Whoops sorry, that highlight wasn't the best of ideas. Here is the post again;

1. It is not easy. No matter how often they say it in the advertisements, it is not easy....

Yes but isn't that always the way? These professional programs will take time to learn and I find it is one step of achievement at a time.

2.  The computer specs in the promotional material are not enough to give you a trouble-free Poser experience. You are going to have to upgrade your computer, probably again and again.

*Amen to that.
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3.  It "kind of" works. The pictures you see in promotional renders are not what you will be producing Not for a very long time...

I don't expect to. I work in a totally different trade and can't hope to be able to produce the work that the people here can. Many of them either work in that environment or just dedicate a lot of their time to it, and it shows in their work. Some of us just make do with a couple of hours a week experimenting.

4.  Having bought Poser and committed some time to it, you are going to find that there are a number of other things you desperately want...

Yes and there is so much of it scattered around, it isn't always easy to find but well worth it when you do.

5.  Having acquired the content, you are going to need storage, lots of it. External hard drives to the rescue.

Yes, I learned that a long time ago. Never keep it all on Drive C!

6.  The documentation that came with the program is only starting to make sense now. Written by experts for experts, it went over my head.

After this few months I am finding myself going back to the reference manual frequently and things that didn't make any sense to me months ago are slowly falling into place. So that has to be some progress. The Poser manual actually has most of the answers, it just takes time for them to make sense. The people here who know their stuff fill in the blanks for us when we get stuck on something.

So here I am. I had no idea what I was letting myself in for when I bought the program. My ambitious plans have been scaled down, and scaled down again. But I am still at it, and still learning.

*We never stop learning really, and so long as we can learn we are making progress. It might not be rapid progress, but any progress is a good thing.