Poser is an electronic Barbie graphical cut and patse program that allows those who have little to no talent or if they do have talent have not honed it to do what those who have talent and have worked hard to develop it can do. The computer has been programmed to do the things that heretofore required much time and effort like draw an anatomically accurate figure. This electronic age has enabled those who are artistically talented to program their skill and knowledge into a computer algorithm that allows a no-brainer push of a button to produce what could not otherwise be produced by someone with no talent. MIDI produces no music. It's just a digital recording device that records the strokes of the musician on a keyboard or guitar. Once recorded you can play it back. Still, it takes a talented musician to record the digital information. Poser is sorta like that. If I were to use Poser to put figures into a scene to make up "The Last Supper" would DaVinci call that ART? Or, if there were a computer program that allowed me to talk into a mic and the computer would turn it into a musical phrase that came out sounding like Pavarati, would he call that art? I don't think so. It's kind of insulting to EXPECT those who have been gifted with real talent and who have put forth the effort to perfect it to ACCEPT as a work of art something that the computer has actually done. It's kinda like making a Xerox of a work of fine art and saying it's art. If I cut up several works of art and paste different pieces to create a new scence and Xeroxed it is that truly art that I have created. I don't think so. Poser is sorta like that. On the other hand, there is a lot of artistic talent in the Poser community and it is readily seen in those who create textures, designs, props, or do post work in programs that allow you to electronically paint on the images. To me these are the Poser artists. Those who take their creations and pose them are just Xeroxing their imaginative little hearts out. Is the end result art. Ask DaVinci. I think if he had access to Poser he would have used it and gone beyond just copy and pasting other's creativity. It's a tool. If you use it in a way that draws on real talent then I think the end result crosses over into the realm of art. I think that goes beyond just posing and lighting a figure that one could not create with their own hands in the first place. OK...enough rambling...bring on the tomatoes. : )