Thanks for the help everyone!
I still haven’t decided whether to do it or not, I have had P3, P4, and P5.

I originally used Poser only to create characters that I inserted in to architectural illustrations, restaurant interiors etc.  I create the figures then use effects in Photoshop to make them match the appearance of the illustration I'm inserting them into, i.e. watercolor etc. Then I scan in the art and insert the people in Photoshop and print out or place the art in a video presentation.

 This saved a lot of time as the interior was the thing that was the focus of the drawing, but having a lot of people in it made it appear more user friendly.

 More recently I have started working with the animation aspects of the program for use in PowerPoint and video presentations.  It's amazing how having some movement in the art ads to the impact.

Right now I'm working on creating an animated mummy for a short video on Egyptian Art for kids.   Nothing complicated he will point at things on the screen etc.

Compression isn’t a big factor, I have 600 gigs of hard drive space, and everything gets transferred to DVD once it is done.

 I may just wait and see what Poser 7 has to offer since the changes don't seem to be  major.

 Thanks again for the info.

 Mike

If you shoot a mime, do you need a silencer?