Do you recommend Poser?

[yaschan]

I'm thinking about possibilities Poser would allow in my ZBrush-Lightwave workflow. Any Poser users out there?
Do you think it's good software for character posing work?
I'm using Mac.

[lukecaulfield]

I'm not going to be much help to you since I just got Poser 8 and I'm relatively new to 3D but the first problem I see is that you can't reconstruct subdiv after importing into Zbrush. I'm happy to create figures from scratch but Poser does seem a tempting way to speed things up. However, if you can't move down to a simple base mesh it might not be worth it. It's been a bit frustrating working on the Poser mesh. I'd be interested if any more experienced people have anything to add or if they can correct me if I'm wrong.

[Crotalis]

It's possible to rig/animate in lightwave correct? If so then I would say Poser is probably NOT the best use of your money in this case. Poser is awesome when you need to pose something for reference, and in a pinch I've even animated some of the stock people to insert into existing animations, but really, it's probably not the way to go in this case IMO.