I bought Poser 2 way back in 96/97 but thought it was too complicated (lol). Never touched Poser again but saw an Ad on Poser 5 last year November and upgraded it with a discount to Poser 5. It took me about one month to read the Manual then posted my first image. Now I try a bit of everything - Materials Room, Hair Room, Cloth Room, Setup room etc. It really isn't that mind boogling if you have the patience to read the manual and ask questions and read the wonderful tutorials the community has contributed. Poser 5 is great! it was even better of course after SR1. I did experience crashes before that release.