I've been working in Carrara for a while and have been inspired (by alot of you guys) to pick up Poser4, along with victoria and Mike along with body maps. I just want to know, can I place a complete poser file, maps and all, into a Carrara file. And can I make shaded objects (i.e.: a helmet for Mike) and place it in poser, or would I build it around the imported poser figure in Carrara? Thanks in advance, It's nice to see such a tight community or artists helping one another. I hope to return the favor in the future!

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Carrara imports groups of poser objects with their maps intact, provided one exports the objects to a folder that contains the maps. this is necessary because the materials file doesn't include paths to textures, only file names. doing eyes or other transparencies is tricky and may require experimentation and post-rendering work.