Carrara 8.x works fine for your stated purpose, and most Poser-ready material works very well with only maybe a shader tweak or two. As stated, the product does not work so well on the Genesis-era Daz stuff, so if shy away from that for now. Even so you will also have a TON of ready-made content at your disposal. The modeling abilities are pretty awesome too, although I've had a bit of trouble figuring out how to properly set up UV textures- but that's just me because I'm a noob LOL! The product offers really quite a lot in its price range. I've used it for years now and have been relatively happy with the results. Do I wish Daz would give a bit more bandwidth to the product and better acknowledge its loyal user base - of course! But even if they never do another thing with it, I can get quite a lot out of it for the foreseeable future - so I'll keep on using it...