Quote - he's the one I'm referring to. note the word consistently. as in, getting the required result everytime without outside help.

*if we try.. we normally have to ask HIM for help. that's not good.. it means most of your users can't actually use your product to it's fullest potential.

 

There are many more who know their way around the material very well..... no I'm not refering to myself, I know the basics and little of the advanced stuff, but that's it. But I know of others who know their way around and creatr some pretty cool shaders with it..... which I'm enjoying very often and more users do. Perhaps you know only one person, that may be true and BB sure is very good at it, but if you've been around as long as you and I have, you should have noticed the others.... they go way back.

 

The thing is, we may not realise how good they are, since they're not prominent in this forum, but if I browse my library for shaders, I find 2 or 3 made by BB, at least which I'm certain of, but I do find hundreds of other shaders made by a couple others, like Olivier, just to name one. How about Colm, Semidieu, Cyllan and let's not forget Mapp, he may have made more shaders then all of them combined......

 

Problem with all of them is that they keep most of their secrets to themselves and that's a real shame. If the majority wants to reach full potential in the material room, then good and understandable tutorials are needed..... and those lack big time.

 

Let's not forget that most users don't even want to spent time in the material room and others, like me, know enough to get done what they want to get done. I've made some pretty nice shaders using nodes and know how to get some cool results. Why I get the results, I don't know as long as I get them. That's all I need to know and I really don't want to get into all the details there are, I don't care about them. I'm not the only one. But there are others who would love to know more, but can't go anywhere. That's the problem with the Poser community, everyone uses his or her knowledge to make content and tutorials are overlooked a lot.

 

I've recently started using Vue again, after 5 years or so. So much has changed..... am I lost? No way, there are tons and tons and tons of great trainings and tutorials around. Even the most respected members share their secrects (free or for a price). Now imagine doing the same in Poser..... going from P4 to Pro2012, you'd be lost and not too many places to turn to for help. It's a shame.

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