"...what I would like I suppose is a trial version to work with for a few weeks. Is this possible?" As EnglishBob said, not really. It's old and doesn't really let you use the application that much. If you can find a back issue of one of the 3D magazines with Poser 3 on it, that would be a much better demo of what Poser is. "I'm thinking maybe it's time I bought Poser." Is this a whim, a notion, a deep burning desire? You say that you want a demo so I assume that you're not really sure you'll really like it and don't want to spend the money and find out otherwise. If that's the case and you've really never used any kind of 3D software before, then I'd suggest that Daz Studio is the logical choice. No, it's not Poser as many have pointed out but it's the only other program that does what Poser does, allow you to easily pose and render 3D human figures. It's free. It will let you figure out at least whether the whole idea is what you want to do. Even if you only play with it for a couple of days, you'll have a better idea of the thing and be able to have a more informed view of the various comments by those who favor one application of the other. If you hate DS, then by all means, come back and give your reasons and ask people specifically why you'll Poser better. No, it's not Poser per se but then neither is a sailboat a destroyer. Better however to take a free sailboat ride than join the Navy only to find out that you're incurably seasick. If you just have money to burn and don't care what you do with it, then give it to the poor.

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