PJF, all that shows is that you're skillful with Photoshop or whatever image editor you use. Frankly, the hair looks painted on and doesn't even come anywhere close to the (probably) particle based hair used in the Final Fantasy figures or Princess Fiona in Shrek. It seems that some people here are confusing the requirements of still images versus animation and what Poser is realistically capable of. Poser is terrible at realistic lights, shadows, and rendering as well as animation; and most of the images rendered within Poser I've seen in the gallery here claimed by their creators to be photorealistic really are not and have an artificial or cartoonish look to them. Those artists using other packages like Lightwave 6.5 or Cinema 4D v7 with their area lights and shadows and global illumination capabilities to render Poser figures have far better luck at fooling the eye of the viewer (check out their galleries); but then their $2500 cost or more is beyond what most people here can afford. I also doubt many people here will have the patience to wait for a photorealistic radiosity image to render. Rather than have everyone pay the increased cost of adding those features into Poser, I think Curious Labs is wise at allowing those individuals with access to those higher end 3D apps to interface with Poser so that they can use their specialized rendering capabilities instead. If you want seriously realistic animation, then the requirements on human models increases because now you need extra polygons and vertices just to mimic muscle movements realistically, and you will need cloth physics, soft body dynamics and other features available only as expensive plug-ins to these midrange 3D apps or built-in features in Maya, Houdini or Softimage. While I understand your enthusiasm for Poser (I had the same dreams of creating the next Toy Story when I first started), you really should temper it with a sober look at what it is really useful for as soulhuntre said: a pose/composition tool.