can an .obj be considered a "real" object?  

In other words, there has to be a way to bypass Poser altogether at least for the objects.

I found that you can pose, move, even put conforming clothing on V4 inside Carrara, but I have not been able to figure out how to load my morphs, so for now figures for me will still have to be done inside Poser.

(right now $$ just doesn't allow the 100 upgrade - crossing my fingers for Holiday gifts = )

I have tried loading just .obj when I do the mapping textures are messed up and I don't find the shading room of Carrara to be incredibly friendly.  I did watch all the shading tutorials - did I miss something>

I am:  aka Velocity3d