wolf359 posted at 1:25AM Sun, 23 June 2019 - #4354151

Making some exotic figure based on your own standards, no matter how advanced,( and PE is quite advanced), and expecting Smith micro or Bondware to re-engineer poser to take advantage of your exotic approach is not the correct course as history has laid bare.

So we must just make due with the pinata paper-mache figures and shut up and accept their mediocrity? Ok I admit its a subjective thing, but that's not how we progress towards something better. Like what JohnDoe said, the potential of adding detailed anatomical muscular-skeletal features into a Poser rig has been around for years now, in fact just today I looked at Poser 4 renders from 2000 and I I honestly think that Posette in that render didn't look that much worse than some Poser figures today. How far have we honestly progressed in Poser since then? I made Lali's Bits JCMs back in 2012 on V4, Miepe did their Perfect Bends, and people loved all of it. Guys, this was freakin over 8 years ago almost.

Look I could have also just sat on the sidelines and complained like most other Poser artist, but I had the privilege of having the skill to make a figure like this, so, also on their behalf, I made this figure to prove that it can be done. I gloriously messed up the marketing side (hey, I was focused on the figure), but PE's philosophy still holds. If you know programming, then you know that what I am asking for (and what many other artists are asking for) is just a matter of determination and planning. It CAN be done. Its no biggie, it just takes time. I can do it, but I just don't have the time.

I guess your angle is arguing from a point of 'who do you think you are?' and I suppose in some sense you might be right. But lets answer that question: I am an artist that knows that Poser can do better, and Poser CAN support it. I feel i proved it. I will argue that point to my dying day, mostly because the rest of the world of CGI is doing it. Why must Poser, and Poser customers, settle for 'the current state of technology' when in fact this 'current state' is WELL AHEAD, its been like that for years. Must we settle for mediocrity, out of nostalgia or laziness? Then I ask, what is the point of the cloth room? We can also just model that in zbrush. What is the point of Superfly? We could also just buy a camera and ask some girl to pose in an elven outfit. Why bother improve anything at all in Poser? DAZ are obviously wasting their time with their amazing products... right?

The current state of technology is on the horizon my friend, its going down with the sun fast, DAZ is running after it like crazy, and Poser is still wondering around aimlessly in the shadows... and I'm feeling the urge to run after it desperately. And you know me, I am a staunch supporter of Poser, but I'm also feeling the strain.

Rendo can do this, they have the contacts, the people, the fanatics, but they really need to look forward.

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