The demo is full function for 30 days. After that the "Basic" version is $99. But you should be able to do the first 2-3 tuts using just the demo. I thought it lasted longer, the old demo ran for 90 days. but still $99 for the basic package is a good deal it comes with a ton of stuff. And you can make Plants, terrain, props, low res characters etc with the basic. the realy fancystuff does require the full studio but the Basic is deducted from the price. Hey Geep :-) Too true on Carrara, it is a natural companion to poser. feel free to throw in extras, that would take less of your time. Feel free to correct me too if you know a better way to do something.