shvrdavid posted at 6:08AM Sat, 27 July 2019 - #4358120

I realize what you were talking about Earl. I was only making a point. I have Amapi somewhere, and yes, basically nothing has been done with it in years.

As far as ease of use that Flagons mentioned, that is a point to consider. Blender is not known for point and click. Once you use it a lot and have file saves and libraries set up, it basically is as far as importing a figure, scene stuff, pose and render. I am still not convinced that most users of Poser just load, pose, and render thou. Sure, they may have when they first started. But like any software once you learn it and continue to use it, you learn more about it over time. That's how I did it anyway. I went from NVIATWAS to knowing Poser very well, creating content, modding stuff, testing it, etc.

I am not suggesting that Poser just be dropped thou. I want Rendo/Bondware to make it the best it has ever been. And yes, I will continue to use all the other software I use as well.

The other side of my point is this. Many people have said that Blender is the fastest developed 3D software out there. It has huge backing, an enormous community, content, etc.

Poser needs time and money.... It has the other stuff already. Content, community, etc. Poser has also lost a lot over the years. Vendors, users, content that basically vanished, forums that just disappeared, etc. Yes there can be a bazillions reasons for all of that, but that's the way it is. Many of us have been around to see it happen over and over.

Making the next version of Poser the best that it can be will be a great start in "stopping the bleeding", so to speak. No it wont stop all of it, but it will stop some of it. To me, the next version needs to be awesome. Or the cycle will just repeat, again....

I don't want to see that happen, again....

I still don't get your point. You still, to me anyway, sound as if I were suggesting replacing Poser with Blender, when my comparison was between Blender and Amapi. Now maybe it's because for the past eight or nine years, I've been working almost exclusively in Blender as far as creating content for Poser, but Blender is a better fit for that than Amapi.