If you want a good book for poser4 apart from the manual, buy the Poser4 propack F/X & design book by Richard Schrand, I can't say a bad word about this book, it's well written, goes into detail on pretty much everything, has a gret colour section in the middle, & he also explains how at least one of the pictures in that section was made so you can DIY, it's worth every penny of the 30 I paid for it. Remember the name Richard Schrand ;) Rob