I too am considering upgrading from Poser Pro to Poser 6, and so can endorse all the fears of the other contributors. A brief experience with the original Poser 5 didnt help matters at all,apart from the application being full of bugs which should NEVER have occurred, the manual supplied further complicated the issue by being written in a totally illogical manner, trying desperately to explain functions which didnt work anyway. Eventually I did myself a favour and threw the whole bloody lot out. Poser 6 is now given a good rating, lessons having been learnt, But I am informed by various reviewers that the manual/help files are still illogical and virtually useless, and seemingly the manufacturer is choosing to ignore this aspect. Can an experienced user of Poser 6 suggest a manual that covers the operation of Poser 6 in a step by step manner. Searching the DAZ and Renderosity sites for such infomation does not supply any enlightenment. Could it be that they are afraid of rocking the boatwith the manufacturer, instead of supplying the honest information to their customers ????????????