Connie hi,

I exported V4 out of PoserPro using Collada export and did not get an option to create BiPed on import using FeelingSoft ColladaMax.  It gave me the rudiments of (I think it is called) max bones, no of which were linked up. I put that option aside. Are you saying that the D|S Collada export ends up giving you a BiPed rig on import into Max? (I'm not assuming a 'perfect' or no-tweak needed biped in any case.)

Second, the transfer of morphs will indeed be judicious. I am hoping to do my shaping in PoserPro for different characters, including male, so no shaping morphs need go over. After that, expression morphs you'd be suprised how few I use! Visemes, brow, eye squint, etc. Point well taken about the morph target burden, however. Thanks.

As you probably noticed, I was very hopeful and high on Carrara. But, no............at least not at this time. The animation tools are inferior to Poser's (my poser animation tools include a lot of Ockham scripts), there is no dynamic cloth module, and the hair module is not functional for animation (they may fix that.) Finally, access to MentalRay and VRay (costs another grand!) puts Carrara in the dust. And...the Max community and plugins....amazing.

I have the $3200 put aside. I am emotionally ready to pull that trigger. I just have to perform this proof of concept.

Thanks for your input.

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