Newbie here ... Can items created in Blender ( i.e.; clothes, shoes, weapons, hats, hair, etc. ) be used on Poser figures? I'm trying to learn this trade on a shoestring budget and would like to try Blender. However, I need an application which creates things that will sell in the Marketplace. I'm mainly interested in making items that other artists will use as part of a greater work. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Yes, Blender should be able to export files usable in formats usable by Poser.   Another free modelling software is Wings3D, which can also export formats that Poser can use (www.wings3d.com).

it's best to export blender files as objects (ie. .obj), to use in Poser. You can use other formats, like .cob, .3ds, maybe even .dxf, but most folks use (Wavefront) object format. Any modeling program that can export in this can make at least props for Poser.

The scale difference between Poser and other programs can throw you, so if you import a hat big enough for Vickie to swim in, fear not..or if you import a Mike into Wings or Blender, that dot in the center of the screen is indeed your model..;)

Avoid 3-sided polygons (tris), also there's other strangeness involving 2-sided polygons, n-gons (more than 4...Poser likes 4-sided polygons....nice polygons...oooo...;)

Poser will attempt to smooth anything that it imports. This can make a perfectly nice sword come out like it was an inflatable-looking one. Sometimes you can make hard edges by beveling ever so slightly the hard edge you're trying to keep.

I'm almost ready to go on Poser props. hope these hard-learned lessons help you out, I made all the above mistakes over the years..;) And this is only the beginning. Read on past this post for even more helpful replies...;)

Attached Link: Poserio - specialized Python scripts for Blender/Poser interaction