thanks @ qaz and Ladonna :)

Making content for PE is something that could be done, but it just needs certain tools to help automate the process. These tools would also benefit content creation for La Femme and Dawn, since they too also suffer from similar issues. JCMs are just very demanding and make the need for such tools imperative, but even without JCMs, these proposed tools are still useful. I have already made a start, but since I do have other responsibilities, it would be great if more dedicated developers can take this on.

If anyone wants to know what kind of tools I am talking about, I can post it here. But its a lot of dry detail.

As I alluded to in my original post and in the other reply, I don't necessarily need PE to succeed if they can come up with a better solution for the bending. PE was just a showcase for a proposed bending tech that did the trick. And I'm not going to go down that same endless subjective discussion about what bends good and what bends okay etc etc (which is part of the reason I don't post in other forums anymore because the discussions are absolutely pointless and childish). It should go without saying that this is all up to the artist and if La Femme is ok for you then I have no issue with that obviously. We've made due with V4 for over a decade and I've seen great renders with Dawn, so La Femme should be a piece of cake. But some artists want a little more, like squishy calf and thigh flesh, buttocks that even out and even squish sideways, elbows... and perhaps proportions that are realistic. There are quite a few artists out there that really do want/need this.

At the end of the day, like I said before, CGI's overarching end-game is most definitely realism, be it through characterization (Toy Story) and/or physical representation (Pretty much most Hollywood blockbusters these days). And since humans be squishy things, especially if they do a squat, or ball their fist, or do yoga or arm-wrestle, it should speak for itself that the ability to laterally displace flesh is... kinda important. If that remains ignored, then Poser figures will always remain... 'Poser figures'. That's obviously fine, but some of us want to take it to the next level. I proved its possible. I'm not saying PE was perfect, but it was a start. Its up to them now.

"The fool is not the one that does something foolish, but the one that does nothing at all."