I holding out hope that new 5.0 version of Strata3D may offer me a better solution. It's always had a great renderer and I've heard rumors of direct Poser import. Version 4 can sort of import Poser files but you lose alot. It's useful for those times when you really have to have volumetric fx like smoke, fog and clouds. It's already multiprocessor enabled (using all four in my Quad) and 64bit and 5.0 is due to ship soon. Certainly long before a new version of Poser appears. Here's hoping.