I have seen some really good images posted lately

DISTANT SUNS by RGUS, rendered in Carrara 5

She got picked up again by RGUS, rendered in didn’t say.

She wondered... For Broken_Lace by Danceswithroos,

"I think I found the problem... by Danceswithroos,rendered in vue

I was wondering what is the best program to render a poser scene in, one that will render fast. Let you keep the skins.

what are you using and why, what problems do you find?

any andvice is always welcome

I like Cararra 5 Pro...  It won't do face_off's real skin shaders but with a good texture to start with it ends up looking pretty good in Cararra.  That's just my 2 cents!  It canbe as slow as FireFly but I think it yields way better results!

Gerard

The Vue render engine is terrific BUT it does take a long time for complex lighting scenes. I use both P6's Firefly and V5I's renderer, which one depends on my scene!

Carrara make great renders even in the C5 version i have...

Vue is great to but for using Poser figures .. im not shure.. every time i put one in Vue

the facial expression is gone and some times the whole Pose is gone .. specialy with non orginal Poser figures " the alien drone" all his poses are gone when put in vue so ..it depents on what you want to render....

I don't remember ever losing poses and expressions when importing to Vue from Poser.   Is that V5I?  

My main problem with exporting to Carrara or Vue is that materials seem to disappear on the way.   I am guessing that Vue and Carrara read texture JPGs without any problem, if they are pointed in the right direction, but they can't cope with the nodes and stuff in the Materials Room.   Does anyone know if that is correct?   Carrara slows down dramatically when it renders hair.   Vue takes forever (and then some) over water and reflections, in my experience, but I love the results.

The upcoming Vue 6 is supposed to be able to render poser objects complete with their original poser materials - exactly as they would have looked in Poser.  That means things like the real skin shaders will import straight into vue.  You're supposed to be able to adjust the pose of the figure right in Vue too.  The promo renders they have out look great.

OK, where do I sign...?

VRay

It depends on what your looking for really.

I think Poser does skin the best hands down!

If your looking for Metalics I'd definately try Bryce(Vue too)

If Size are your concern, I've gotten renders twice as large as I could get in Poser, from Vue!

Or if you want hair to look really nice, you can spend  $$$$ for 3D Studio Max, Lightwave, or Maya. Then your in good shape to spend $$$$, again, to Network Render(Though Carrara 5 may be a cheap way out of this, as it too now has networking available)

But, when all is said and done, you can't tell me a render engine isn't a render engine compared to a...Render Engine!  They all do a super-duper, and many, many times it all comes down to the artist.  Until we start squaring Rapid Prototypers and Render Engines, it'll all be the same to me.

I preferer the Learning curve of Poser.  It wo'nt break your budget, and gives the more expensive applications a huge run for thier money, in that it has more than you, a newbie, could need, as you both all continue to grow.  ANd for the more serious person, leaves room for you to purchase the applications in it's following like, Vue, and Carrara.