MNE opened this issue on Feb 25, 2023 ยท 163 posts
JoePublic posted Sat, 04 March 2023 at 2:58 PM
I'm not bashing Superfly.
But I believe every cent invested in it's implementation and development INSTEAD of superior figures is a waste of precious resorces.
And given Poser's track record with previous "new and improved" figure meshes, I really don't have much hope they are getting it right, this time.
They'll probably go the Genesis 9 route, getting rid of every single edgeloop and anatomic mesh topology, resulting in a mesh optimized for ZBrush and Superfly. (And professional content creators)
A figure that needs to be subdivided to a million polygons to show some decent detail.
(I truly wish I'm wrong! I truly wish Poser 13 will provide a mesh that finally looks and bends like a real human being right out of the box. I'm waiting 23yrs now for this to happen)
But, if I wanted to do photorealistic art I'd simply learn Blender.
Why spend time learning a crippled derivative rather than using the original Cycles?
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Poser always was aimed at the poor, huddled masses. THAT was it's strenght. A save haven for all those that were unwilling / unable to join the competetive professional 3D world.
It was the Bob Ross of computer graphics.
In a few short years, AI will have completly taken over 3D art, anyway.
Why should I spend my time trying to coax photorealistic renders out of a programm that was never designed for this, if all I need to do in the future is to type a few words to get Avatar quality AI art?
So instead of trying to make Poser more competetive, make it more fun and acessible.
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This won't happen, of course, I'm fully aware of that.
I'm just writing this down, so that in a couple of years I can read it again, and saying to myself:
"Yep, I called it."
Again.