I got Poser 1 because I needed figures in different poses as reference for drawing comics, specifically a strip about ballroom dancing ("Footlights"). After years of dancing, I have tons of tapes and photos from the web as reference, but I really dislike "copying" photographs for publication, so I got Poser 1 (subsequently 2-4) to "copy" poses from various resources, THEN move the camera to different angles and other settings to use as reference for drawing poses. Prior to Poser I had been using various other meshes (e.g., "Humanoid from Crestline) in Imagine. One thing I had difficulty with was posing two figures in a closed dance embrace (waltz, foxtrot, etc.) because of all the necessary adjustments but it has certainly been worth its weight, as my wife had gotten really tired of holding poses while I taped her from differnt angles.