"Now are we supposed to put all our faith in DAZ to come out with a product to replace Poser?" Put your faith where you like. Having seen DAZ Studio, I can tell you two things for sure: 1) it won't be out for quite awhile, which means that CL still has a shot at getting their act together. Whether they will or not will depend on their coding skill and the patience of their customers. 2) It is being built not as a 'replacement for poser', but as a means to allow you to professionally use your Poser stuff. "Will it be able to use all our Poser stuff?" That's what they're shooting for, but it'll also be able to use other stuff as well. The alpha version I saw imported Lightwave objects and scenes. I'm certain that there will be a competent array of import/export capabilities included. "I won't believe in DAZ Studio until it's been around a few months." Again, DAZ isn't approaching it as if they were building a religion - they have much more practical goals in mind. -------- "It wasn't an easy choice and will certainly affect my livelihood down the road, but between the EULA issue and Poser 5's bug issues... it was a choice I had to make." Integrity is priceless. Thanks Jack. Err, Lapis? It isn't a question of "integrity", it is a question of business sense. When you are forced to make business decisions that affects whether or not you can afford to pay your bills and feed your family, you do what you have to. Anything else would be flat-out stupid. It is amazingly easy to preach about integrity when you're safely employed elsewhere... it's quite another story when it's your gonads laying there on the chopping block. /P