The Pro Pack is an amazing tool for Poser and I am extremely glad I got it, but for 3D Studio Max stuff, I am a fan of Maximum Pose. The major advantage it has over the pro pack is that you don't need to have poser on the same machine as max to use it. Once you've exported your animation and converted it you can take it to any computer with Max and it comes in perfectly. Also it is very stable in Max, and it can optimize your animation getting rid uf unneeded keyframes. I crashed several times when I used the Pro Pack Plugin with Max, and I found it ran a little slower in max. One other major plus is that Konan (the creator of Maximum Pose) is very reliable in dealing with any technical problems you may have - he is promt with his replies and has never failed to help me. It can take a little longer for the folks at CL to get back to you as they are responsible for several software packages and have a larger client base (not that they haven't done a great job). The cons of it (when compared with the pro pack) are that you need to have lots of temporary hard drive space while you are making the conversion from Poser to Max. How much space is determined by how long and how many figures are in your animation. Once the conversion is done, you can erase almost everything you generated, and once you save your max file you can completely erase everything. Poser Pro Pack doesn't require any additional space, and changes you make to your PZ3 are immediately available in Max - in Maximum Pose you have to go through the process of re-exporting and converting aganin. Another Con is that it takes a little time to make the conversion - depending on how fast your processor is, it could be a little or a lot. PPP doesn't take any time to go from one to the other. Another con might be that the program is what it is (a poser to Max program), while the pro pack features several other things not related to max - this includes multiple viewports, character creation tools...etc. It makes the Poser Experience more like other 3D apps, and gives it way more functionality. Again, if you are only looking for a Poser to Max solution, I'd say maximum pose. Even if you aren't doing an animation and just want a perfectly set up poser object in Max, this is still your best bet. On the other hand, if you want more than just a poser to max tool, then the Pro pack is the way to go - Like I said, for this one thing, I preffer to use Maximum Pose. Check out my Demo Reel at www.allbetsareoff.com and you can see some of the poser animations I've done in Max using Konan's software. Aharon