JoePublic posted at 1:51 PM Thu, 13 April 2023 - #4462057

Have a look at Blenders "Human Generator" plugin. It's basically a "How Poser could have been in a perfect world", but right inside Blender with full use of it's modelling capeabilities.

(And yeah, this plugin also makes Studio completely obsolete IMO. They will be able to hold on a little longer due to the sheer mass of their content, though)

So, if a newbie / hobbyist 3D artist would ask me what program to choose, I'd say BLENDER, BLENDER, BLENDER!  :-p

I'm less persuaded by their website than you are. I see a bunch of tools for using some preexisting content. But, hey, suppose what you said was true? I don't mind, because Poser has taught me how to make Cycles shaders so I am halfway to already knowing Blender.