OK... It looks like you can pose your figures, but a box or square primitive would be a lot more useful than Barney. With a box, you could pose the man into a seated position (and learn the importance of the orthographic cameras for accurate placement), and just treat the box like a prop in an art studio. We could also have some fun with z-tooning and bas-reliefs. If your flu is getting better, I'd suggest playing with the lights (upper left corner). The Poser default is for 3-point lighting which gives rounded forms in most renders. The infinite lights are easier to handle than the spot lights. With spot lights, you often need to use the "point at" command (in the menu) to get them facing the right direction. With the infinite lights, you can simply grab them and swing them. If you click on a light, you should see some icons so that you can change color and brightness and such. Just play. :) At the bottom of the library palette in each section, you should see up to 4 little icons. "Plus" and "minus" will add and subtract the selected object to the library. "Check" will place the library item in the scene, and will replace an item. For example, if you have Casual Man loaded, check on Barney will switch the figures... not what you usually want to do! "Double check" will ADD additional figures to the scene. Remember that old animation program I showed you where you made sheep? Lots of sheep? Using "double check" you can do something like a Magritte with lots of the same-suited and posed gentleman floating in your scene. If the hair is in the figures section, it needs to be "conformed", but man's hair is usually a prop and needs to be "parented". These actions glue the hair (or clothes) to the body so that when you move the figure, the hair goes with him. Otherwise, it looks like a toupee 2 paces behind its owner! So, add a hair model to the scene with your CM in default position. The hair ought to load at close to the right place (you can use the trans dials to nudge it). With the hair selected, go up to the menu: object > set parent, choose figure 1 (unless CM loads with another name). You should now be able to have your guy do a handstand and keep his hair. :) Carolly