Quote - I am new artist as of 6 months and I need some advice on programs. I currently only have Daz with Luxrender. I was thinking about getting Poser Pro 2014 with Octane and Zbrush for my new main programs (From what I seen, you can get better work with your models when doing it in Poser with there SSS shaders)

I have done my research on all three of those but I would like to hear from people who used these before and what their thoughts are compared to Daz.

 

Pick a software that has a large following where you can get advice from others.  Most of what you'll learn isn't going to be from books and manuals.  Those are are only a starting point to help you become familar with the software.  Poser Pro 2014 is a good investment because of the flexibility and control that it gives you.  The best part is that it's affordable when compared to other programs.

Daz Studio is free but it doesn't have the same flexibility that Poser has.  In my opinion Daz3d handles materials better for Daz3d models without having to make material changes.  Poser Pro 2014 gives the users the flexibility to change the material any way possible.  For me it took me some time to become comfortable with the materials and the renderosity forum made learning materials easier.  I like the flexibility that Poser gives.  There are many thing that I can do in Poser that I can't do in Daz3d and that's a really big plus for me.   Both are great programs, but you'll find that Poser Pro 2014 gives you the capability to control almost everthing with the exception of making a 3D model using Poser.