@ MissNancy

quote  "jay, I mentioned kupa, but I inadvertently omitted dan, tim and an host of others,
whose names are legion."

Dan and Tim- who? and their memorable  contributions please?   There are a lot of new users who have never heard of these names which is another reason it's good to remember them. :)

@spiritbro could you elaborate on Jaager's contributions please?

Ah, I see that you did Miss Nancy.  It was just a "quick perusal" of the thread and didn't notice his name.

Jay

dan farr, formerly of zygote. tim bought this site from jack k., who bought it from willow.

@ Miss Nancy 
Zygote created the original Poser figures, right?  and Dan Farr is president of DAZ? 

So  Jack k and willow are basically the founders of the Poser Forum which became Renderosity now owned by Tim?

Colm should be in the list.

Though she hasn't been around since losing everything in a fire, Catharina Przezak/Harders was a very strong presence in the Poser community for a long time. Her textures were phenomenal, and she always tried to share her knowledge in the forums.

She's the only one I thought of that wasn't already there on the list. 8-)

And ... (blush) ... thanks for the inclusion. 8-)

"So Jack k and willow are basically the founders of the Poser Forum which became Renderosity now owned by Tim?" Actually Jack K came a couple of years after Willow. Jack didn't become involved until this place became Renderosity. Willow started the original Poser Forum in 1998, or possibly 1997. Coldrake

yeah, mash. jaager was the one who did alotta morphs-n-stuff back in the old days. daz split off from zygote. many of us joined in 98 when willow started it, but AFAIK the membership and galleries were wiped when jack bought it, hence the earliest member still on record is roy (dec. 98) who was jack's coder IIRC.

We need to hand out rewards at an annual ceremony to be held in Nashville, TN in the Grand Ole Opry building.  Preferably in the middle of July -- just to be certain that it's sufficiently hot & uncomfortable for everyone.

The prize statuettes will be like Oscars -- only the Poser Awards will be handed out in order to officially recognize "The biggest Posers of the World".  I can just see the flashing announcement for the upcoming Worldwide POSER Awards mounted up high on the Opry's marquee now.............

The "Golden Dork" -- as the Poser Award statuette will be known -- needs to be a molded-plastic representation of the P4 Nude Male (in his neutered form).  The statuette will be spray-painted with gold acylic paint purchased directly from Ace Hardware.  The Dork statuette will, of course, be posed in the default T-position: as kindly mentioned (and properly accredited) earlier.

The Poser Awards show will include a talent contest -- in which all of the Dork award recipients will compete against one another by seeing who can remain standing in the T-position on stage the longest without collapsing.  The winner of the talent section will be provided with a year's supply of freestuff from Rendo's free section.

A press conference & personal autograph session (open to the general public) will be held in the parking lot of a nearby Burger King afterwards.  Sorry -- no nursery facilities will be provided.  But we'll all finally get to find out what our intrepid heros really look like.  And they'll only charge standard Poser Marketplace rates for autographs......say, $10-to-$20 per signing.

I'll be sure to put in an incognito personal appearance.  I'll be the guy wearing a metallic-purple "I Love V4" baseball cap & Groucho Marx glasses (with fake moustache) so that no one will ever be able to recognize me among the teeming throngs who will be attending the spectacular event.

Who knows?  We might even get a mention on page E-13 of the local newspaper.

Now to get back to reading the copyright threads...........

**dphoadley@**XENOPHONZ
Will the Golden Dork be a statue of the Standard P4 Nude Male, or my remapped M3 version?
DPH

I'd say that the Golden Dork would need to be based upon the default P4 Nude Male version.  That's certainly no slam on your re-mapped model -- but the re-mapped model might cost too much to get some 3rd-rate (i.e. - as cheap as possible) manufacturer to reproduce it in recycled plastic for us.  The supplier might demand extra cash for the re-map change.  And we can't have that.

