid questions such as I pose to the group at large do not meet with the type of responces that I have seen returned in other fourms dedicated to "high end" CG.

Don't get me wrong here. I'm not tarring all users of "high end" apps with the same brush. There are good fourms and bad fourms. There are helpful folks and trolls everywhere but I find the Poser users to be very helpful to the newbies. Their help have turned my renders from quite crude to passibly acceptable. If my only concern was the cost of my toy I would use DAZ. I'm currently trying to get some type of handle on Blender. Again cost is a prime consideration but the community at large and their willingness to help new users was the main consideration in my attempting it.

pdg