jens42 - There are one or two very popular 3D Magazines that have given away copies of Poser 3. 3D World or Digit may be one. If you ask around in this forum, you'll not only find out the name of the mag., but which Vol. you can place a back order for. I looked into it, and it was less than $20 to have the title delevered. Poser is the best all around 3D application today. It's bretheren Vue D' Esprit, Bryce 5, and Carrara have similar G.U.I.s. Most where formaerly owned by Metacreations, but they've since divested. Vue and Bryce are more environment/nature generators, and carrara is a modeler. The beauty of these apps. is that that you don't need to dip into the equity on your home to purchase them. Each can be had for a few hundred dollars. When you get more professional/Hollywood bound you can think about modelers like; Maya($15,000,) Lightwave($10,000) 3D Studio Max($5,000.) But by then who knows where the much more user friendly apps. will be by then. = )