Why recycled plastic?  I should think that papaer-mache' would work just as well.
DPH

And maybe we should invite Ron Knights to make the award presentations?
DPH

I'm in there?  :blushing:

Yes, but it's hard to find a paper-maché manufacturer.  Besides, we should be able to save money by providing the statuette supplier with our own empty plastic Coke bottles & empty milk jugs, retrieved from ditches & dumpsters.  We'll need to ask for volunteers to do the collecting.  The locals in Nashville will consider the activity to be a community service.

Quote - And maybe we should invite Ron Knights to make the award presentations?
DPH

That's the next vital decision.  Up until now, the discussion has been all about the winners.  Now we will need to decide who will serve in the coveted position as the Master of Ceremonies.

No doubt: everyone will have their own ideas about that.

I aslmost forgot, Panko should be included for his weapons and skin textures.
DPH

As flattering as it might be for me to be on a list like this - I am really just some random fumbling person, I don't rate anything like that.  I haven't done anything truly noteworthy.  I shouldn't be in there :blushing:

Quote Xenophonz:
    "I'll be sure to put in an incognito personal appearance.  I'll be the guy wearing a metallic-purple "I Love V4" baseball cap & Groucho Marx glasses (with fake moustache) so that no one will ever be able to recognize me among the teeming throngs who will be attending the spectacular event."

If you go as your avatar Xeno, the big X, everyone will be able to recognize you moustache or no.

 Quick, somebody think up a one or 2 line description for Xeno's contributions so we can plop him in the list. :)  I like a witty contributor myself.

In the spirit of said humour, dphoadley posted a hillarious thread a day or so ago about a Washington Post contest in which one letter of a word could be changed or added with a  new definition for it.  My all-time favourite has to be: Ignoranus = (n): A person who's both stupid and an asshole. I really cracked up at that one. :)

Revised list.

In appreciation - honourable mentions of some great  user-contributors to Poser's  continuing evolution into a terrific program.

Acadia -  for always sharing her  their wealth of Poser related links and her helpfulness
AdoranaDE - dynamic hair.
Ajax - (EasyPose)
andi3d -  for all his great bones
Anton - who has not only been an excellent content provider over the years but has designed and finally given away for free his brilliant Apollo figure and all contents.  His support has been exceptional too.
As Shanim/Siliphiel -
Bagginsbill - for sharing his Matmatic and taking shaders    to new levels
lesbentley- a great many  Poser tech contributions and ever helpful
B.L. Render (Bloodsong).  "Secrets of figure creation for Poser"  is an indispensable asset for those who wish to create content for Poser.
Capsces - for adding so much more to all the poser figures with her great morph sets!
DeeCey  - for her "Practical Poser" books.
Chris Derochie - started The Forge/PoseAmation back in the late 90s and has been instrumental in a lot of the early Poser animation and is still actively doing BVH work.
Colm
Steve Cooper
Dimension3D
Dodger
Dr. Geep - for his unique classroom style who has  newbies grinning  while climbing that painful learning curve
colin g
face_off - Not just because his skin shaders are the best, but because he has been so helpful in the forums.
Dan Farr - formerly of Zygote
Catharina Przezak/Harders - phenomenal textures  and she always tried to share her knowledge in the forums.
a.hernandez
DPHoadley  - for remapping Posette to take V3 textures.
hokusai
kirwyn.- His/her dynamic hair solutions are innovative and a great asset to animators.
Kozaburo - transmapped hair freebies which are still widely used and some of  the best hairs around.
 jack k - Poser Forum owner before it became Renderosity
 kupa
Tim Laubauch
 legume
LittleDragon
John Malis - for his Armor textures
Mapps - so generous with his great freebies
Masa
Maveris
maxxxmodels - great helpfulness
maya - creator of free Maya Doll and lots of freebies
Nerd
nitrane
Ockham - for great python scripts automating a great many Poser functions- all for free
opera guy - enlightening discussions
PhilC - tutorials and great add-ons like Wardrobe Wizard etc
Pitklad for NEAena, Neja, and Domus.
nruddock - for  invaluable Poser tech contributions.
tromnek - (Poser RPC scripts)
Sams3D - generosity with superb freebies and tutes
Steve Shanks
Schlabber...he is the posing genius and has helped pretty much everyone in their posing endeavors.
sharkey
Sixus1-  for getting 1 complete model out a week for 3 years for the CP freebie while doing other contract work and for having a hand in a lot of the content for Poser 7.
snowsultan - for his great template maps of the figures!!
Stahlratte for GIRL 3, Wiktorija, and Valerie
stewer - one of the most informative and enlightening helpers
Stonemason - superb product innovation
svdl - quality free creations and always helpful
Sydd
Don Tatro
Traveler
Trekiegrrl - freebies galore
tromnek (Poser RPC scripts)
VK - I wouldn't be surprised if the Poser 7 dependent parameters are an evolution of his work with complex master/slave dial relationships.
Larry Weinberg - Inventor/ deigner of Poser
willow - originator of the Poser Forum which became Renderosity
Wyrmmaster
yamato -  Some fantastic figures and innovative utilities such as PAE
Yarp - for free 3PDO which makes Poser file navigation so much easier.

