LOL, Darth. Always encouraging following the Dark Side, eh? I'd suggest running through the Tutorial in the manual. When that craps out on you (and it probably will), go to Willow's PFO, and post on the Animation and Mimic forum; that's where I got help, some of it from Ian Grey, the author of the tutorial itself, and some from a professional animator who sometimes frequents this site as well. Also post any specific questions on the 3D Animation Forum here too. The Poser Animation features are complex, but not that bad. It does take up a lot of hard drive space and memory to do animations though!