Quote - Tutorials are great but sometimes they really do not address specific questions that I have. Or I am too confused to realize they are--either way, sometimes I just need a step-by-step explanation in another way. (I do want to mention that I posted here as a last resort--I'd been trying to figure the answers out myself for a long time before I posted, both with the help of many of the same tutorials recommended here and manuals and just playing around and exploring. And I still didn't get it. I don't know--them's the breaks.)

I'm a slow learner when it comes to Poser too :). I've had the program for about a year. I would get so frustrated trying to get clothes from the library on to the figure but just couldn't do it. It wasn't that they wouldn't fit, it was that the manual had given wrong instructions on how to go about it (single check mark vs. double), and my figure kept disappearing. I think I reinstalled Poser six times before I finally decided to stick with it or die trying, last September. I was so confused and frustrated about everything: - a manual that isn't new user friendly; leaps around all over the place; and is more a lesson on how to build the program than it is about how to actually use it; - items such as hair found in several places; - textures located under poses; - a face room that has apparently no known use if using Vicky 3; - some things need conforming, others won't let you; - how to undo mistakes (turns out you can only undo 1); - HUGE long lists of folders in the library, and not being able to find anything! My head was swimming and I was so stressed and overwhelmed that I was frustrated to tears. I felt that I wasn't learning anything. When I learn, I like it to be organized, but with Poser it's been chaotic and disorganized. I also need "step by step" for some things; and learning programs is one of those things. I'm not a stupid person, but Poser makes me feel like a total idiot most of the time. I'm rather proud and hate looking dumb, but I finally swallowed my pride and begged for help. A poster from Daz took me under his wing and let me into his home via ICQ and walked me through doing several things and with his help I made my first clothed figure and rendered it :) I'm still working on the poser terminology too, hehe

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi