Geeps tuts will teach you loads. Don't be afraid of anything. You won't break Poser by playing with the Advanced view in the Material Room, so don't be intimidated by it. Same goes for the Hair, Face, and Setup rooms. Find all the freebies you can handle. They are a good place to get started. You will be buying stuff very shortly after, but you will learn loads from the work others have already done, and it helps to get your feet wet. Buy Practical Poser 6 by Denise Tyler (a regular here named Deecey.) It is a fantastic book. I have been using Poser since version 4, and the book is giving me all sorts of insight to things I never thought of. It is written for beginners, but takes you into advanced concepts quickly and smoothly. Post here whenever you have an issue. As has been said already, people here love to help. It usually sparks ideas for others too. You will often see the word "bookmark" in the thread. This is someone who sees a topic they want to follow and is setting the e-bot to send them an e-mail when someone posts something to the thread. When posting though, please make your subject as clear as possible. Don't make your subject something like "Help!" Write something like "How do I make a surface shiny?" in the subject line. You will get faster responses if you are clear on your topic. Plus, the people "in the know" will be quick to post an answer. Okay, I repeated quite a bit, but I think they are all good ones. Oh yeah, and anything PhilC says is practically gospel. ;-)