Probably going to set a few people of with this but I think you are all losing sight of what Poser really is/should be.

I got my first Poser program free with the purchase of a graphics card. I had been interested in this form of art but all the programs I looked at were too bloody expensive. Curious Labs Poser 6 was fascinating for me. I did not understand that obj/3ds/fbx etc., were not actually usable in any/all 3d programs so I went on a model download binge from hell. Any 3d model I found that I like I downloaded and planned BIG DREAMS of how to use them. Hundreds of model files in every format as I played with posing and rendering in Poser. I was so disappointed to find that I could not import lwo files and that obj clothing I got did not seem to do anything. I was frustrated that there seemed to be no consistent and universal way to use these assets.

Long story short I kept trying and got trial versions of every program deconstructing models and in a lot of cases making them so I could utilize them in Poser. Then this one forum I had joined was busy bashing me for using Poser.....when all it was good at was character Posing...JUST LIKE THE NAME.

The Poser fusion plug-in was probably the best thing Smith Micro could have done. Poser is easy to pose figures in....fairly easy to animate in. Poser figures aren't the most morphable, Poser handles mechanical models poorly to meh. But it excels with its ease of putting figures into poses. It should be made to do that. A place to take your models into interiors and animate them then bring them into WHATEVER program you have for rendering (or even to render in its memory hog engine).

I have used Renderosity for many years, mainly downloading freebies and occasionally buying. I have now taken some time to upload some of my artwork and have read This thread until I am blue in the face. The uploads should let you know I am not New to this. I have found No other program that handles the Posing of Figures to be as easy to use as Poser.....yes Daz figures are morphable and better by far than Poser figures.....Yes Poser has stepped up and is better at importing, handling objs etc,, But Poser should never lose sight of it's NAME. Please I beg of you guys make it THE animators Choice for Figure animation. Make it compatible with as many different programs as possible.....so that when you think of Poser you think of ANIMATION.