hmm... given my PC specs, i'd have to assume it capable of being able to cope with P7 much better than it does, but p'raps my assumption has made me an arse and i'm quite wrong.

i have P6SE [the one that comes with the Winter Princess stuff], but i've not ever installed it because after searching through the forum here, i was left with the impression that P7 utilises resources better than P6.  and in comparing the manuals of both versions, apart from a few minor things [minor to me, i should say], i opted to install P7.

i spent about 4-5 hours cleaning up my P4 Runtime and then copying it over to P7 because i don't want to run multiple Runtimes, as well as trashing most of the content that came with P7SE since most of it held very little interest for me apart from some of the animals.

but maybe i should nix P7 [though saving the animals of course after editing the CR2s] and try a go at installing P6SE...

i'd like to explore shaders more, and lighting capabilities, etc., but know myself well enough to realise that if i am in constant struggle with P7 shutting down on me, the frustration will win out over the thrill of discovery.

jerr3d said:
"***the thing that has always bothered me about the Poser interface

are the clunky parameter dials,

i always have trouble grabbing them with the mouse***"

i know what you mean, but developed long ago using my mouse to double-click on the dial to bring up the dialogue box where i can change a number of different value inputs...  i'm not experienced enough in P7 to know if that is possible, but habits die hard and i'm sure without thinking about it, i was operating the same way...