Something is concerning me and I am going to open a topic some might not want to mention. And Since when I am writing I can be more thoughtful and considerate than when my big mouth is flapping, I will start by saying I am not bringing this up to annoy or upset anyone. 

Like most of you as a poser user for years I have been using this sight some sights that have passed beyond the website vale and Daz3d . And my worry and concern began when Daz3d recently changed their website. Yes I get they are called Daz3d and want to push for Daz uses more, but suddenly  it feels that us poser users are second class over there? searching for poser stuff on that sight now is not an easy task. 

Poser might not be everything that everybody wants, but from my point of view I have good reasons to stick with it. 1. I have decades of poser stuff (some that can no longer be found)  2. my Pc has trouble rendering Daz3d , its grainy and I have no funds to replace Hardware just to keep software happy.  3. I'm too old to start learning a whole new way of doing things (and even after decades I'm still finding new stuff on poser) 

So an appeal to you people who deal with this stuff, please keep us poser users relevant here, (after all we do keep buying stuff.) 

I understand you and I agree on most points. I won't leave Poser, except if I leave the 3D world. 

Yes, I noticed it too. As also noticed how little Poser gets promoted here, or any traffic on its specific forums. I am pushing it as far as I can, but we are swimming against the tide. DAZ is on the genAI bandwagon rather fully too.

I'm not very optimistic, but I trudge along.

I usually check DAZ3D every Friday morning for free content and occasionally find some rare Poser gems. I might come across complete character bundles or forgotten props/scenes.

Yes, I noticed it too. As also noticed how little Poser gets promoted here, or any traffic on its specific forums. I am pushing it as far as I can, but we are swimming against the tide. DAZ is on the genAI bandwagon rather fully too.

I'm not very optimistic, but I trudge along.

You can still search for Poser content.

Unfortunately that includes both actual Poser content and DSON content. But the notes should specify whether any given product is Poser or DSON. DSON requires Poser 11 or older.

I don't shop there very often because they haven't added much and the downloadable files are not labeled very well for Poser users. I'd rather shop here. But sometimes when you can't find something here it's worth looking around. (I usually try SketchFab first if I'm looking for models.)

I have seen the Dson thing but I have no clue how to use it. I will have to look at SketchFab ?

I think I might be able to take some credit for the POSER search button at DAZ.  In the initial roll out, it did not exist and I put in a ticket noting they would certainly sell Poser content if it was easier to find. =)

As for promoting Poser here, I think that content creators follow the money and there's more money in the larger DAZ Studio market. The Vanishing Point creator called Dodger did a series of Sci Fi clothing outfits for LF2 but seems now to be refocusing on Genesis 8 and 9.  I contacted Vanishing Point to see if one of his recent G8-9 models could be converted for Poser and was told that he moved to DAZ Studio formats due to low sales of his Poser content.  =(

I'm glad that Poser development continues, albeit pretty slowly... =\

Teh Mollz

I have seen the Dson thing but I have no clue how to use it. I will have to look at SketchFab ?

As for DSON, if you don't already have a copy set up  in Poser 11 it will be impossible to learn it because It is no longer available from DAZ as far as I can tell.  After the Python upgrade in Poser 12 and newer, DSON isn't supported by Poser either.  BUT, if you have P11 and a copy it will allow you to load some Genesis and Genesis 2 content pretty easily.  With finagling you can load more recent DAZ content, too.

I'd go with Chromestar's advice and learn to import FBX props and clothing which can be made to work in a number of ways.  Beside Sketchfab, I also go to CGTrader for material.  There's also some Poser material at Renderhub but they don't make it easy to find; searching using the term "Poser" brings up some pretty good stuff.  If you like kinky science fiction, steam and dieselpunk, look for a content provider at Renderhub called Jibicoco; he shares a lot of cool stuff that is completely Poser compatible and FREE.  XD

Teh Mollz

Whe I use FX for props, I put the fbx file in a teexture folder.  I then Load it, scale it if necessary and save it as a prop.  Doing it that way, all of the  textures are alredy where you want them :D

