Regarding Modo, (and ignoring the debate for a moment) I tested to see just how many Poser figures I could load and render in Modo 203, provided that the figures were loaded in separate layers. I loaded 40 un-textured Daz people before quitting of my own accord. Modo performed about as well as Vue 5 Infinite when one Poser figure is imported in that program. That is to say, there was some sluggishness, but as long as I remained in the "Items" selection mode things remained workable. It will be interesting to see how Modo handles figures with textures. I'm thinking it might be practical to build and render large scenes in Modo, even if they're loaded with Poser content.

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