"It is much easier to make a really complex lighting set with a proper 3D app than it is with Poser - some people use hundreds of lights." Yep. Or you can go with an application that supports true GI (3dsMax, Maya, Lightwave, C4D, and I think Carrara too), and only have to add an additional one or two lights to the scene to achieve great results for still images. GI could be a little too slow for most animation requirements though. By the way, does anyone here know if Vue supports GI yet? Or high dynamic range lighting? Just curious.

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Tools :  3dsmax 2015, Daz Studio 4.6, PoserPro 2012, Blender v2.74

System: Pentium QuadCore i7, under Win 8, GeForce GTX 780 / 2GB GPU.