If you're thinking of saving your pennies for a higher end program, consider LightWave instead of 3D Studio. Reasoning is that when importing a Poser OBJ file into Max you have to rescale it by a factor of 100 - and then if you want to re-import the modified OBJ into Poser you have to scale it back down to 1%. Sometimes the scaling does not go back completely to the original. LightWave, on the other hand, imports and works with OBJ files that are the original size. Not only to mention that you get a LOT more bang for the buck with LightWave vs. Max - especially when it comes time to upgrade. 8-)