moogal posted at 8:41PM Sat, 20 July 2019 - #4357563

AmbientShade posted at 4:53PM Sat, 20 July 2019 - #4357042

Bring back Poser Debut and make it FREE.

Seriously.

Treat it as a loss leader.

This is how you attract new customers and compete with other software that is and has been free for years.

Poser Debut could be just for posing/rendering content, Figure setup, fitting room, advanced material editor etc. could all be sold separately. Combined price of all modules should be the approximate price of Poser Pro. Reallusion's Character Creator or the Vue line use similar models. There are many ways they could strip down Pro to make a free version, depending how generous they feel. Could do away with material room entirely, or lock most modes simply allowing basic(diffuse) color change. Render sizes could also be capped to display resolutions. It does seem like a no-brainer to give away a bare-bones version though.

Only thing is, if the software being free is the only reason I chose Poser, why would I choose a crippled (or stripped down) version over a fully functional DS?