Ok guys, thanks for the tips. I've been dying to get some new stuff up, but was stuck with trying to decide which version was best for me and less free time doesn't help either. Ciao!

My question was along the same lines. The last version of Poser I used was 5. I tried a demo of PP2012 and didn't care for it at all because you can't find any extra characters or props you add to it which in turn was frustrating and forced me not to use it. So would 5 to 9 be a better transistion?

I started out as a Corel user and didn't get started with Photoshop until version 6. Now I know I would probably never want to go back. Although there is a learning curve, there are so many resources that can teach you what you need to know quickly. Just as 2436mm says*" The best way to learn is by just playing around with the tools and functions"*, is a very good start. Also all PS comes with a getting started guide built right in.

Good luck to you. :)

2Textured <<(click here) is a good resource. Architectural & nature textures are abundant, but there are other choices as well. :)

www.2textured.com

There's a lot of places out there that you don't have to pay for to get your toes wet doing photo manips. Good Tutorials <<(click here) is a good resource.

Once you get the feel for blending your images and finding good sources of images and textures, the sky's the limit. I just recently finished one that sits on my homepage & I plan to do a few more just for fun. :)

Good luck!

Nice....can be used for other things as well. :)

It would be great. However, this thread looks like it's gone dead. It's a shame there's not more photoshop stuff to do around here.