just a different opinion then: go for the cheapest, learn the main things, and take the first (and therefor cheapest) upgrade to PoserPro2014 when you're up to it.

I mean it. Learn camera and light handling like a pro photographer, learn to pose, to express, to morph, dynamic hair and clothes, atmospehrics, to interface with Photoshop and LuxRender, squeeze the most out of the FireFly Renderer. And get an art style for your works. A serious cartoon style (visit Lundqvist's gallery) does not require any scattering.

happy posing, welcome to the club.

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Usually I'm wrong. But to be effective and efficient, I don't need to be correct or accurate.

visit www.aRtBeeWeb.nl (works) or Missing Manuals (tutorials & reviews) - both need an update though