Hi all, I'm sorry for the silly question. I'm very new to the 3D world and I would love to get into learning the ropes. What I would like to do is to be able to make 3D models, expecially the clothing, hair, makeup and stuff like that. I do have Photoshop, if I also need a paint program. Will Poser be what I need to do this?

Thanks all, I apprecite it, I really just need to know what I will need to accomplish what I want to do, before spending thousands of dollars on items that don't do what I need..

Going to need another 3D program like Wings3D which is free or other ones, that do require a cost. But this one is to make the stuff for example: Clothing, props, scenes, hair...etc. For makeup and coloring the textures require a 2D program for example paintshop or even Photoshop can do the texturing. It is the timing, patients that is very, very important. Going to need that for sure and it is free. Been in 3D since 2000, and still going through the learning curves. Made my Avatar in poser a week ago..

You'll need a modelling program to maker most of that stuff. The price range is anywhere from free (wings3d, anim8tor, etx) all the way to several thousand dollars (3dsMax, maya, Lightwave, etc).

But you will need Poser to make these items into  characters, posable props, etc.

Thanks all, I do have wings3D..my eyes cross when I open it blush I feel like a kid on a bus for the first time..I have Photoshop CS version 8, Daz3D, Blender and even Bryce 5. But being new, I have no idea if any of those would make clothing..I assume wings would, but I just cant figure out how to make a shirt from a cube, then make it look like an actual shirt, not just a box that  is shaped like one..

Happen to be able to point me in any good tutorial directions to get my started with the shaping of clothing from a 3D program such as Wings? Maybe if I can see and make one once I'll understand how it is done.

Yeah, if you want to make clothing, wings3d is good enough. Go to the wings3d forum here at renderosity, and I'm pretty sue there are some tutorials there, and the members of the forum will also be able to direct you to other tutorials, etc.

Making clothing is very difficult, and not for beginners. 

Learn to use DAZ|Studio first.  Use models and textures others have made.  Then you can try making your own in Wings3D or some other modelling program. 

But start with simple props first.  Learning to make clothing and hair will take a long time.

Listen to what Randym77 says! Modelling clothing in 3D is not the way to start. It is difficult, time-consuming and requires you to learn a lot of arcane stuff that is not at all fun and has nothing to do with art.

I'd suggest you look up Dr. Geep on this website and browse his tutorials to get aquainted with Poser and what it can do. Then you'll be in a better position to decide whether you want Poser, Daz|Studio or some other package.

He has a tutorial on using Wings 3-D to make morph targets. (Morph targets change the standard look of a character to a custom one you've designed.) Definitely check that out. While you're still learning, you'd probably have a lot more fun and get a lot less frustrated creating morph targets for existing figures and clothes. It's an enjoyable way to learn how the tools work, see how others solve common problems in their modelling, and still get finished results that look good and are uniquely "your own".

Textures are a different matter and are actually pretty easy if you already know how to use a paint program. Download a bunch of the free ones here to see how it's done, then search free stuff for "SnowSultan". He makes seam guides for all the popular figures that will come in very handy when working on your own textures.

Textures are what you want to do makeup. Hair is a different matter. In some ways, you really need to be good at both modelling and texturing before you can do anything decent for hair. Save hair for last, but check out the freebies of Kozaburo in the mean time.

Finally, check out www.earthcurves.com (The site features artistic nudity, so don't click if that's not OK with you for any reason.) It shows some great examples of what can be done by a talented digital artist by combining Poser and 2-D painting techniques.

ENJOY! and welcome to our club. Just remember the sign over the door says "Abandon all pocket money and spare time, ye who enter here." ;-)

Poser is a good solution for posing and positioning figures, and for rendering, but it suffers from a problem with needing huge amounts of memory. Not mentioned is Bryce: go to www.daz3d.com immediately: you can, for a few days, get Bryce 5 for free.There's other offers. There's also the free Studio program from DAZ, which does a good deal of what Poser can do. Even though Studio needs paid-for plug-ins to do some things which come as standard with Poser, it's still a pretty inexpensive route.

Thank you all for your replies! I actually already am a budding member of Daz, I have Daz3d and I did get Bryce 5, I also have wings3d and Blender, Photoshop CS. So, I probably have massive amounts of tools at my fingertips, just don't realize everything they can do. I'm going to spend alot of time researching tutorials for the different programs I have and see what I can create in each. I guess that is the best start for me, so I know what I can make in each. I don't have Poser yet, wanted to ask if it was what I was looking for before I spent the money, so it didn't just sit there, unused, so I really do apprecite all your tips ect. I figured it would take a very long time to learn, I didn't realize there were so many different things you needed, and needed to do to create what seems to be the most basic of stuff laugh sound like a newb, don't I? I'm dedicated in learning this, and someday I will be back here to post my very first creation! (If I live long enough)

Thank you all so much again! I really do apprecite it, you have no idea!