I didn't want to post in this thread, lest another round of "asshattery" ensues.

But I noticed that my latest post in my "A little test" thread would actually fit in quite well here, too.

So here goes:

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Well, all joking aside, what's your plan for Poser's future then ?

With all the joint fixes out there, Vicky 4 has developed into a state that's pretty much "Good enough" for the majority of users as well as content creators.

I mean, if I didn't care about realism and just wanted to use a "nice", "easy to use" figure, I just would use her myself.

Can't beat her support, can't beat her versatility.

So, just to "have fun" and "make pretty pictures", all that newfangled stuff like SSS, IDL, IBL, weightmapping etc is actually not needed.

It's mostly confusing for newbies and hobbyist users anyway, so why bother in the first place ? We had nice lights before, we had great bending figures before, we had great looking skin before. We had great renders made using Poser 4. Some you might even call "art".

 

So, what's the plan then ?

Having a big Party until we can commemorate the 10.000th Bikini made and the 50.000th Dial Spun Vicky "character" ?

Or should we pushing on, stealin' and lootin' and plunderin' and taking no prisoners, until one fine day we can load our figures into Poser, add some lights and scenery, and out comes a render that looks like a perfect photograph ?

Much to the chagrin of "The Industry", because it will be so easy that everybody can do it in a few minutes.

I don't want to leave people behind. I want Poser to be as easily accessible to everybody as it always was. Maybe even easier than it is now.

But that takes technical progress. And leaving those behind whose artistic ambitions are perfectly satisfied by rendering Vicky's latest mini-skirt.

Is that's why a lot of my postings cause opposition ?

Do I disturb the peace by pointing out that what we have now simply isn't good enough, yet ?

I'm sorry for that, then.

 

But it's hard to stop caring.

 

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Yeah, that's pretty much all there is to say.

Are you happy how things are and want to just enjoy the status quo in eternity ?

Or do you want to push forward, accepting the occasional hair pulling and name calling and drama that naturally comes with controversy ?

Do you want peace and quiet or can you stand the excitement of progress and growth?

Sorry, but you can't have it both ways.

It's incredibly tiresome to constantly tread on eggshells because of some delicate soul feeling a disturbance of the Force or to explain the same plain facts over and over again while people don't even have the courtesy to actually read what you posted.

William The Bloody is right, this forum is only a hollow shell now.

If someone knows a better place to actually discuss Poser, feel free to point me that way.