Penguinisto posted at 1:42PM Sat, 28 December 2019 - #4374667

randym77 posted at 7:40AM Fri, 27 December 2019 - #4374607

...but is it true that Poser is aimed at hobbyists? Most of us here at Rosity are, but as someone has previously mentioned, we may not be not representative of the average Poser user.

It is definitely not true... and never really was. The vast majority of entities who have a working copy of Poser and a populated runtime are either prosumer or outright pros. Most CG houses keep a few copies of Poser around for little projects, one-offs, and things that pop up with unrealistic deadlines. For the longest time, proof of this was as close as the nearest self-checkout stand at the local grocery store (where Posette happily showed you how to use the self-checkout stand.)

I've seen pro houses using it here and there, and most will easily admit to it when asked. The small shop Intel kept around to show off their gfx chips even dragged me into their section once to show the diffs between Poser and DS, and to give input into various bits (no, I'm not special, just that the group I was in and their shop were in the same building at the time - Intel's now-defunct Cornell Oaks R&D site. I hung around the smoking shelter with a lot of 'em). They very often had reps from bigger CG houses stopping by, so I got to ask a lot of questions at the time. It's also where I learned that being a codemonkey would be a way less stressful career choice. :)

Anyrate, yeah... most owners of Poser don't hang in the forums here, and they're definitely not hobbyists.

This might have been true at one point in time, but I don't think that's the case today. 15 years ago? Maybe. Today, not so much. Let's face it...SM nearly killed this software (or left it to die, whichever way you want to interpret it).

Laurie