pjz: >>I can't see why you'd be interested in playback of Poser dynamic cloth or hair, because Max's versions of same are far superior.<<

I have gone up the hill on so much software in my life. Yikes! Therefore, I have some wisdom. "You do or you don't do." My initial strategy in this thread is: 'I am not ready to tackle "actual Max" at this time. I am already facile in Poser, to a degree. However, if there is a known, simple, workable path to simply take a complete Poser scene and slide it into Max for rapid, spectacular render with MentalRay, thus saving me tremendous time in animating short films, and since Max is about to be installed at my house....then that is worth a try."

The decision to actually tackle Max itself...mesh, morphs, rig with weights, props/sets, clothing models, hair grown in Max, Max shaders and textures, animation, facial expression animation, cloth and hair simulation, and THEN lighting and render....I consider that a separate volitional decision and one I probably will take at some point.

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