I know where Jim is coming from with Painter, but it's common knowledge that everything Adobe Photoshop developes Painter imitates. And just take a look at the pro-illustrators... I can tell you by knowing a few very good ones, that they use Photoshop. But having said that, Painter is a very good program in which you can achieve the same result. It IS really the technique you use to get a good hairdo on a poser figure, not only the program. I have tried to figure out what the most important things are to put in my tutorial and it's kinda hard. You just have to start and try, try and try again till you get the result you wanted. It's much easier to explain it to someone when they sit next to you. And I already did teach a few on how to paint hair. Good luck with your development. Keep us posted! Regards, Johnnie...