"Let me rephrase the question: if your boss were to ask what to buy for a business, with the understanding that, though the software would be tax deductible, cost efficiency is still always very desirable. Would you tell him/her the same thing?"

Hi assuming we are still talking about trying to leverage our existing poser content into another application
for better renders overall I would still recommend VUE at this point based on the following
•Price $600 USD
• GI rendering
• Complete support for All poser formats including
•Dynamic cloth ,Hair and according to the website":
"The 3DImport module, also part of Vue 10 Complete, lets you import content created with other 3D applications. Thanks to 3DImport, Vue 10 Complete can read and import 3D objects in all popular formats, complete with texturing information.
This includes the ability to natively load static or animated Poser characters, re-pose them directly inside of Vue, and even render them using the Poser shading tree!"

Now if my company was looking to move up from poser to a better overall CG Package for a broader variety of uses (modeling ,motion graphics animation some light VFX stuff) ,but still really wanted to make frequent use of our poser/Daz content figures etc when needed.
but Did not want/Need GI rendering/IBL or "EZskin" or any bagginsbill shaders

Then yes I could recommend Maxon Cinema4D Prime for $995 USD + the interposer pro plugin for another $75 USD

 

"I've alway thought app's don't matter.
Your passion and determanation to create the Art is what does."

Hi please dont  be offended

But statements like this just do not stand up under the harsh light of reality
Look at a beautiful movie Like Avatar or the Avengers

There are very real reasons Why they did not just use Blender & GIIMP and alot of so called "passion" to produce that work.

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