I understand about the lack of 2-way compatibilty. I don't think it was much of a priority for V 1.0 (unfortunately). My point about learning studio at an early stage is that, since it's free anyway, you can always get it and learn it in slow steps, and when things like DS> poser export come along, you won't be struggling to start from scratch. Re Power Pose - I know it sounds like a cop-out, but you honestly have to use it to appreciate how much better and smoother it is than poser's IK. I'm a dial man myself. I never touch the doc window with the tools if I can avoid it, but PP is a real pleasure to use. It really takes posing to a new level. As regards control, you can pin/unpin any single body part, or any number of different body part you want. This makes a huge difference to how figures can be posed. You can also choose to pose from a body part's center, end point or joint, so pretty much anything's possible with it. mac