Torino!  We forgot Torino!  He's the one who invented the first Eve.  He pioneered the Hip/Buttock/Thigh configuration, and the Inverted T chest with the breast in the Collar groups.  Torino MUST be included.
DPH

Wouldn't it be better to have a golden Woody instead of Dork? I think that's the most neutral Poser-model.

My 2P.

regards,

Bopper.

Quote - Wouldn't it be better to have a golden Woody instead of Dork? I think that's the most neutral Poser-model.

My 2P.

regards,

Bopper.

Dut Dork's got more SEX appeal!
DPH

Well, that may have been Bopper's point, although, for a Poser figure entirely devoid of sex appeal, the Mk. 1 Jessi would take some beating.  

(Also, Bopper, it should be 2D, not 2P.   That phrase dates back to when twopence could buy you a country estate in Hertfordshire and a townhouse in Cavendish Square and still leave you enough for a couple of Canalettos.    "P" only replaced "D" in 1971 and heralded a period of serious inflation.

You made a good point, which was definitely worthy of  "2D")

"That's the next vital decision.  Up until now, the discussion has been all about the winners.  Now we will need to decide who will serve in the coveted position as the Master of Ceremonies"

... there is only one choice, it would have to Alan Alda.

Hey thankie for the mentions.

I will add...

Merilyn Ellison (D'Mentia) and Moyra (Ellusion) , both of whom where once Symphony, for thier introduction of coplex layered texture/transmapping effects to Poser that changed forever the way Poser clothes were textured.

Wyrmmaster for fathering what magnets could be used for with figures and clothes.

SanctumArt (Michael Rak) for being a true innovator and master for sci-fi, both in Poser and abroad in other mediums. And one of the best modellers around anywhere; ever.

Judith Ward for what she has with bontanicals over all these many years.

I could use some helpful input here guys.  I know most of the names mentioned in the list - but I hesitate to insert my sometimes only partial knowledge of them. 

I know for instance that Don Taltro is famous for his clown character which had a cult following and much admired for  his perspective renders from unusual angles.  The clown had a name didn't it?  And is that what he is most known for?

 Legume - I think - founded the Poser usergroup on usenet and is famous for something to do with a Pink Pony :)  But do these
 properly encompass his most valuable contributions?
 
 Dodger amongst other things has constructed some highly morphable characters,  afik commercial, are they innovative and his most appreciated contributions?
 
 Etc etc.  Where there are no descriptions  next to the names, I would much appreciate people describing them.  For instance Acadia you mentioned  Dimension 3D, that I can't seem to find any info on.  Care to elaborate?
 
 Kupa, a.Hernandez, Steve Cooper were visible in the curious Lab days.  Were they employees or did they provide help with the (at the time) much troubled Poser5 beyond the call of duty?
 
