The Vue 5 Infinite/Lightwave combo is a real good deal. If you have the money and you are really into 3D go for it. Since you already use Vue you are getting version 5 Infinite with all the bells and whistles with Lightwave thrown in. If you ever had any inkling of creating your own props and Poser content you are in for a treat, there is a learning curve but well worth it. One of the best modeling programs coupled with a very good rendering engine and lots of learning resources available. Going to Lightwave you will see the difference between Poser and a real professionnal application. I create all my Poser clothing in LW. I am thinking that since there is already a Poser to Vue pipeline, and now a Vue to Lightwave pipeline it may become possible to have Poser people in LW, but it's pure speculation on my part. Personnally I use Greenbriar's plug-in to load up Poser figures in Lightwave, there is also a plug-in that loads the animation data also but that one I have not tried.

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