Poser should NOT try to compete with all the other "high tech" 3D apps, optimized for photorealism.

The code is way too old for that.

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It should instead re-focus on it's original target group: Hobbyists that just want to render pretty things.

Here are it's strenghts.

Build on them.

Don't try to emulate something you aren't.

Give your customers beautiful figures that can be adapted to any need with a single dial spin.

Or modified with simple tools that even a casual user can understand and afford.

Stay low tech, but add depth to your range.