Poppi,

I only do this as a hobby these days. Granted, like I said, if you have the time & money to learn go for it. I prefer to render animations. I dont want to model. Poser suits my needs. I do make some of my own stuff for my scenes but nothing extreme. I do have an old copy of Max for that. I can only spend an hour or so on Poser animating. My job is 35 hours a week little time to play. I find it easier to buy or download the models if I need too. I dont have months or a month to learn new software at the moment. And, a highend app, IS for the most part bloatware. Maya & Max are indeed bloat. Have you seen the size of those programs lately, & the hefty price tag??? If I had the money Maya would be my choice for animations.

(MHO)