Poser has evolved far beyond what its original purpose was, which as far as I'm concerned is a good thing! If anyone has the Poser 4.0 Handbook there is an introduction by Poser's creators about what it was originally intended for. If aren't familiar with the book I'll sum it up to you. Poser was originally designed to be an aide to artists. Remember those little manequins that came in the Ralph Gnaggy artist sets with the chalk and pencils? Well Poser's creator wanted a better stick figure to guide his art work. Poser was originally intended to have it's images imported into Painter so that people could draw over them. Actually if you think about it, you can still use our modern Poser for such purposes; but since I can't draw very well it gives me a way to express myself artistically without having to deal with vector programs or conventional media. Poser grew because people saw applications for it that reached beyond what was originally intended. I'd like one day to go to the movies and see an animated feature that was solely created in Poser--maybe by Version 10 . . .