Thanks for the responses. This is going to be a long-term process. I know Strata has a plug-in that allows you to bring Strata models into the perspective filter/window in Photoshop. I get the impression that 3D bridge from Daz might do the same thing?

Mark, I'm not planning to animate the figures within live-action footage. Animation would be 100% modeled. (But I just got a pretty tricked out Mac Pro last week...)

Also, one of the biggest hurdles I've faced is lighting. The environments I'm creating are grocery stores. I cannot find any sort of tutes that deal with lighting such environments. All I find are three-point lighting tutes - which is great for vases and portraits, not so great for large rooms.  :P

Miss Nancy, all those specs are up to me,  :) While it would be nice to have figures better than the defaults, they aren't my main concern. That will come with time.

Thanks again!  :)