I am reading (my morning ritual as long as can connect to the net), and wanted to add a few comments. The next release of Poser promises to be the most advanced update to the application in it's history. Lots of polish, bold new features, a natural work flow evolution; I'm confident you'll be impressed. But, sorry, I can't get into specifics about features or a timeline. (and because this question always comes up whenever I say that, upgrading to or buying today Poser 4 today is a still a good idea, there's a good bit of time between now and the next release). It may have been 2+ years since Poser's last release, but from the very start Curious Labs has always been about Poser and putting systems in place to develop and deliver the product. We do have to create other products though, one (as cool as Poser is) won't carry us. That said, we've been working on that next release of Poser for a long time, from the framework up, and in the process, stoking a few other irons in the fire so we aren't a one-trick publishing pony. Releasing a large scale commercial product like Poser or Pro Pack requires much more than just talented engineers. There is quality assurance testing, user interface design, product graphics, box and manuals (copy, design, printing), customer service, tech support, international sales/distribution systems and managers of those systems, international product fulfillment, web development and database management, internal hardware systems support, marketing, public relations, and product management to track all the features and development timelines. It's a significant team here at Curious Labs, and we need to leverage that team and those systems across more than one product. If any one member of this team were not in place, a major aspect of how you interact with us or the product would be lacking. Some say that may already be the case, and I would counter that most of us are working multiple roles and long hours as it is, and it's very chaotic to say the least. Hope you can be patient with us when we stumble here and there. But we wouldn't be doing this unless we had faith in the product and our abilities to continue bringing this product to you. We also have faith in knowing who you collectively are, and what you want from our product. That's why I'm personally great at Poser and 3D, and probably useless for much else ;-) Almost all of the other products from Meta have found homes now, and have been re-released in some fashion or another, some with minor bug fixes retaining their past version numbers, others with new version numbers and subtle improvements or minimal new feature sets. We were the first of the former Meta products to re-release, and we will be the first to have a major new version. At the risk of sounding trite- trust me, the next rev of Poser will be remarkable. Thanks for starting this thread, i need threads like this to get all fired up... you can take away my soapbox, i need a cup of coffee now. ;-) For reference, there's been a Poser SDK available for quite some time now. It's supplied upon request, based upon a review of it's intended purpose. Steve Cooper Curious Labs