 Even if your knowledge is only partial it could add to mine or replace it even.
 
 I have put whoever was mentioned or nominated on the list,  and there will no doubt be more to come which I will update  accordingly.  I have removed  pzj99 as he seemed uncomfortable with his nomination :)
 
 Finally what is the best way to search for public information on people (not websites), which might provide links to their various net participations?
 
 Cheers
 Masha

Revision 28th May 07

In appreciation - honourable mentions of some great  user-contributors to Poser's  continuing evolution into a terrific program.

Acadia -  for always sharing her  wealth of Poser related links and her helpfulness
AdoranaDE - dynamic hair.
Ajax - (EasyPose)
andi3d -  for all his great bones
Anton - who has not only been an excellent content provider over the years but has designed and finally given away for free his brilliant Apollo figure and all contents.  His support has been exceptional too.
As Shanim/Siliphiel -
Bagginsbill - for sharing his Matmatic and taking shaders    to new levels
lesbentley- a great many  Poser tech contributions and ever helpful
B.L. Render (Bloodsong).  "Secrets of figure creation for Poser"  is an indispensable asset for those who wish to create content for Poser.
Capsces - for adding so much more to all the poser figures with her great morph sets!
Steve Cox - creator of UV Mapper
DeeCey  - for her "Practical Poser" books.
Chris Derochie - started The Forge/PoseAmation back in the late 90s and has been instrumental in a lot of the early Poser animation and is still actively doing BVH work.
Colm
Steve Cooper
Dimension3D
Dodger
Dr. Geep - for his unique classroom style who has  newbies grinning  while climbing that painful learning curve
colin g
face_off - Not just because his skin shaders are the best, but because he has been so helpful in the forums.
Dan Farr - formerly of Zygote
Catharina Przezak/Harders - phenomenal textures  and she always tried to share her knowledge in the forums.
a.hernandez
DPHoadley  - for remapping Posette to take V3 textures.
hokusai
kirwyn.- His/her dynamic hair solutions are innovative and a great asset to animators.
Kozaburo - transmapped hair freebies which are still widely used and some of  the best hairs around.
 jack k - Poser Forum owner before it became Renderosity
 jaager - prolific morph'n stuff contributor
 kupa
Tim Laubauch
 legume
LittleDragon
John Malis - for his Armor textures
Mapps - so generous with his great freebies
Masa
Maveris
maxxxmodels - great helpfulness
maya - creator of free Maya Doll and lots of freebies
Nerd
nitrane
Ockham - for great python scripts automating a great many Poser functions- all for free
opera guy - enlightening discussions
Panko -  for weapons and skin textures
PhilC - tutorials and great add-ons like Wardrobe Wizard etc
Pitklad for NEAena, Neja, and Domus.
nruddock - for  invaluable Poser tech contributions.
tromnek - (Poser RPC scripts)
Sams3D - generosity with superb freebies and tutes
SanctumArt (Michael Rak) for being a true innovator and master for sci-fi, both in Poser and abroad in other mediums. And one of the best modellers around anywhere; ever.
Steve Shanks- generous contributor of quality freebies
Schlabber...he is the posing genius and has helped pretty much everyone in their posing endeavors.
sharkey
Sixus1-  for getting 1 complete model out a week for 3 years for the CP freebie while doing other contract work and for having a hand in a lot of the content for Poser 7.
snowsultan - for his great template maps of the figures!!
Stahlratte for GIRL 3, Wiktorija, and Valerie
stewer - one of the most informative and enlightening helpers
Stonemason - superb product innovation
svdl - quality free creations and always helpful
Sydd
Symphony- Merilyn Ellison (D'Mentia) and Moyra (Ellusion) for thier introduction of coplex layered texture/transmapping effects to Poser that changed forever the way Poser clothes were textured.
Don Tatro
Torino - Invented the first Eve.  He pioneered the Hip/Buttock/Thigh configuration, and the Inverted T chest with the breast in the Collar groups.
Traveler - great contributor of quality freebies
Trekiegrrl - freebies galore
tromnek (Poser RPC scripts)
VK - I wouldn't be surprised if the Poser 7 dependent parameters are an evolution of his work with complex master/slave dial relationships.
Judith Ward for what she has with bontanicals over all these many years.
Larry Weinberg - Inventor/ deigner of Poser
willow - originator of the Poser Forum which became Renderosity
Wyrmmaster - for fathering what magnets could be used for with figures and clothes.
yamato -  Some fantastic figures and innovative utilities such as PAE
Yarp - for free 3PDO which makes Poser file navigation so much easier.

