I really appreciate all the advise and shared experience. I am leaning towards Carrara (though I like both programs). I would certainly like to be able to bring in Poser characters into it will as little hassle as possible, I like their terrain and sky creation tools and love the speed of rendering (in the demo of Carrara 4 Pro). Stability is important for certain, as I would hate to invest a ton of time and loose it. Thanks for all the info! One last question for you all, Some of my figures when I open it in Carrara still have the defauld eyebrows visiable, though in Poser it is not there. Is there a way I can delete these (much like I would do in Bryce when I import to render in that app)?