Ive worked with both, and I can tell you that both have their up and down sides. Poser can be a little daunting at the very beginning until you realize that you have to position everything in the human body to make it work successfully, and bodies are tough to pose correctly. The Poser interface can also be a little confusing as well until you get into the swing of it (For the longest time I couldnt tell the difference between the rotate and revolve tools =) ), then it almost becomes second nature. My sole complaint about the interface is that it sometimes grabs the wrong body part when youre trying to reposition something: it will, for some reason, take a part under the one you want and will almost refuse to select the one youve asked for. But, like Bryce, you can usually get good work out of it your first time out of the gate. Its what I call a "rewards-oriented" program, in that it lets you see instantaneously what youve done right. For its price and for the wealth of features available around the Net that can be used to enhance it, you really cant beat it.