Poser has changed, and how. i believe it was originally designed simpl as a tool to pose the human figure in a 3D scene... the artwork came later. Now poser is expected to do pretty much all of the work, aiming for evermore realism until eventually a poser rendered figure will be indes... indis... bugrit... just the same as a photograph. Great if that is what you want, personally i prefer the slightly 'unreal' feel of a painting. The image is a concept, a feeling, brought to life and designed to make the viewer 'feel' something other than 'wow that's so life-like'. I suppose, eventually i'll have to retire my bug-free, stable, fast, simple to use Poser 4 for the 'latest thing' simply because i can no longer get things to use.

And that's my point (sorry for the ramble) P4 does what i want it to do and as long as things are available for it, i'll buy them. I don't want to be forced to buy something with all the bells and whistles just to do something i have been happy doing for years. The market is always racing ahead trying to catch up with the latest half baked version of Poser but leaving behind a huge base of potential buyers.