Quote - I think Poser renders will always have a large proportion of renders that are mediocre, the software is,  after all, aimed at the hobby portion of the 3D field.  Many users will use it to illistrate a book, if so they will often use the render to support the story so it may not be a masterpiece everytime. To them the story is the most important part.

I understand this, but I don't necessarily agree with it.  What if Toy Story was put out with bad poser 3 lighting, and horrible, clunky animation?  Would it have been nearly as successful?  The visuals and the story play an equal role in any successful film, graphic novel, or illustrated story.  Otherwise, why do any illustration at all?  If the artwork is going to be mediocre, then it brings down what might be a stellar story.  I just don't get why someone wouldn't take the time to make the art as good as the story.  If it's a comic book, for example, more people would be interested in reading it, and following the story, if the panels were rendered and stunning, rather than just blah.  Poser has the tools nowadays to produce some very respectable renders right out of the box.  You don't necessarily need to export out to a much more expensive application now to get extraordinary results.  Even though Poser is still about 5 years behind the rest of the CG world in terms of render ability, it's not impossible to get things looking good.

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Tools :  3dsmax 2015, Daz Studio 4.6, PoserPro 2012, Blender v2.74

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