Hey. If you don't like this method, don't use it. I think the hair for Poser (and using transmapping) looks awful. I'm willing to take a decrease in performance (which there isn't much for me). Look at Max with Shag Hair. Rendering can slow down to a crawl e.g. a drop in performance; but it's Digimaiton's top selling plugin. Realism is what many of us are going for. Easier and less time consuming isn't always the best way to go. WE ARE ARTISTS. RIGHT?