Carrara might be the best choice for the money. You'd have to try the demo and see if you like the program. Maya 7 and 3dsmax 8 are WAY overkill for just rendering poser, plus the expense is very high, learning curve long too. Maya 7 and 3dsmax each require a plugin to import poser content, the plugin for each is around $199. Vue5Infinite is all about the trees, sky and foliage that's what the program is for. It does import poser 6 content now. I have Vue 5 not Infinite and for my personal taste I don't like to render poser content in Vue, it's not that much faster for me in render times. Carrara 5 imports poser 6 files but not poser 6 dynamic hair or clothing. There is a plugin that will do this. Carrara 5 Pro has the plugin that imports Poser 6 dynamic hair and clothing. I'm in a similar situation. I have poser 4, 5, 6 and want faster render times. I'm looking at Carrara 5 and deciding on if I just need Standard or the Pro features. However I do what to model, do sky and tree's so I'm leaning toward C5Pro, you may only need C5 not pro depends. Definatly try the demo and see if you even like the look and feel of the program. Carrara is not poser, it's going to be different and you may or may not feel conforatble.