Well. I happily stand corrected on the "beta"....which is Poser 8 with a new splash screen as far as I can tell. The library was what was causing me problems and it appears to be re-designed to my satisfaction. It will only be $50 for me to upgrade (the price of a PS3 game) so I plan to make the jump. I hope they plan to have a plug-in for C4D 11.5 because those plug-ins work very well for me and I do do 80% of my rendering in C4D 11. I'd like a more direct route to C4D 11.5 so I can take advantage of the Mograf 2 dynamics and the more efficient rendering. Right now I export a Collada file which is fine for a lot of common animations....but I can't use Poser 8's really superior dynamic cloth and move it over into C4D 11.5. Basically, Poser/Daz Studio is where I start the pipeline.

Thanks again, bagginsbill for your informative words and photos.