I think I saw Dork on a CBS Evening News piece. Dunno what it was about, but there was Dork sitting in the driver's seat of a car - might've been Posette sitting in the passenger seat.

Also sold - I've gotten all the Concord stuff and the SciFi stuff so far - hungry for more!

Randy, I was under the impression that M3 textures go directly to M3, not to outfits in the middle like on M2. V3 is the same - you apply her clothing textures directly to her. Thus, Fantasy Warrior isn't necessary for Rogue Warrior. Right?

I believe the morphs are pretty nice looking. I have also learned to surf both the Poser Forum and the Product Showcase Forum - mostly 'cause of all the complaints about ads in the Poser forum. I agree that M3 and the various MilPeople (and Koshini) ARE the cornerstone of Poser right now - many if not most of the items in the Marketplace are related to a MilPerson one way or another. I think everybody who's really unhappy about forum placement needs to take a deep breath and ask themselves if it really matters in the grand scheme of things? Those who want to look at upcoming things (regardless if they will ever be on sale or not) should go to the Product Showcase, people with technical questions and the like should go to the Poser Forum. Yes, the Poser Forum is the most read, and the best way to get something in front of the most viewers. Perhaps there should be more education on using the Product Showcase forum? Then it can get more users, our merchants (and those making stuff for the heck of it) can get more eyeballs on their products, and everybody can go back to being unhappy with each other over more important stuff, like will Poser 5 ever be completely debugged? ;)

Woohoo - glad to hear it! I'm going to learn Paintshop Pro just to use your decal sets!

Sorry to hear you're out of this thread - it was getting very interesting. I must respectfully disagree about Star Wars - I very much cared about Han and Leia and Darth Vader - though the latest two movies have lessened my respect for Lucas just a bit. Part of my point is, after a bit more refining, you won't be able to tell the difference between a human being or Vicky 7 - there will be no visible difference. There will still likely be a human voice behind it, just like traditional animation.

Ah, but if that sort of thing takes place while shooting a movie, most of the time they do another take. Inventiveness is built into the script, or from the skill of the actor. If you've got a good voice actor, great software and a great technician, what's the difference? Are Belle or the Beast in Beauty and the Beast, or the different characters in Shrek any less affecting because they are pieces of software or animation? How 'bout Finding Nemo - impossible to use live actors 'cause the characters are fish - the actors and technicians there managed to ride the entire spectrum of emotions without one single real face. If they can make me care about the fate of a fish, then once they refine things a little more I'll bet they can make me care about people who aren't really there.

As a fan of your various textures - when will we see the next Concord uniforms? I'd love to see some more specialized space-military outfits in that series - flight suits, armor, utility uniforms, that sort of thing. Thanks!

Heck, they used Q-Tips for people in the Pod Race scene in The Phantom Menace. My previous example was just special effects, that's true. But I'd bet we start seeing more special effects used on actors. For example, when the actor died before The Crow was finished - digital actors could have finished producing that movie. Or when George Lucas redid Star Wars - Jabba the Hutt was completely digital, and they moved Han Solo around in his footage to make it all work. And I'll bet that George Lucas and WETA (to name two) will not long from now be able to make digital people - maybe not the stars of the show but certain supporting characters - you won't be able to tell they're not real.

I just got it - looks great. One question though - howcome a Search on 'Gorodin' on DAZ doesn't show this - or the Rogue Pack? Project Z shows up 3 times, but newer stuff doesn't - I keep looking for the next Concord package. The 'Click Here for other works' button hasn't worked in over a month - sure wish they'd fix that!

It may not be acting, but it IS a part of moviemaking, and it's something that I'd bet we see more of. And I'm also betting that, given enough time, we see better and better digital actors - to the point where eventually you won't be able to tell the difference from a real one. Right now, you're right - a digital actor is only as good as the software and hardware and technicians. It won't be that way forever!

I'll buck the trend just a bit and say that I'm looking forward to seeing more digital people - so long as they've got real people behind them (ala Gollum). In some cases, I think they'll be able to use digital people for stunts that are just too dangerous for real actors. Wanna drop Johnny Depp off a 200' cliff and have him land amidst a herd of rampaging elephants? The programs that are coming will be able to do exactly that - and I'd bet that Industrial Light and Magic (my favorite corporate name, btw) can do it now.

Josie?

How 'bout a glowing data pad similar to the wristband datapad in Project Z? I think that's where I saw it - came with a couple of different color/detail schemes.

I think y'all are doing just fine in a relatively thankless job. It can't be easy dealing with the politics in here, and I think you've handled it as best as can be expected.