Zanzo opened this issue on Feb 14, 2010 · 88 posts
Vestmann posted Wed, 24 February 2010 at 4:35 PM
One of Poser 8's biggest promises is the changing of the GUI. A lot of the rant in the OP can be credited to outdated GUI and hopefully Poser Pro 2010 introduces even more changes. Poser doesn't work as "traditional" 3D apps mostly because of this faulty GUI. I almost never drag things in the viewports as I might in other apps. It just doesn't work. But I've been using Poser since P4 so I'm quite used to dial spinning.
I've tried importing Poser character into other high end apps and while the rendering may be faster you'll be surprised at how difficult it is for these apps to handle all those polys when reposing your figures AND to get a good skin texture you'll have to use some pretty complicated materials that really slows down your render time.
Poser has limitations. Get used to them or go mad!
I've tried several alternatives to Poser (C4D, 3DMax, Daz Studio and Vue) and I've always gone back to the real thing. So spend your money on alternatives but keep your Poser license close when it's time to upgrade to it's newest version ;)