I'm using Poser itself. Being a hobbyist, and not really that great at learning packages like MAX and Lightwave, it works for me. Since my main focus is telling a story, and Poser is easy to use, I can concentrate on doing just that - telling my story. I'm not ashamed to admit that I buy the pre-made stuff to use in my projects, even BVH motions. I do a fair amount of the animating and motion myself, but if a motion exists for a movement I need a character to make, why reinvent the wheel? Someone else can do it better and it's available, I'm going to make use of it! :) After I have my little 3 to 8 second AVI clips, I bring them into Sonic Foundry's Video Factory to edit and add sound and stuff. (although I will be upgrading to Vegas Video after the rough cut is done). It works for me. I am looking at a widescreen DVD release for this, so I'm rendering in pretty high resolution, which is why I'm going to the full-out Vegas Video package for those options. MAX and Lightwave are far more advanced packages, but I'm getting the results I want, so why switch?