Hi all,

I am (still) a newbie in regards to 3D modelling, but I am for a while already deeply interested in 3D character modelling.

I want to be able to model real human characters, using photos or the real model as a reference.

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Rather than starting from zero for each model, I think it's best to start with a generic model, and adapt it so that it would look like my reference (photo or real model).
Is that generally a good idea ?

As 3D Software specifically designed for 3D character design I found Poser and Quidam (Quidam: www.n-sided.com)

Poser seems to be rather old (back from 1989) and apparently is not being further developped.

Quidam is rather new, and does not have a large community yet, and still has some missing functions such as inverse kinematics.
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Do you know both Poser and Quidam, which one do you recommend** for 3D character creation with a photo as a reference ?
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I also found DAZ Studio, which seems to be a clone of Poser, is that better than Poser ?**

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks