Moving Poser figures to Messiah might get quite involved if you want the rig for animation, posed figures coulld be exported to OBJ the imported into Messiah.  I did see where one person used BVH to get Poser bones (from Poser) into Messiah (I would guess that OBJ was used to import the figure), so it looks like it is possible. From what I've read, the autirigging in Messiah is very good. I would think if you were going to use V4 for animation in Messiah, you might be better off re-rigging in Messiah. For morphs, it would be a manual process of dialling the morph in Poser, exporting the mesh from Poser and importing as a morph target in Messiah.

Being a "pro" app, the learning curve is probably fairly steep, but my general impression is that it isn't that hard to learn. But by joining Setup Tab you get access to what looks like a great set of video tutorials for the $20.00 membership fee.

For anyone who is interested in moving beyond Poser, DS, or Carrara for animations, then this is a fantastic deal! Of course, many of the features in Messiah are available in Blender for free (though I think Messiah probably has a better/more efficient work flow). It also integrates well with Wings 3D, Silo, 3D Coat, and Modo so many Poser users who make there own content don't need to learn a new modeling app.

I took the plunge and got the pro version. My primary app for rendering Poser content is Carrara, but the renderer in Messiah is supposed to be very fast. Even if  I only use it occasionally, at $40 it's about the same as a Carrara Plugin or a big scene by Stone Mason. At $10, the Basic version is about the same price as a nice V4 outfit.

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