What's the best 3D or anime character creation software?

Originally Posted by Torplexed

I've used Poser 5 and 6 and I can't say I've been terribly impressed with either. Always found the interface awkward and the figures difficult and tedious to pose naturally. The program has a habit of letting you bend fingers and limbs at unnatural angles and doesn't allow much in the way of 'undos' so you're stuck with your broken fingers. Even after you've rendered the figure you usually end up having to polish them up in Photoshop.

Never used Daz3d.

What were the big differences between poser 5 and 6? And is 6 really worth the retail price of $150+ on up when I see poser 5 selling for $19.99 on some sites?

With the poser series, do you already get a bunch of background scenes and clothing items, or are you able to make your own? I'm not interested in having to buy the main product and a million different "mods" if you want to call them that.




About DAZ3d...


DAZ3d from what I've seen is a lot like poser but has a different interface and requires a bunch of payware "mods" and utilities to be able to bend and shape the figures the way you want them. Plus there are a million different "mod packs" that you can buy to get new outfits. What I hate though is that the clothes don't work on different characters. That means if you create your own the clothing most likely wont work. Several of the payware utilities come with pre-generated poses that look perfect and don't require any bending or adjustments on your part unless you want to bend them more.

I've heard a lot of complaints on both sides and I'm not sure which one is the better of the two...Poser or DAZ3d?


I am still interested in other programs that are like these if anyone knows of any?

I also noticed one that seems interesting and it too is from the makers of Poser. I think it just deals with anime drawlings and allows you to bend them and form poses for them as well. The drawlings though are only 2d though and Poser is all 3d characters.