This premise has been popping up since the price announcement. I don't know how true it is. Looking at what Poser 5 is going to have, I think it is unrealistic to expect them to sell it for much less than the $500 range. One can arge that PhotoShop is overpriced, given that you can get most of that functionality in Corel PhotoPaint or perhaps PSP for much less. You can't say that about Poser since you won't find that combination of features and ease of use for anything like the price if you can find it at all in a single product. I'm sure CL would like to get more "respect" from the high end but it's a tricky calculation. If you lose 5 customers at $250 and pick up 1 at $1000, it's a net loss. Also, attitudes are hard to change. People who disdain Poser as a toy aren't necessarily going to change their attitudes just because the price goes up. They also have a large investment in software and training that they aren't going to be eager to throw out the window.

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