WarAngel..I don't know you at all, but stick with it, i believe you are overwhelming yourself, stick with one, play with it when you feel comfortable with it, move on to another. Myself I make pics and have learned many things, but I have no clue how to model or do "bones" in poser, if you want to learn those get a major feel of the apps you use first. Don't leave and don't give up, even if you just used all of them as a hobby or to pass time. I sure never thought i'd be making pics on my computer, now I sell buttloads of Christmas cards every year. This might come very easy to some but I would have to say that for most of us we have all screamed at our computers, pulled on our hair, ranted and raved, and turned a bit gray (with what hair we have left) over all this but we still keep at it. So stick it out with the rest of us loonies :)