I used to think that Poser was the dogs...but now I'm not so sure & would be interested in your view on this as I've not my Poser 8 for a while, but looking to get back into it and maybe upgrade to Poserpro2010 - although I have to admit I am likeing the simple layout of Daz and have seen so great results - it also looks easier to work with than poser.

Looking to use Vue 9 and maybe zbrush

 

If you'll do a quick search you may find that there are a plethora of threads in this forum with this very title.

Add one more.

sigh

Laurie

sorry to bother you!

Its largely a matter of which interface you like , and what features you MUST have.

I do a lot of things with the poser cloth room , which DAZ studio does not have. I would have to do them in my modelling program if I didnt have poser, and it would be a bit harder.

For just Posing and assembling a scene there is not that much difference between the two of them.

I dont use any of the fancy lighting features in Poser, so I cant comment on the differences there.

There are discussions of Poser vs Daz studio and between different versions of Poser if you have  a look back a few weeks (search Daz studio)

I would not upgrade if you have Poser 8. It will take a while to learn it and get great results. Try Daz studio to compare. Studio 4 beta is now out (I think) so have a look at that too. 

It's not a bother, Bushy... it's just the question has been asked about 50 billion times, and a ton of opinions and discussions and yadayadayada has ensued to clog cyberspace, all of them sounding alarmingly similar. So, have a look at "search", then feel free to ask a more specific question, such as:

"I already have Poser 8 and am not totally impressed... I also have Daz Studio - the free one - but it's sort of not quite what I had in mind. I really wish I had a modeller, superior renderer and material management of some of the big programmes out there. Any suggestions?"

Then, I'd have one word for you: Blender.

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I am using Poser since version 2 and use now Poser pro 2011

I also use Daz studio 3  advanced (64 bits)

I must admit that Daz studio with Reality plugin offer a nice rendering system.But i never like its content browser and its dynamic clothing only works in 32 bits and  had many bugs on my system (Windows 7 64 bits)

So i still prefer Poser and mainly use it

If you want to use the poser pro 2011 64 bits version, i recommand to use it with Xl extended library ( from Dimension 3d) ,a much better one than the original coming with Poser 

C'est PoserPro 2010, pas Poser Pro 2011. Enfin, je ne crois pas que 2011 soit sorti.

Monterey/Mint21.x/Win10 - Blender3.x - PP11.3(cm) - Musescore3.6.2

Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehen
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Metaphor of Chooks

Thanks all,

I will search questions in future to see if they have been asked before.

Thanks for taking the time to respond.

 

No worries... oh, and I'm serious about my suggestion.

Monterey/Mint21.x/Win10 - Blender3.x - PP11.3(cm) - Musescore3.6.2

Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehen
[it is clear that humans have contempt for that which they do not understand] 

Metaphor of Chooks

Erreur de frappe Mille excuses!!

Typing error Sorry!

Pas de probleme...

Monterey/Mint21.x/Win10 - Blender3.x - PP11.3(cm) - Musescore3.6.2

Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehen
[it is clear that humans have contempt for that which they do not understand] 

Metaphor of Chooks

Thanks guys