1. Could someone with similar specs please tell me how Poser 6 runs on their machine? Powermac G4 Video Card: nVIDIA GeForce4 MX card 1.28 GB Dram Dual 867 MHZ Processors 2. I have never owned Poser, but have used the demo. I don't really have any other choice but to use Poser or DAZ Studio if I want to pose figures, so how does Poser stack up against DAZ and is Poser 6 worth the $$$$$? 3. What do you like about Poser 6? What makes Poser 6 better than Poser 5 Thanks

I love Poser6! the new features as Image based Lighting with Ambient Occlusion, openGL, excellent new material room.. and many other things that I don't checked out yet.. the software don't crashed second day not one time. I am in Win XP SP-2 it is worth the money for sure... and I will tell you the truth if it was not ! But as every new software and feature we need some more time as only 2 days to get deeper and "push the renderer to the limit" as some of the members say I am happy with my purchase and I am not for plan to return back to Poser5 on this moment... Poser6 give me more realistic renders as ever before and I used almost all versions of Poser already from the begining.. it is just fantastic! Cath

Very true honest and truthfully ;)

MMMwwahhha I don't have my copy yet :-((

I like the fact that Poser6 has not crashed one single time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

( disclaimer - however, I have not installed Poser6 yet)

;=]

"3. What do you like about Poser 6? What makes Poser 6 better than Poser 5" What Cath (Mec4D) said pretty much sums it up for me too. So far, P6 has been rock solid for me after a day and a half of putting through test after test. Ambient Occlusion is a HUGE plus, and works extremely well. Shadowcatcher is invaluable to me, because I do a lot of composite work. Also worth mention: 1. Point lights. They work good, BUT only work with raytraced shadows. That's a bummer big time. 2. "Specular Only" and "Diffuse Only" lighting is very good. Makes customizing a light rig much easier. 3. "Shadow Only" render mode! This is another huge one for me. Great for compositing, and it gives us much more control over shadows in post... yes, even animators do postwork! ;-)

Only the smart ones :)

One of the things I like that I haven't seen mentioned is that the focal distance is now a parameter on the camera, instead of a render setting. If you're doing an animation, you can now animate that, so that a character walking toward the camera always stays in focus.

... and the beat goes on ... ;=]

Dual G4 1ghz "Quicksilver" 1.5 gig pc 133SDRam Nvidia GForce 4MX Pretty close system in all respects. P6 is nice. It has some bugs but the workflow is much faster than P5. (Granted poser 5 was run from an 800mhz ibook) I havent tested all the rooms yet but I have had some stability issues and one full crash. (When I get around to it I will send CL the crashlog.) Keep in mind the software was just relased and some issues are bound to be uncovered. Also keep in mind beta testing is done on a few machines. (<100 ?) and then it is pushed to thousands of machines with that many different configs. You will see problems, period. Open GL is worth the upgrade in and of itself. I hate selecting a high poly model in a high poly scene and waiting a full minute for the object to get selected! Open GL takes it down to a few sec. Also the new render options are awesome. I have not used DAZ Studio. (I DL it but I have not had the time to install, play with it.)