You're obviously quite good with 3dsmax. I tried the demo of version 8, and was impressed with it's features, but I didn't have time to explore it all the way.

Carrara, on the other hand, is far more limited in it's character animation abilities, but I was able to catch on to it much quicker. I agree with Operaguy that the Poser compatibility is overplayed, especially for animation.

That said, I was in a thread with Operaguy recently where we were discussing Poser's strand-based hair, and how much more efficient it is to render from within Poser itself, as opposed to rendering it in Carrara. Since I believe 3dsmax has strand-based hair capability, can you tell me how efficient it is to render? If you have used it before, do you happen to have any benchmarks as to it's usability in animation? How does it compare to Poser's dynamic hair in both looks and speed?

Message edited on: 02/04/2006 15:14