Quote - Not to knock Laurie's intentions

But if the recent threads in this forum are any indication, then it seems the Passion& Enthusiasm for this application has suffered a fatal blow.

I honestly Do not believe poser has much of a future.

Although admittedly I am pretty much a sideliner when it come to poser usage, being it is not my primary 3D application for years now.

I can not help but notice that nary a one of you appear to actually be having any Fun with this program anymore.

There is a small dedicated tech oriented group at "poserplace" and RDNA who act in many ways like some break way sect making a last ditch effort to generate interest and save poser.

But IMHO the majority here appear very dissatisfied with the state of things
and it seem it all boils down to the lack of a prime set of new figures&content

Right now there is some secret "figure project" underway that has bagginsbill under NDA that may be revealed any day.

MY advice is to stop being so "nice" and star being brutally honest with SM
or whomever offers up "new"native poser figure & content.

if this new "Figure project"  is anything less than a spectacular new set of models that represent a huge leap forward in poser native figures then SAY SO in no uncertain terms and say so immediately.

The mere fact that it is weightmapped or not from DAZ should not molify you.

With all due respect to any talented artists involved Do not accept a reworked "Ryan model"and sitting around waiting for "so &so" and the other various male poser figure projects that are allegedly underway only seems to be frustrating you all even more.

And yes Kai-j-bach has at least hinted upon what I think many have been thinking for along time.

The poser material room is just not artist friendly in fact it is Frankly ridiculous!

Enough is enough with the geek oriented node math mixing Already.

I have built materials from scratch for vray ,Maxwell and in Modo but honeslty whenever I read one of the  instruction threads on how to make this or that material by bagginsbill
I cringe.

I am NOT saying go back to the old Jpeg base texture mapped system
but you guys really,really need PRESETS!!!

MAXWELL

VRAY

Sorry if this post offends anyone as it is not my intention
just stating the facts as I see them

Cheers

 

Just not true.  I love working with Poser.  I have great fun doing what I do.

I work with the high end stuff in my day job and hate that (it's too structuctured, too pattern cutter).  I use Poser to be creative, to imagine, to enjoy.

As far as what I would like to see, I don't have a list.  I thoroughly enjoy discovering and playing with all the new toys as they come out and they inspire me to get better and better as an artist.