Hi Firestorm, I got poser 3 from a magazine as well. If you have a paint program which will import jpeg and save as a tif you can use a lot of the clothes, props and poses etc... to be found on the web. (Make sure first though that they are not based on another item of clothing or they won't work.) It takes a little longer and you are better off manually importing each prop but after announcing that the file is newer than expected they usually open and work. I think it's a great introduction to poser, it's certainly given me the bug, so if you are not sure stick with it for a while. There are some fantastic tutorials around, although most of them have been updated for poser 4. Don't forget to go to the curious labs website and download the advanced techniques pdf for poser 3 (it's right at the bottom of the page, but it is there). If you look in freestuff there are some great characters by phil c and also confuscious' ultramorph man and woman who work well in poser 3. There are a lot of good tips in the frequently asked questions here, and you could look at ronknights tutorials (they are written for complete beginners, and although they are intended for poser 4, they are very clear and helpful) Personally, as soon as I can afford to, I will be buying poser 4, but you can certainly learn your way around the basics of the program :-)