Caveat: Poser can become overwhelmingly addictive. Collecting models, textures, poses, etc will consume you. If you find yourself going without sleep and/or food in order to make ONE more render, you may have a problem. Buying new harddrives to accomodate new Runtime folders is not uncommon. It is classified as a gateway application, as many people move from Poser to harder applications like LIghtwave, Maya, 3DSMax, etc. There is no known cure. Consider yourself warned. The investment far exceeds its limitations. Poser is a great program, despite its weaknesses. If you can learn to use Flash adeptly, you can manage Poser. As best as I can tell, the same obstacles apply with this application as with any others: talent and inventiveness. As maxxmodelz said, you won't be modelling in Poser, but you will have a great degree of control over posing, lighting, texturing, and animating both stock models and imported 3rd party models. Exporting animations from Poser is not so very difficult. Getting the animation the way you would like it to appear is where you may have some difficulty. It depends on the complexity of the animation. It may take a few attempts to render the results to your liking. But don't be put off by that. Start small. By and large, Poser is well worth the time (= money). Poser 6, especially!