Ahhh!  Thanks!

Now, how do I zero out a figure again?  Want to save her unposed.

Oh geez, that's amazing.  I find it hard to believe that the $49 Fantasy package is capable of doing something like that.

Here's the exact wording:

Add life to your scenes: load built-in fantasy items, download more from Cornucopia3D or create your own using built-in modeling tools!

To me it sounds like you can "model" your own things as needed?

But I'm not interested in, at least not at this point, in buying tons of content.  :(

Thanks Tom.  :)

I was looking around thier site at the various smaller packages (like the $49 ones) and wondered if maybe those would be a better option for me?  The only thing it has a small finished image size and it sounds as if you have to buy a lot of the content.  But some of the final images around supposedly using that package are pretty stunning.  Oh and ideally I'd like to be able to import my poser/daz figures which apparently you can't do with that either.

It does help... but at the same time I feel overwhelmed and just want to make sure that after working with the PLE that I do get the right thing for me.  There is just so much to learn!

Oh and another question... so if you get the "Xstream" version, there is no stand alone program?  You MUST have 3ds Max (or other) installed?  Does it work with Blender (I couldn't find anywhere that it said it did)?

Thanks for putting up with me guys.  :)

So how does Vue compare to Bryce?  Similar programs right, but what is the main difference?  I see that Bryce is significantly cheaper so I'm just curious how they compare since I'm not exceedingly rich.  I'm a stay at home mom learning this in my spare time, it's all a hobby now, that I'd like to do more with when my son is older and off to school.  So I have learning time, since he's only one now, but not the finances for tons of expensive programs.

Stinks, but makes sense.  :)

New question... When I go to render, it has the "e-on" logo all over it and I can't see the render well at all.  What am I doing wrong?

Oh awesome thanks everyone.  

Mari-anne - that's exactly the type of tutorials I was looking for, thanks!

FrankT - Perfect, then I've installed the right one since I don't have those more powerful 3d applications!  Yet..... one step at a time!  :)

Tom - OH!  I didn't even see that there was a tutorial there!  That should also prove to be quite helpful!! 

Wow, so much there I'm not even sure where to start!

One question I thought of was, should I have choosen the Infinite version or the Xstream version... I couldn't really find out what the difference was, but I went with Infinite.

Oh I don't like asking questions... I'll sit and play and play and play.  Took me a week to gain the courage to post this question!

Oh ok, unfortunately I don't know how to refit...  Does that just mean scale things so it fits V4?  And the ones I found say "Poser 5" only so I'm not sure if that would even work at all in 8 and then be able to refit them as suggested.

I feel like for every step forward, I end up taking 2 steps back.  :(

Wow thanks Jeremy that is all very helpful.  I've been going to the HR with my V4, HiRes skin and all... whoops!

Another question now... where can I find/get/make a skullcap to work on?  Not exactly sure what a skullcap is.  Or if it's safe to work on V4's head with nothing else added I can continue to do that, but knowing my luck my computer will still crash.  :)

Thanks again!!

New question!  Sometimes when I'm editing the growth group it selects parts in the eyes and nostrils when I work on the sides or back of the head... is there anyway to prevent this from happening?  Hate taking my time to pick the spots I want then grow the guide hairs and see hair sprout from the eye balls.