oh - now I know what you meant ... well - Poser hasn't the ability to render directly in your working window ... this would simply kill your Graphic Card and Processor (to much calculting then). So if you want to see the image with all the textures correct applied you have to render it ... If you want to make an animation you've to make a movie - tutorials for beginners ... hmmm - for a quick reference the poser-handbook isn't that bad ... for some beginners tutorials - yes there are some - but at the moment I don't know where they are ... Just ask for some beginner tutorials here in the Poserforum - you should get some answers and links ... mostly the folks here is very friendly :o). Good luck Schlabber