I have online galleries everywhere. I have two accounts here. One is over 10 years old. Back then, people learning CG as a hobby could afford the programs. And they stuck around here for quite awhile. But they left in truck loads when their favorite apps became too expensive to upgrade and the companies changed their user licensing. Some found careers in CG and use the industry apps. Others still here have found a way to make money selling their Poser content to help pay for their hardware/software updates. DAZ/Poser is where the money is right now here, rather than the mountain landscape CG stuff. Most people buying Poser content don't really care how their lighting/rendering looks. Those that do, and know the techno, can get Reality and Luxrender to help improve their content rendering. Some go with Blender because of the free part. So many choices now for people wanting to give CG a go as a trial first kind of thing. They may decide that Poser is great for them. Or they may want to get something closer to what Hollywood uses (if it can still do their Poser stuff as well, otherwise forget it, they'll just stick with using Poser for the renderings they do).

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