As for Rendo promoting Poser, Just look at the spamletter you gt very day, for character content it is almost exclusivly DAZ

Bill

I just found this dragon on renderhub for free:

https://www.renderhub.com/summoner/summoner-s-lucent-drag

But yes, I'd too wish for more poser support, it's a bit bizarre that Renderosity sells one programm - poser - and in the marketplace mostly supports another platforms program, DAZ

Sadly, it still comes down to what is profitable for content creators.  They have to sell a LOT stuff to make much money and since DAZ has been giving the basic Studio away for free for years there are just more users of that particular platform.  More users equals more sales.  Renderosity is a market not a creator and I'm glad that they still give some support to Poser users like me even though sales of Poser content are not great.  I do my bit by buying all that I can afford but as an old lady retired hobbyist I don't think I can support much. =(

As support to your comment, Varnayrah, Summoner makes great stuff and all his freebies (many only available at his site, https://freedom-of-art.ucoz.com/publ/ ).

Teh Mollz

Thank you for the link! Exploring it right now, there are some awesome creatures. Even though that horror-alien-creepy stuff is not for me, there are others,too...

As for Summoner's stuff that is not so "monstery" the Forest Witch I used in this picture is a fine example: https://www.renderosity.com/gallery/items/3251740/nature-spirit-and-the-explorer .

Molly

P.S.  I don't think the Forest Witch is one of his freebies. =(

P.P.S. To gain access to most of the freebies, you have to buy at least one item from the store.  In his receipt for payment email, Summoner gives a password that permits access to the freebies for a few weeks.

Well, I set several of their creatures on my wishlist, I just have to decide wich one to get first.

We've lost a lot of members, too.

Looking back just a few years to when I often got a couple of dozen comments, there are images whose commenters are no longer with us - maybe one is left out of twenty, sometimes none.

I checked the names of my followers - many are gone - and very few of those on my follow list are still here.

It's a bit depressing!

At this point, the only thing to do is face facts.

Rendo drove off a large number of developers with the loyalty pledge.

They will probably never come back

If you want to continue to use Poser , You need to learn how to do what you want and not depend on others.

For most people here this is  a hobby,   do it like a hobby and enjoy.

Settle on the figures you want to use and use them, earn what you need to do what you want.

Bill

KInda' feel like we Poser users have become the equivalent of Amiga loyalists.

Redfern posted at 9:16 PM Mon, 21 September 2026 - #4510531

KInda' feel like we Poser users have become the equivalent of Amiga loyalists.

I was doing 3d when windows was still limited to 8 colors :D

Bill

It doesn't help when creators like D&M abandon Poser for Studio - so many good projects now denied us.

It doesn't help when creators like D&M abandon Poser for Studio - so many good projects now denied us.

I think part of the problem is that creating content for Poser takes a lot of time, especially if you want to support multiple versions. Not everyone is using the latest version, and upgrading to a newer version costs money, so you can't really expect everyone to update immediately.

A new Poser version also takes time to get used to. As a content creator, you have to do a lot of testing, and shaders often need to be adjusted for different versions. That can add quite a bit of extra work before something is actually ready for release.

I'm using Poser 14 myself, and right now I'm testing my hair shader with blonde hair specifically because blonde is one of the more difficult colors to get right. The hair model in my render is displayed on a Dawn 2 character I'm currently creating. The different shades of blonde you see are generated by the highlights and lowlights in my PBR shader; it doesn't use an albedo map for the hair color.

I still need to make a better opacity/cutout map for the hair mesh, so it's very much a work in progress, but that's also a good example of how much testing and tweaking goes into making content work properly.

Awesome job with the hair, wow

Thank you so much. I have to redo the cutout map but then it will be fire, this was just a test. Proper cutout maps/PBR materials let you render much faster

I also tried it with an auburn color and different hairstyle, Just to see how the shader reacts

I also found out that the more polygon strips the mesh has, the better the interaction with the light thus more different shades in the hair.

nice hair but could you move it to another thread please.