Sorry Timoteo. I didn't mean that the wierdness is in the Poser program. I meant that the wierdness is in the Poser/Vue interface in the Vue program. To make a long story short, it seems that the animation features in Vue Pro really are improved. I did as you suggested and double-checked the animation modes. I can find no detectable "easing in and easing out" functions for the other animation modes. I also took some time to look at the begining and ending frams of my sequence of individual .tga files for that 500 frame animation. They are perfectly individual, as well. The OpenGL properties are significantly improved. But Vue Pro is not a be-all and end-all program. There will be trade-offs between it and other 3d programs, especially when compared to programs which center on 3d modelling tools. I've also looked very hard at the integration with MAX. This kind of integration and file sharing is the main thrust of Vue Pro, as nearly as I can tell. Personally, I like what I see and am glad I cut short on this month's groceries to acquire it. For you, since your main concern is with Poser and Vue, I'm not so sure that there is an advantage in purchasing it. You seem to be really pleased with Bryce, so perhaps for you, you should just stand pat as you are. I like Vue better because to my eye, as a professional forester, Vue is more realistic than Bryce, and I frankly find that Vue's hierarchy list of objects makes my modelling life a lot easier. But Bryce has some very, very interesting environmental effects, and some of its textures are the best around. So, this is all a matter of trade-offs, with no program being "deficient" so much as it is focusing on some features over others. Bryce seems to better suit your needs and appears to have no deficiencies apparently, so you probably should just stick with it.