Oh, oh....Sounds like you are gonna get hooked. I got Poser 4...had one forever, it seems. And, I had Bryce. Within a week of getting Poser 4, I wanted to make my figures, different. I found a tutorial on morphing, downloaded Animator, and, it's been downhill ever since, for me. Amapi, the free version further added to this. Then, I got Rhino....which I LOVE. I got zbrush, for doing textures right on the model itself. I got 3ds max on a good deal this past autumn, but, the learning curve is too steep for me. It depends on what you want to do. I think I wanted to "model" from the get go. I worked with Booleans, in Bryce, before I ever had Poser 4. BTW...Bryce, Rhino, Truespace, Zbrush, all have free full use demos to try. I downloaded them...and, well, of course I got hooked on the programs...well, already had bryce, but upgraded to 5. Good luck in your quest, grasshopper. Pop...Pop...Poppi!!!