Morkonan, I agree with your basic premise absolutely. If you can't find what you need because no one else is making it, you really do only have two choices. :) And complaining that on one will make what you want isn't really a realistic avenue for satisfaction. True, very very true.

But what we each enjoy is very different.

I LOVE setting up scenes and rendering. That's why I have Poser and not a modelling app. Photography is one of my primary hobbies as well and its' where I started, so 2D image manipulation is second nature to me, and I could use Photoshop in my sleep. (I even helped a friend use GIMP -- though I didn't have a copy at the time -- because just by assuming that the functions would be similarly named, I could guide him through how to do most of the basic things). 

So for me, the 2d image output is the ultimate goal I strive for, and the 3d assets are just a way to get to that goal.

You're the complete opposite. So what you find enjoyable is precisely what I find horrifying and vice versa. LOL.

Again, I agree completely that it's silly to limit yourself once you reach a wall.

But having discovered recently the things that just POSER itself can do to manipulate content I already own -- I've moved that wall a lot further away for now. :)

Edit: I also think you've make a very interesting observation about the seemingly self-limiting nature of this particular market niche. But that's worthy of a thread all to itself. :)

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