Akso, if you're using three figures, the level of detail in the texture map doesnt need to be as high, so you could take the textures themselves into Photoshop and reduce their size, which will reduce the amount of memory needed to render them. Face it: if the figures are all more or less full body shots, do you really need a 4000x4000 head texture map? Probably not: you can whack it down to 1000x1000 and still have a high quality image, while using 1/8th the memory needed to handle it.

Insofar as which render engine is better? It depends on the image. If you need a lot of atmosphere, then yes, Vue is the way to go. But if it's just three figures posed in an environment that suggests controlled lighting (like an interior of some kind), Poser is better.

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