I need to create a small stadium crowd scene; i.e., one that is watching a karate match in an old-style kung fu movie.  Several hundred people all looking and dressing similarly.  What's the best way?  Some permutation of the AZL Crowd?  Vue?  Thanks!
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Use alpha planes like AZL does.

Rendering the crowd figures in the same light set as the final scene look better.

Theres a tutorial on alpha planes for you at the link above. 
Ignore the animation title- the same basic principles apply.

BTW - you can ignore the bad spelling as well :)

Pinky - you left the lens cap of your mind on again.

 I think there would be a great market for low poly crowds in different types of clothes.
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Predatron has a nice set - but not very Kung Fu ish - unless you need modern clothing like hoodies and t-shirts.  Excellent set as well. If you buy from their site direct theres a good saving as well.  

Pinky - you left the lens cap of your mind on again.

Well, you can use an Ecosystem in Vue to create a crowd. If you want an animated crowd, I would suggest using alpha planes as mrsparky has mentioned.

Here's a tutorial on how to use After Effects to create a crowd.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1k4az_tuto-after-effects-make-a-crowd_tech

The same principles can apply to Alpha Planes in Poser/Vue.

Posermocap - Motion Capture animations for Poser and Daz3D.

 Thanks everyone for the help.  My crowd doesn't really need to move, but I do need to pan over it in a stadium setting in 3-D, so I'll take a shot at creating it in Vue.   
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