Stills are great but my focus is on animation. Poser has a great pool of high quality mesh models, clothes, hair, etc. With the dynamic hair and cloth features of Poser 5, I have an opportunity to do human animation far more cheaply and quickly, than with other 3d software programs with way too expensive plugins. I do succumb and buy a lot more than I should, but I feel guilty because I should be focused more on learning the ins and outs of the software packages. It is more fund to create quality stills than focusing on manuals and tutorials. I am more likely than most to spend on utilities, plugins, and tutorials.