Y'know, it's not that I like tooting my own horn, but if I were greedy and/or clever enough to charge royalties for MAT poses, I would be both very rich and very well known. Note that this was also one of the first instances of CR2 hacking. Note 2 that this was in the days of Poser 3. Note 3 that you didn't include one other person who should definitely be mentioned in association with early CR2 hacking: Robert Whisenant (now with DAZ). Like I said, I don't like tooting my own horn, but to be left off of such a list, where there seems to be room for a couple of "OMG, yuo maek teh bestest Vikci tetxures!!!1" is an insult to both myself, Robert Whisenant, and the other people whose names are on the list for the right reasons. Might as well nominate our little freestuff spammer.

For my own part, I nominate Kim99 for his brilliant CR2Builder program, which is not only the best damn Poser file editor around, it's absolutely free.

Please do not feel insulted R-Hatch. The list is nowhere near complete and might never be.  It is not official either but user nominated, and they'll probably keep on drifting in especially of the older Poser version contributors - because none of us can remember it all or even close to it. 

Absolutely  you have to have an honourable mention along with  other pioneers you mention and I keep on posting revisions as they come in.  But sadly memories are short and there are probably nowhere near the amount of old-timers here presently as newer users who might never have had Poser3 or even 4 -  and who have happily used the innovative features some clever individual discovered and shared without knowing from whence it came.

I just found this thread from Nov4 2006  though, where Ajax paid this homage:
Quote Ajax: "So that was you that came up with MAT poses, R_Hatch?  I've often wondered who that was.  I can't think of a single Poser discovery that has had such a far-reaching effect as that one."

I'm trying to discover some means of searching out  info on even the names listed here. Just found English Bob's Morphography Links site which is a terrific resource and actually  mentions names (Thanks EB :) with products, but as to the originators of certain concepts and methods...It might not happen overnight, but hopefully, it will happen :)

Also I do not feel compelled or enough of an authority to either sort or veto any type of nomination as to its worthiness or otherwise - I trust to the members' good sense to nominate according to the loose criteria mentioned early in the thread.  If some site should chose to host  this user-based honour list then it's up to them to veto or otherwise, according to their own sorting criteria.

And finally,  (phew!)  please keep adding these memorable names as it comes to you, or like R_Hatch put a handsup for goodness' sake, as the last thing anyone here wants to do is neglect or slight a single one of you.

How about MrX, almost without a doubt the most widely viewed Poser artist of all time.  :)

Robert Whisenant was the one who really went in and made sense of all the ERC/JCM/etc.

Torino of course came up with the so-called "millenium"-style rigging of characters.

We have Moebius to blame for the high-poly figure revolution :p He created a high-poly version of Posette way back when, since Poser had no polygon smoothing, and closeups suffered as a result.

I think I should probably be flattered that nobody knows me from MAT poses, since they have become so ubiquitous that it just seems like a part of Poser (and since Poser 6, it virtually is, thanks to Material Collections).

As far as texture artists go, I think it was Syyd (and later SteffyZZ) who showed what could be accomplished with photo references for creating hyper-realist textures.

Obviously not an exhaustive list, but it should help fill in some of the blanks.

