I am finally trying to get better at 3D. In the last ten years I use Poser to recreate all the people I paint formal portraits in oil. Now I want to build our little village in 3D and paint it using the most appropriate program. I am painting a series of impressionistic landscapes not unlike Eduardo Cortez the great Parisian painter. I think I will be able to create the buildings in SketchUp and import them into iclone and Poser. I am still trying to decide which platform to use. tomlohre.com

Welcome to the Forum, Tom 

You can build Sets & Animate Characters in iClone much easier & quicker than Poser. However you also need Reallusion's 3DXChange Program in addition to iClone, to convert Google 3D Warehouse SKP Models & any you make yourself, to iClone's iProp Format. Likewise Poser Characters to iClone's iAvatar Format.

So - You either use just Poser or iClone & 3DXchange Programs.

If you're an experienced Poser user, iClone & 3DXchange should be a breeze to use. However you're looking at an additional cost, which might not be worth it, if you don't intend to use all of the Programs' Features.

A new iClone Version 6 is under Development. It might be worth waiting for that, to see if it's new Features meet your requirements. 

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Greetings, Tom.

Do you have any pictures of your prior work that you can share with us?  You made me very curious.

If you do post pictures here:

• Keep the image size reasonable
• The "Intert Image" button works okay in Internet Explorer, but not so well in some other browsers

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