Vue rocks, but that's just me ;)
I have Vue7 Infinite, and it blows the arse out of Poser.
I use Poser for people and items, import, tweak the materials heavily, save as Vue objects, add them to my library of Vue items and then use those for maximum effciency.
See my tutorial on poser import sin Vu e(in my signnature)

Try this for complexity, this is not a composited pic, all rendered in Vue:
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1755936
:)

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