To repeat what Masha said: if you or someone you know should be on this list, but isn't, please speak up :)

Hellborn: was the first to make an anatomically correct genital hip for a female figure.  His WWG (Woman With Genitals) was the P3 Posette with his specialized hip hard welded int o the mesh.  Jaager and Arduino have since followed suit by making similar contributions to the Millenium and Unimesh figures.  (As you can see, my raunchy mind is working overtime here).
DPH

Revision 29th May 07
In appreciation - honourable mentions of some great  user-contributors to Poser's  continuing evolution into a terrific program.

Acadia -  for always sharing her  wealth of Poser related links and her helpfulness
AdoranaDE - dynamic hair.
Ajax - (EasyPose)
andi3d -  for all his great bones
Anton - who has not only been an excellent content provider over the years but has designed and finally given away for free his brilliant Apollo figure and all contents.  His support has been/is exceptional too.
Arduino - highly appreciated for providing the genital bits for the chaste Millenium and Unimesh figures
As Shanim/Siliphiel -
Bagginsbill - for sharing his Matmatic and taking shaders    to new levels
lesbentley- a great many  Poser tech contributions and ever helpful
B.L. Render (Bloodsong).  "Secrets of figure creation for Poser"  is an indispensable asset for those who wish to create content for Poser.
Capsces - for adding so much more to all the poser figures with her great morph sets!
Steve Cox - creator of UV Mapper
DeeCey  - for her "Practical Poser" books.
Chris Derochie - started The Forge/PoseAmation back in the late 90s and has been instrumental in a lot of the early Poser animation and is still actively doing BVH work.
Colm
Steve Cooper
Dimension3D
Dodger
Dr. Geep - for his unique classroom style who has  newbies grinning  while climbing that painful learning curve
colin g
face_off - Not just because his skin shaders are the best, but because he has been so helpful in the forums.
Dan Farr - formerly of Zygote
Catharina Przezak/Harders - phenomenal textures  and she always tried to share her knowledge in the forums.
Hellborn - was the first to make an anatomically correct genital hip for a female figure.  His WWG (Woman With Genitals) was the P3 Posette with his specialized hip hard welded into the mesh.
a.hernandez
DPHoadley  - for remapping Posette and Dork to take V3 textures.
hokusai
kirwyn.- His/her dynamic hair solutions are innovative and a great asset to animators.
Kozaburo - transmapped hair freebies which are still widely used and some of  the best hairs around.
 jack k - Poser Forum owner before it became Renderosity
 jaager - prolific morph'n stuff contributor- among which are anatomically correct  hip/genital
 Kim99 for his brilliant CR2Builder program, which is not only the best damn Poser file editor around, it's absolutely free.
 kupa
Tim Laubauch
 legume
LittleDragon
John Malis - for his Armor textures
Mapps - so generous with his great freebies
Masa
Maveris
maxxxmodels - great helpfulness
maya - creator of free Maya Doll and lots of freebies
Moebius
Nerd
nitrane
Ockham - for great python scripts automating a great many Poser functions- all for free
opera guy - enlightening discussions
Panko -  for weapons and skin textures
PhilC - tutorials and great add-ons like Wardrobe Wizard etc
Pitklad for NEAena, Neja, and Domus.
nruddock - for  invaluable Poser tech contributions.
Sams3D - generosity with superb freebies and tutes
SanctumArt (Michael Rak) for being a true innovator and master for sci-fi, both in Poser and abroad in other mediums. And one of the best modellers around anywhere; ever.
Steve Shanks- generous contributor of quality freebies
Schlabber...he is the posing genius and has helped pretty much everyone in their posing endeavors.
sharkey
Sixus1-  for getting 1 complete model out a week for 3 years for the CP freebie while doing other contract work and for having a hand in a lot of the content for Poser 7.
snowsultan - for his great template maps of the figures!!
Stahlratte for GIRL 3, Wiktorija, and Valerie
SteffyZ - pioneer in hyper-realistic textures
stewer - one of the most informative and enlightening helpers
Stonemason - superb product innovation
svdl - quality free creations and always helpful
Sydd - who showed what could be accomplished with photo references for creating hyper-realist textures.
Symphony- Merilyn Ellison (D'Mentia) and Moyra (Ellusion) for their introduction of coplex layered texture/transmapping effects to Poser that changed forever the way Poser clothes were textured.
Don Tatro
Torino - Invented the first Eve.  He pioneered the Hip/Buttock/Thigh configuration, and the Inverted T chest with the breast in the
Collar groups- came up with the so-called "millenium"-style rigging of characters
Traveler - great contributor of quality freebies
Trekkiegrrrl - freebies galore
tromnek (Poser RPC scripts)
VK - I wouldn't be surprised if the Poser 7 dependent parameters are an evolution of his work with complex master/slave dial relationships.
Judith Ward for what she has done with bontanicals over all these many years.
Larry Weinberg - Inventor/ designer of Poser
Robert Whisenant was the one who really went in and made sense of all the ERC/JCM/etc.
willow - originator of the Poser Forum which became Renderosity
Wyrmmaster - for fathering what magnets could be used for with figures and clothes.
yamato -  Some fantastic figures and innovative utilities such as PAE
Yarp - for free 3PDO which makes Poser file navigation so much easier.

