As a complete beginner myself, I have been totally lost in Poser till Lynda.com introduced the
new Poser7 tutorials. I have made light years of progress in just 1 week.

I finally GET IT. Working in Poser is a state of mind, and Lynda.com , although it  is not as in depth as PP7, provides a solid foundation to build on.
I strongly recommend it to all beginners.
Yes it costs money to subcribe, but the first sections of every tutorial are free, so you can try before you buy

And if you subscribe (I've been a member for two years) you have access to the entire Library-

Photoshop, Flash, Illus, Dreanweaver, even itunes and much more.

I grew Hair yesterday! It turned out to be so easy I may custom make hair on all my projects.

PS. now that I have a clue, I will be getting Practical Poser7 soon. I had 6, but found it difficult because it made references to the EF Ref manual that were not even remotely related to the subject at hand. I suspect it was the ref manual that was at fault, because other tuts I tried had similar conflicts with the manual (poser6). Someone suggested that EF sent me the wrong manual, since they experienced no such conflicts.
PP6 seemed well written and I am confident I will not experience the same difficulties with PP7.
If I do, you hear from me.

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"Have you ever made a just man?"
"Oh, I have made three," answered God,
"But two of them are dead,
"And the third--
"Listen! Listen!
"And you will hear the thud of his defeat."

-Stephen Crane

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