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I'll address a few of your questions. I found Poser relatively easy to learn. It was my intro to 3d. The documentation is atrocious. You'll learn more about how to use it on this site (and others). I use P5 in Windows ... I've heard that it's relatively stable on the Mac. You can find out how others use it commercially at the link above...but there are others. BTW, Vue 4.2 will import Poser 5 scene files (pz3s); however, it won't carry over the lighting (not that you'd prefer P5's lighting) as well as dynamic hair and cloth. Actually, you might want to post this in the Poser forum (vice the technical one) where it will have more visibility and find some folks that have used it the way you're contemplating. Hope that helps. Paul P.S. IM me if you'd like to discuss further ... I'm pressed for time right now.