In regard to the "I want it now" posts (which I understand were meant semi-kiddingly, but I will comment nonetheless), try to recall the fiasco when CL prematurely released a certain p5rogram in some part due to community demand. Egad, I hope they take their sweeeeet time with P6! Remember the complaints? The gnashing of teeth? The vehement chanting of picket sign wielding protesters? Remember the hours of time we wasted setting up scenes and having them crash on us? No? Well, nevermind then.

As for the "ho hum" attitude by some toward this single unveiled feature.....give it a chance. Maybe you farm out your rendering to a different program because you're dissatisfied with P5, but don't you CRAVE/PREFER/WANT a P6 that won't make that necessary?

Some features of P5 are actually quite astounding when used properly (and heavily considering its price point). Specifically, the Cloth Room is amazing. The Material Room, although initially horribly overwhelming, is capacious in its variety. If you refuse to explore P5's intricasies, or if your need for immediate gratification is disappointed by the lack of a "Magically Render Perfect Image" button, you will be missing out on a great deal of P5's greatness. P5 can help produce some excellent work. Likewise i've seen horrible imagery produced from Lightwave, CD4, Maya, etc. thanks to a lack of attention to detail and zero inventiveness. And at several times the price, yet.

Perhaps Poser 5 isn't capable of producing results that rival Lightwave or Maya in the hands of equally capable artisans. And perhaps there IS a particular unmistakeable 'look' to a Poser image that garners derision and scorn amongst the "real" 3D super-users. Perhaps. But remember: a masterful surgeon doesn't use a hammer to perform an operation, YET a carpenter wouldn't be caught dead without one. (*I swear there was supposed to be a point to this metaphor.)

All that being said......please release it NOW, show us more and better features immediately, make it be better than anything else, give us documentation that is compleat and invariably explicative, release the PC and Mac versions simultaneously, provide dual processor support, cut the price in half, and oh yeah, add a "Magically Render Perfect Image" button! :)