If it's too expensive, get the "low res" version for $105. ;) There's a texture that actually looks better in "free stuff," throw in a bump map and yur there.

But Wolf! - that was signed by the Poser version of Barry Bonds!! ;-) Dave :-)

How many big movie companies do you think need a baseball for their upcoming films? At that price I am sure there are very few purchaces being made so in the end very little income to the modeler. Now if the price was, say $25, it would still be pricey, but I bet there would be more sales and ultimately more money in the modelers pocket when the day is done.

It's a different world in the big bucks "Pro modeling" arena isn't it?...Glad that I'm a real Poser...(Okay, that sounded WAY better in my head!) ;-) Dave :-)

where do you find these places....lol....I am laughing out of control here.....lol, Sharen

...being a hobbyist, I have a problem even spending more than $25 or so per item....so, for instance, BillyT stuff, of Harvey Manns hair items, and so forth...yes they are great, but hard to justify... Even skipped Pro Pack because of the price.

I actually had to check the site myself...dark goddess that a friggin' hell of alot for a sphere w/a texture! And I thought people at TurboSquid were bad when it came to pricing. (refering to a thread a few weeks back where a basketball model was selling around $100)

Pro pack IS worth the money, if only for being able to edit with multiple views. When I consider my buddy who restores old cars for a hobby, poser's pretty cheap.

That's true.... I used to smoke 2 packs of cigarettes a day...plus quit drinking a few years ago...so theororetically I should have at leat $6/day or $180 a month to spend on Poser stuff just from the cigarette savings....from the beer, rum, and tequila...hmmmm...probably $10-20/day considering I used to drink like a fish...although fell over like a rock :) Where does all the cash go now ????? I'll have to ask my wife

what the ad doesnt say..is if you buy one, you get 60 more just like it for free! :P BT

Obviously better quality, probably made in the USA by union workers. Zygote version probably made in a sweat shop by child laborors... :D Do have to wonder how many they sell.

That ball could have geometry for every one of those threads. If you've seen the sports networks they do closeups of baseballs, golf balls etc all the time. I don't think this is just a simple sphere with a bump map. I do think it does have some sort of ironic humor to it thought. Kind of like charging $125 for a toothpick model.

The Viewpoint one costs more because it's autographed by Mike2's Babe ruth character morph, instead of the p4 Barry Bonds that autographed the other one...

you mean you wouldn't buy the toothpick model I'm making for 125? ~pout~ ~rotflmao~ working on one prop set....42 objects was planning on around a 20 price tag. if it's to highly priced won't sell, I ain't that silly. and 20 for a prop that you can use to help prove copyright on your images? sounds fair to me.

still, unless that ball is brought to my house by a lovely playmate (whom I also get to keep as well) 1025 bux for a model of a ball is crazy. If I couldn't make the same thing in <30 minutes, I'd give up my right to fuss about the images in the various galleries and will myself begin posting images of a topless Vicky in her latest hairstyle :P U think maybe the US government buys these things? (like the 300 dollar toilet seats a while back) :P BT

that face you drew on the screen looks hilarious.

the real question is how do we get jobs at viewpoint :)

Yes Folks, Now available for an incredibly low price, we have a poser smart prop for a lefthanded Mike. it includes a hand sewn texture ( you can actually see where the seamstress was to lazy to fix mistakes) the smart prop and the pose files. all for an incredibly low price. what's the price you ask, well let me tell you, the price is an extremely low 10 joules of energy folks, yes thats right, only 10 joules of energy, just enough to click on the link above. now how's that for a great price? and the only restriction is no redistributing the file!!! yes, that's right, if you want to make money selling a render containing this prop, you can!!!

just couldn't resist. ~lol~

I think the worst thing about this is that virtually anyone can create a sphere model, download the UVMapper for free, simply create your own baseball texture and bump map, and I guarantee it will be almost as good as that one.

SHHHHH Ben!!! I was going to retire to the bahamas on this one!! ;-) Dave :-)

"Almost as good" is fine for sports games where all you see is low-poly figures. For film and especially close-ups, the seam joining the leather and the geometry of those threads has to be modeled... a tedious task, probably made more so by using high-priced software.