At the time I downloaded and tried out the demo I was fairly good at maneuvering around a scene in Carrara (my preferred app for doing my final images). Couldn't really get used to Shade. So I never bothered installing the free copy that came with my copy of Poser 6. I wouldn't go as far as to say Shade "sux" since clearly there's some great work being done with it. However I will go on record as saying I don't like it personally.