I've been reading a few other 3D forums, and Poser is apparently considered there total crap compared to "artistic" 3D programs.

From what I understood (I'm a 3D novice just barely learning basics of Hexagon ATM) Poser users just take a few predefined badly made models (V3, V4 etc) and add tons and tons and tons of other "crap" to those models, instead of being "creative" and creating their own models and objects. Anything "created" in Poser is recognized immediately by these artists and thrown immediately into the bin.

Here's an example of part of a discussion in a 3D forum (CGTalk) where Poser was "unfortunately" mentioned (and this guy tries to defend Poser a bit lol, but apparently likes DAZ studio more) :

Sigh!

I really, really try to avoid poser related threads on CG talk
for obvious reasons ....

BTW this is DAZ studio, the free modern alternative to the aged cruft bloated 20 century legacy core poser application.

So you can do this all in poser-$200 or something USD plus the cost of any additional figures beyond the default pre-installed ones ...or you can do this all in Maxon Cinema4D -$1000 or something USD plus the cost of Interposer plugin and any addtional figures you may want for the C4D "poser library" ...or you can do this all in DAZ studio FREE ya FREE plus the cost of any addtional figures you may want for the DAZ studio library"

Hope this helps

p.s. No stereotypical nekkid poser boobie chicks were used in the creation of the preceding forum posts.

by Anobrin : http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=2&t=574326

So it seems Poser is just for big boob adolescent freaks that totally ignore ART ? (btw I'm sorry to say that even though I'm nearly 50 years old, I love big boobs still sigh and drool and I do use Poser for this fantasy sometimes cough, perhaps when I get older .... I'll love little ones as much) 

I must admit that modifying a few polygons here and there from imported Poser objects in Hexagon is my limit lol and that I'm happy to use all that Poser provides me (and I still have soooo much to learn in Poser), and ok I'm just a user, not an artist. But to realize the total contempt most 3D creaters/users have concerning Poser is still disconcerting :(

What's your opinion concerning Poser compared to 3D "artist" programs ? None of those artists fantasize about big boobs or is Poser really too predefined and recognizable/predictable ?

Lunedust