operaguy,
I didn't mean that as a criticism of poser per se. I understand your quest. I was in a similiar boat a couple months ago. The skills are with the user, of course. The 2 programs serve different purposes so I wouldn't try to compare. Realistic doesn't always mean studio beautiful.I just meant that alot of the lighting and texture in poser doesn't look accurate to me(many also feel this way). I do agree texture quality is vital.But you can setup shaders and lighting in carrara in amazing ways.BTW, the skin examples at the link above all are procedural...no image maps. I just don't think you can go wrong with the tools in c5. Also get this pack if you do.He just added a multipass manager and control that would probably be very nice for poser textures.The whole pack is very useful and dirt cheap. http://www.des-web.net/

Message edited on: 02/15/2006 02:57

No need to think outside the box....
    Just make it invisible.