dcort: "FYI, Dina's mesh was not generated by computer. DSI gave me a scan, but the scan was not usable directly. I ended up creating a new mesh around the scan, which was very painstaking."

I can imagine, and I have a lot of additional respect for the amount of work that must have entailed. I will be very interested to see what the "second generation" of this type of thing will yield.

dcort: "As for her shape and her look, that was DSI's call. If it had been entirely up to me she might have looked a little different."

I can certainly sympathize with your situation - one of the problems with giving a partner company so much control is that sometimes they don't use it well. We have had to pass up several chances to partner with companies because we simply couldn't let something we needed to be "right" rest in the hands of others.

Fortunately, thanks in part to this forum (Renderosity) we have begun talking to some people that we have hopes will prove to be perfect partners for us in several projects. (you know who you are!)

dcort: "That's up to all of you. I put out as much as I can for her, but I alone cannot compete in volume with the entire Poser community."

In the end, this is why I had to recommend that my company not invest in Dina. To us, she doesn't fill a niche that was particularly empty. The higher resolution doesn't help us in any useful way and her looks (for whatever reason) are simply not attractive enough for us to use. When we looked at it, and the history of alternate poser characters one thing became clear...

You can't really go wrong sticking with Daz.

While we do spend a fair amount of time touching up some of Vicki's flaws, it is much less than the time we would have to invest in creating items for Dina that are readily available for Vicky.

That is not in any way an attack on what you have done with Dina, it is a wonderful effort and I think she has really given some in the community exactly what they needed... but not us.

gg77: "Dina is a DOG!"

While I don't think I would use that term, I certainly agree with the sentiment... for the same reason we never used Vicki 1 much we simply don't have any professional uses for a character who is esthetically challenged.