Quote - It will give him a big head, but I'd add David Hoadley for remapping Posette to take V3 textures.

I don't know abaout a bigger head, but remapping Posette definitely gave me a balder one. ;=D
Thank you pjz99 for the honorable mention.
David P. Hoadley

if you are going to compile a list I would hope that Maz would appear on it for his objaction mover program if nothing else. This encryption/decription program was a breakthrough in allowing figure modifications to be distributed without infringing copyright.

Also I would think Bushi would be on the list as he did a lot of great development work and was always very helpful in these forums.

Good ones, R_Hatch and Ian ... yes, those names should DEFINITELY be included.

A good number of us are totally unaware of some of the names behind the innovations we now take for granted. Those who are in the know should speak up and mention them!

Actually, in re-reading the intent of this list, while I am humbled to be considered for inclusion in it, I have to disagree that I have contributed to "the continuing evolution" of Poser. I have only tried to show people how to use it.

So, in that respect, I appreciate that people feel I deserved a mention, but perhaps I shouldn't be included amongst those listed.

Also Paul Hafeli was well known for outstanding realistic renders back in the early days of the Poserforum online .  Those were really inspirational works.

If I remember correctly at that time , Ian Grey was co-admin of the Poserforum with Willow DaNaan. This was back when Poserforum was the first and only forum available for poser users.

Don Tatro's character was called Creepy the Clown

If great freebies can put you in the Hall of Fameş don't forget the Japanese freebie masters!

ISOP
Kozaburo
BATLAB
Lab 108

If helpful attitudes and overall infectious enthusiasm for Poser and sharing is key to a nomination:

Dr. Geep
PhilC
stahlratte
Ajax

Really...there are too many people to list.  I guess rather than vote for my favorite Poser cyber celebrity I'll just settle for offering an all encompassing THANK YOU to pretty much everyone.  Thıs has been a fun hobby, and it's a great community.

no one mentions that old name Baron Vlad Harkonnen (BVH) who sadly has left here but still is about

Quote - Actually, in re-reading the intent of this list, while I am humbled to be considered for inclusion in it, I have to disagree that I have contributed to "the continuing evolution" of Poser. I have only tried to show people how to use it.

So, in that respect, I appreciate that people feel I deserved a mention, but perhaps I shouldn't be included amongst those listed.

Ahh, but that has added to the evolution of Poser. You would be amazed at the number of people who claim your little old books got them using Poser after getting ready to give up... who is to say that one or more of them will not be on this list in years to come!

I think all the names are worthy of being included. I also think many will be forgotten or omitted. I noticed one notable right off the bat... Serge Marck.

