Attached Link: Poser Figure rendered with HDRI

I like C5 Pro alot, and it plays very well with Poser 6. You typically need to modify your Poser figure materials a bit after import (or linking), but its fairly easy to do. It's real easy to get good lighting results in Carrara. You have several options including Global Illumination, HDRI, Ambient Occlusion, SSS, and all the standard lights. Terrains have improved a great deal, and the replicator makes populating a scene with many objects very easy.

Carrara has a good set of modeling tools, and uv mapping (though I tend to use UV Mapper). C5 Pro even has some of the tools in Hexagon (which I also use).

The Carrara Gallery here has some fantastic examples of what Carrara is capable of. The image in the link above was done with C4 Pro. I just dable with Carrara and Poser, so if I'm able to get decent images, anyone with more experience should be able to get jaw dropping images.

The link below is to a test image I did with C5Pro using ambient occlusion and HDRI. The lighting isn't as good as usual due to a transparent "wall" in the dorway, but I really like the reflections on the floor. Reflections are also very easy to set up in Carrara.
WARNING - Nudity
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1150982

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