Unfortunately, Mr. Mortier's illustrations are very simple, using default settings and lighting. Pretty unprofessional. I hate to judge him or criticize him, but I have to agree with the others here that his books aren't very good. If he really was expert enough at Poser to get books published, his illustrations should be good examples of the possibilities with the program. Rather, he only shows the very basics, using all the lowest resolution characters in the program, like P4 business man, set on default camera focal length, default lighting, etc. The poses are stiff and mannequin-like and the facial expressions he illustrates are laughable. So exaggerated, no one would ever want to use them. Any renders he included in the book were pretty simplistic. Sorry, Shamms! I think I'll pass on the Poser 5 Handbook. Melanie