I also notice another omission, Patrick Martin..of the Papa Sage Fame!

Formatting problem. brb

Here are some additions to the list for historical oreference.

3dsk - Acclaimed photo reference store design catering to 3d artists. Most widely used photo reference site used in Poserdom.

Anthony Hernandez - 2002: employee of Curious Labs, gathered, compliled and released the CR2 guide from interal and community information.

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?thread_id=479956

Capsces - Poser3: Among the earliest pioneers in transforming animals through what later would become Full Body morphs.

Catharina Przezak/Harders (digital woman)- Pre 2000: One of the first and earliest photo realistic figure texturists upon which other later artists based their work. Predates most texturists.

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?thread_id=63974

face_off - Poser5/6: Pioneered advancements in node based photorealistic Poser skin rendering.

JeffH - Poser4: Solved the Poser code syntax that allows for Changing Geometry Dials to be applied to any part of a figure.

Kozaburo & Yamato - introduced the concept to Poser of realistic transmapped hair, eyelashes, etc to the community. Earliest designers of hand painted realistic hair textures with baked-in highlights.

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?thread_id=37854

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?thread_id=30744

JKeller - pre 1999 Created Jacketman. Earliest example of cr2 embedded clothing. Pre dates conforming clothes

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?message_id=1570231&ebot_calc_page#message_1570231

legume - 2002: Starting the Magic Pink Pony & Mr. Fluffers anto-Poser hot 20 pardody.

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?thread_id=544562

Michael Lane - Poser4: Innovated first Global Illumination to Poser using Poser4 lights in a dome effect.

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?message_id=415220&ebot_calc_page#message_415220

Snowsultan - Standardized the design approach for color coded UV mapping templates based on color blocking seam-line polygons.

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?thread_id=117033

Steve Cooper and Kupa are the same person. Formerly of MetaCreations; CEO of Curious Labs from inception to end.

Steve Cox - pre 1999 creator of UV Mapper, the most widely used UV maaping app for Poser content allowing for advanced UV mapping prior to tools like Deep UV.

Tim Laubauch (tlaubach) - Pre 2000: Site Happy World Land was a huge resource for Posette photo based textures

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?thread_id=55376

Virus - Admin for The Prop's Guild, one of Posers frst mega content sites. All content was free.

Some names that I can't remember enough about are

dlfurman

George Deep

Past Poser History Threads:

Misc.

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?message_id=1604792&ebot_calc_page#message_1604792

Daz emerges:

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?thread_id=203055

Daz Buys PoserPros

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?thread_id=2115209&page=2#message_2116548

PoserForumOnline/Edgenet/ etc splist:

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?thread_id=168261

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?message_id=34293&ebot_calc_page#message_34293

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?message_id=34307&ebot_calc_page#message_34307

Nice additions Anton! Well done.

Terrific!  Thanks Anton, you've put a lot of effort into this.   Thanks also  to all who added names and details and I urge those who nominated to please provide description of most appreciated or
comprehensive achievements of those they named.
  It would be a shame  if   people would remain ignorant of the
contributions these people are most appreciated for.  It will take me awhile to get to the bottom of it by myself :)

I don't think it's necessary but for fun I'd vote for:

Thorne
Levius (photo source for most textures here)
Anton
Kozaburo
Traveler

I invite anyone on this list who feel the description of their Poser accomplishments as so far written is incomplete  and would like to add to, alter or more adequately describe them to either post to this thread  or  pm me  here.  I'd be happy to add them.

Cheers,
Masha

...I should say the reasons for my post

Thorne (most often seen  and imitated faces, oldendays calendar faerie freebies, inspiration)
Levius (photo source for most textures here)
Anton (as stated both technical and artistic contributions)
Kozaburo (early transmapped single layer hair, before that it mostly looked plastic because transmapping didn't work well on 3d model hair)
Traveler (contributed tons of free stuff and tutorials for using the morph magnets etc)