Actually, there are a heck of a lot of people who buy a lot but don't render all that much. The respond to sales, and buy stuff "just in case." A great market to appeal to. Sometimes, I'm that person.

Also, there are people who post in these forums who render images. I am very frequently that person.

I just don't post to the Rendo galleries because unless you have about a thousand followers, almost no one will see/respond to your post. I prefer to post elsewhere.

I wouldn't judge the Poser userbase by the galleries here any more than I would by the forum posts. They both tell part of the story. But only part.

Edit: Oops. As to the rest of your post, indeed. Instancing would be very, very cool. And a focus on low poly people for crowds is a pretty surprising, but probably very clever idea.

Edit again. Dammit. I mean to add, vilters has done some great work with the low poly P4 people. With the right work, they can look quite lovely.

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