" How does it handle Poser figures? Does it import them as easily as Vue does?" Nope. Doesn't import PZ3 files at all. However, that could change since XSI is now available to the masses (hobbyists) at an affordable price. You said, "I agree John- I think E-on's out to take on MAX, Lightwave and Maya- not all in one big bite in the next release of Vue Pro- but I think they envision Vue Pro as offering "Big Boy" features at Mid-Level pricing." That is the quote I was responding to. The fact that there's already a mid-level (pricing) program out that can take on the "features" offered by the big boys, which is XSI. I wasn't counting Poser integration as something important to the feature list of high-end apps.

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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.