Quote - Maybe this is just my own lack of skill...but I find Poser renders skin much better than Vue.  Using Poser materials in Vue will get me something perfectly adequate, but it lacks the "pop" of a Poser render.  With SSS, EZskin, and the Envirodome, you can get some really striking results, which I can't get with Vue.  In particular, for images like "Good Evening," which is mainly a closeup of someone's face, I'd stick with Poser. 

I also find using Poser materials in Vue is very slow and kludgy if you have several figures.  Poser seems to handle it much better.

The thing to remember is that although Vue uses native PoserFusion (so does Shade 3D), which exposes a lot of Poser functionality in Vue, some tricks are accomplished only within the native environment - for the same reason that many raster image textures do not look better than native shaders.

There is an add-on for Vue called SkinVue which is supposed to do something for imported character skin - http://www.skinvue.net/ I havent used it but the results look good.

I have to say, after getting Poser 2012 Pro, I have rendered more in Poser in the last year than I probably have in the last five years. But that's just if the scene is very character centric.

Best regards,

chikako
Meshbox Design | 3D Models You Want