Hi Tom.. We've had several conversations regarding PSP8, you might recall. I'm a Poser user as well. It can be quite addictive and before you know it, your spending more than you intended. Just finding freebies is time consuming. I would suggest you start with Poser 4. I have both 4 & 5 and 4 is much more user friendly. I also recently found someone who is working with it on lapidary stuff and you might find a way to combine your interests. I'm going to look for the link to post here.