The joints in her arms look off.  It appears that they made conforming clothing/hair for her rather than dynamic versions - it's a shame they are not taking advantage of Poser's capabilities.

I really liked the Avatar movie - definitely looking forward to the sequel which is supposed to have an ocean theme.  I imagine it could be as good as The Abyss , if not better...

 Thanks Chris - I think this is what I was looking for.

Let us know where you'll be selling - I'll be looking forward to buying more of your shaders.

Sorry, no - the price can always be adjusted.  There's not a sufficient difference in functionality and options between the two versions (mainly just the addition of gamma correction) to justify 3 separate releases.

 Didn't care for Poser 8, but like Poser Pro 2010.  Poser 9 should build upon Poser 2010 - there's absolutely no reason for separate base and pro versions when it comes to Poser.

 I'm just asking since the topic of the thread is how poser could be rebuilt.  It was just an idea to serve for comparison...

 BB, have you played any with Carrara?  One of the things I like about Carrara lighting is that the various types of lights can be placed in the scene as objects.  It makes it easier to work with rather than rotating a light around a globe.  That might be a fix for your light position and angular controls.

 I don't know that the interface itself needs to be rebuilt from scratch as much as some of the features could be optimized:

• Another render option besides Firefly for realistic renders would be great
• Having animation be a different room from the pose room 
• A means to more easily add dynamics to conforming clothing
• Soft body physics on figures
• A light studio room

And I agree with BB about getting some real SSS

 What texture is that Dan?

Angela was the figure that I was thinking of...Is there a link to where she is sold.

Bashing is a very strong word here.  It just reflects how much these forums have changed over the past years.  Everyone is entitled to their preferences whether you agree or not.  Negative feedback is certainly used by developers to improve the poser figures from one generation to the other.

To clarify, my main point was about the Poser 8 figures, not the G2 figures.  I think that the G2 figures that nice faces, but awkward, and somewhat overly perfected, bodies.  It is true that human beings do not all have the same face structure.  My point was that I do not think the Poser 8 figures have sufficient "realism" in their faces.

I would disagree that the Poser 8 figures are an improvement over the G2 line.  There may be more morphs, but the basic shape of the figure, especially the face, is unrealistic.  Hopefully the  upcoming Miki 3 will be better - the Miki line has always been a little more realistic than their other figures.

 I use the DAZ figures over the default Poser figures for several reasons:

1. The DAZ figures are more realistic-looking than the Poser figures
2. The DAZ figures have more built-in morphs/morph add-ons than the Poser figures
3. There is more development that goes into the DAZ figures which makes them more versatile than the Poser figures
4. There is a better track history of improvements from generation to generation of the DAZ figures than the Poser figures (Brand recognition: Michael & Victoria have some standard of quality associated with them)
5. The DAZ figures have more content available for them than the Poser figures
6. The DAZ figures bend and pose better than the Poser figures
7. With the exception of a few figures like Apollo Maximus and Antonia, the DAZ figures have very little competition in terms of realism, especially not from the Poser figures
8. The Poser figures have been tied to additional capabilities such as Face Room which can give decent results, but only with a lot of effort.  Very few people want to go through the effort when the default figure is so ugly (unhuman looking) to start with.

Personally, I think that if it's desired for the Poser figures to be more aesthetic and user friendly, perhaps SM should consider contracting out to Zygote as the source for their human models.  Which would be ironic considering that DAZ originated from Zygote.

where is the link?