Marybeth, I found that Vue is as easy as Poser to work with once I figured out the locations of the xyz axis (directionwise, that is). The manual is excellent and is one of the few that I had no trouble following. My only complaint with the program is that there's not enough info on texture mapping in the manual. Give me a few months more experience and who knows, I may be writing tutorials. Gawd, what a scary thought! giggle Kate