I've been seriously using it since P5 came out and Daz - damn them to hell - came out with a "you can buy our entire store for $1.99 as if you were a plantinum member and get yourself into a huge credit card debt" Daz sales folk snickered evily. Anyway, I started life as a painter with- gasp -real paints! My first digital art programs were Poser 4 (I hated it - too fake looking people) Bryce 4 and Painter 6. Now I am a slave to Poser 6 and 7. God help me! I guess two and a half years.