I don't see the future as bleak as Nevertrumper. Poser's halcyon days are most certainly over, but I think there is still room for an "open access" 3D hobbyist app.

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Provided that all the money and time Bondware can afford is strictly reserved for better figure meshes from now on.

Everyone who thinks that a figure like L'Femme is well suited to represent Poser should spend half an hour browsing through the DAZ marketplace. (Or the Rendo Marketplace, for that matter)

It could be so easy:

We need a set of figures based on 3d scans of real people, as it is much easier to "toon" a realistic mesh than vice versa.

We need to go back to "smart" mesh topology so we can have realistic muscle and bone detail with just a simple turn of a morph dial.

We need to finally make use of Poser's rigging tools. They are fully capeable of supporting a realistic human mesh.

I am a mere hobbyist. If I can make decade old figure like V3 bend better than Genesis 8 using these tools, imagine what a real professional could do with a truly "made for Poser" mesh?

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But we won't achieve this if we just lament Daz "betrayal" and demand that everybody be "supportive" towards any poorly made figure that the powers that be throw in our way.

Poser figures are no human beings. They are our tools, just like a painter needs a brush or a sculptor needs a chissel.

I'd say 99% of Poser users can NOT make or even modify their own figures. Nor should they have to do that.

So if we want for Poser to thrive, giving them the best tools possible should be the least we should do.

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As I said elsewhere, I don't have a dog in this race. I actually CAN make my own figures and I already made sure that I can use Poser 11 as long as I can use a computer.

I could sit back and just watch the show.

But I love Poser too much to just sit idly by and not speak up once in a while.

It's this sect like "THINK POSITIVE" mantra that brought us into this situation in the first place.

if we don't finally acknowledge that there IS a problem, there will never be a solution.

Good luck to whoever will be in charge of Poser.

I sure hope he will make the right decisions.