Rhia474 posted at 5:05 PM Sun, 26 February 2023 - #4457027

Superfly does not look better because there are no good tutorials as to how to use it. End users need to scour for how-tos or ask people here and kludge our way through until we can figure it out, or rely of people like Snarly to convert things.

Of course when you look at promo renders with, again, a very small number of exception, or try with the settings provided, you will get crappy results. No one teaches how to use it. I did not use Firefly since Poser 12 came out, but I kludge my way through everything. It is super frustrating and very lonely.

I think it's more than that. I think we're reaching the point of diminishing returns. Look at a Poser 4 render, and there's a ton of room for improvement. No one would mistake it for a photograph.

Someone who is skilled with Firefly can produce nearly photoreal renders. There's an upper limit to improvement. You can't make renders more real than real life. Any improvements will be relatively minor compared to the jump from Poser 4 to Firefly.

I'd like to see better toon and sketch options. I'd find that a lot more useful than small improvements in realism.