You don't have to listen to what people say (including me, of course). ;) Their opinions are just that: opinions.

If you want to learn new skills, listen to the people who have the most to teach. Bagginsbill, for one. (He's one of the few consistently making statements that are actually, also, simple fact.)

If you've concluded that Genesis is worse than V4, you've been reading only half the story. Same with Dawn. Or any figure, including the Poser natives.

The loudest voices aren't necessarily more right. Just louder. These people also have a lot of things to teach in their areas of knowledge. But that doesn't mean you must accept their opinions about everything. 

Take everything you hear with a grain of salt. See for yourself. Don't let other people dictate what you do. Experiment like wild.

Right now, 3d artists have more choice and more alternatives than we've ever had before. The market split may not be so great for content creators trying to make a living because they have to come up with more innovative ways to reach customers. But for the end user, these are exciting times. 

From being able to choose to render almost everything in Daz Studio OR Poser to using external renderers, like Lux (via Pose2Lux or Reality) and Octane, to having new tools in the latest iteration of the posing software, we've really got a LOT of tools at our disposal.

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PoserPro 2014, PS CS5.5 Ext, Nikon D300. Win 8, i7-4770 @ 3.4 GHz, AMD Radeon 8570, 12 GB RAM.