Thanks for the detailed, informative answer. If I want to keep doing art on Poser (and want to preserve the stuff I have already generated), what is your suggestion as the best course of action? From your description, it sounds as if Flash has become a moot point with respect to Poser 11, and if I just bite the bullet and upgrade I should be OK. As part of this clusterpuck I upgraded to MacOS 10.11.6 (El Capitan), which apparently supports Poser 11. Also, I can apparently upgrade from Poser 9 for $99.00. Is this a sound strategy or am I missing something? (thanks again for the explanation - I love the art but hate the tech).