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Does anyone have any ideas? Seriously, what characters would you like to see in Poser? No, don't tell me. Let me guess. And is there any better evidence that Renderosity bought Poser without the faintest idea what to do with it in the future?

Edited by user Wednesday, July 29, 2020 3:37:39 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

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I'd like characters that aren't named Lafemme or L'homme. I mean why not pick normal names? Chad, Becky, Gunther, Stacey, see, it's easy. Pick two names and stick with them. After nearly 2 decades of branding, pretty much everyone in the hobby knows what company Vicky and Michael belong to, and they probably know Dawn and Dusk too. But Poser has new characters with each release. The figures themselves are ok, I just can't get excited about the names Lafemme and L'homme.

I know lots of people are pissed about having to switch to Windows 10 and quite a few are having issues with Iray and Nvidia in general. So having a native Linux version and an exporter to Blender would probably bring in quite a few users. Last time I tried, Poser wouldn't even work correctly in Wine. I've been using DS in Wine for about a month now and I'm pretty happy with it.

The biggest thing I could recommend is to copy Daz's business model - give away the program and focus on selling content, then use the profits to improve the program. Hell, they could even put it on Steam, then sell content as DLC. It'd piss a lot of people off, but that's how companies make money.

I wish the best for them, I bought the latest version, but I barely use it.

Originally Posted by: contedesfees

Mind, this might be an opportunity for Erogenesis and Project Evolution. Why not? They don't know what they're doing and he invariably does!

I'd bet my next paycheck that Ero would want nothing to do with that! He wants to make comics, not content. He's said as much. 

Poser's popularity has dropped a lot since and maybe because of Poser11. SM has just blown it and Rendo is clueless how to save it.
Right now, not only DAZ is leading, even Reallusion seems to be ahead of Poser.
On every occasion, I said, that we need better figures. No Toons, no to much characterized figures, but realistic and generic figures, that have natural joint bendings.
This might have the need to invest in new technologies. In my times over at Rendo, the Poser folks never saw this as important, sticking with V4.
As I always said, Poser folks want new stuff, without any change.
So I think the recent Poll is asking the wrong questions. LaFemme and LeHomme as Poser saviors are a ridiculous joke to me.
So it is not just SM or Bondware blown it, but also a majority of stubborn Poser users, unwilling to grow. Go to Rendo and compare the Poser with the DAZ Studio gallery.
The difference is obvious. Most Poser renders there still look like early 2000 render quality.
Bondware cannot expect the common user, to be an "Erogenesis", who pushed with all his amazing skills, Poser beyond its limits.

Again:
POSER NEEDS TO BE REINVENTED, OR IT IS GOING TO DIE.
This is a chance for Bondware:
Take it or leave it !!!

Originally Posted by: shadoman

I will not buy the next version of poser and continue to use pro 2014

Attaboy! I've come to the same decision myself. What PP2014 does, it does fairly well, like an old aunt who makes a terrific chicken salad. And I've invested too much in Poser assets to simply put it on the shelf. As for Poser 11, it doesn't seem to offer anything more than what's already there. And, frankly, the DAZ Studio UI is a frustrating neighbourhood to live in; at least it is if you're accustomed to Poser. I'll play around with DS, but I'll render with PP2014. Which reminds me, times a-wasting.

Edited by user Thursday, July 30, 2020 11:28:53 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

"What Poser content do you want"

I wonder what could it be. lol

Seriously they lost me at "La Femme and L'Homme are beauty". They are not able to make Poser compatible with DAZ Studio, so just wait to recover the investment and let the poor thing die with some dignity already.

DAZ STUDIO USER SINCE 2006

Frankly, if Poser had some of the basic functions as Daz Studio seems to have, I would use it more (since the majority of the money I have spent over the years is still weighted towards Poser stuff).

Functions I am talking about are like: Clothing Auto Following the morphs of the figures used (as far as I know, the clothing has to have those morphs built in). I'm sure there are more ideas, but I just got off work and am too tired to think right now

Originally Posted by: ChupaCabra555

Functions I am talking about are like: Clothing Auto Following the morphs of the figures used (as far as I know, the clothing has to have those morphs built in).

Poser Pro 2014 does have a function that copies morphs from one figure to another. In fact, it works pretty well. As always: RTFM!

Originally Posted by: ChupaCabra555

. . . I have picked up yet other apps that allow me to use Victoria 3 and Victoria 4 clothing with Genesis 3 and 8, so I can use a good bit of my library with Daz  Studio now.

I'm thinking of doing the same. Would you be good enough to send me a pm if you're happy with the results? Thanks.

P.S. I think we'll all spent enough money on Poser.