Wow, what a thread.

Just out of curiosity I reinstalled Poser 4 on one of my machines as a refresher on how easy it is to use.

There really is not that much of a difference from my perspective. The ui is still based off of the same concept. The workflow is basically the same. 2012 has lots more to it, but that can be said about any program that many versions later. If you can use Poser 4, you can use Poser 9 as soon as you install it. Granted there is a lot to learn as well, but it wont be like you went to an entirely new application.

I don't really see the correlation between Poser and 3DS Max. Very little from Max is in Poser other than what has been there for a while now. Many of the features that people talk about in 2012 were partially introduced many versions ago. Firelfy was in Poser 5, OpenGl was in Poser 6, multi thread rendering in Poser 7, etc... etc... etc...

If you want to try a program with a huge learning curve, try Houdini. It makes Max, Maya, etc, look easy. After you wrap your head around doing basically everything the same way the Poser Material room works (network nodes) you will finally be able to do something in it.

The best part about all of the programs that are out there, is that all of them do things that others do not. Sounds strange, but versitality is a good thing. It gives people a choice.

I have DStudio, and rarely use it. I have used Poser for years, and thats the main reason I do not use DS. Nothing against DS, I just know Posers file structures inside out.

If I want to make content, I fire up Blender. Its free, fairly easy to learn, and there are a ton of tutorials on it.

If I want high end, I fire up Houdini. If you find something that it wont do, chances are good there is a plugin for it, or they are working on it. Anything you can do in Poser or DS can be done in Houdini. The difference is in setting it up. Before someone chimes in and says, "But Houdini cant do Genisis", you are absolutley right. It has a much better system than that already, no need for Genesis in Houdini.

Poser and DStudio are still entry level 3D apps, there is more free content out there than most people will ever need. If one of the programs wont do what the other one does, use the other one.

Chances are really good that most people that have Poser, have DStudio installed anyway. Which in the end makes it a moot point to complain about what one will do that the other will not. Poser users complaining about DStudio stuff not working in it baffles me, especially considering DStudio is free again.

There is a lot of Poser stuff that will not work in DStudio, but you hardly ever hear any Poser user complaining about that, they already have Poser.

Imagine that...

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