Wow, these are terrific replies and just what I was hoping for with my original post.  I'm very proficient with most Windows based software and new applications are typically very intuitive and I find my way around easily.   For some reason, I'm just not quite mastering Poser.  I've gone through various tutorials and they definitely help.  I've purchased books like Practical Poser and others, but most books read like brochures that tell you what Poser can do instead how to do it.

My biggest hangup is that I am not satisfied with the look of conforming clothing.  I like to use dynamic, but then I find myself wanting to do complex clothify calculations that I can't always do properly.   I think the biggest frustration I have so far is calculating 30 frames or so with dynamic clothing.  Then, when I want my figure to do something that's next in a natural sequence of events, the clothing can't just pick up from that step because it's already been clothified.  So, I have to recalculate and clothify from the very beginning.

But, my general question was really about whether I should look at other applications.  Based on your replies, I'm going to continue to reference this forum and try out the tutorials.

Thanks again.  Further insights would be very, very welcome.