Seems like I've done this a zillion times, what with Poser 2,4,PP,5,6 plus many reinstalls new computers and what not. Here is what I do, step by steo. Install Poser, start it. Once it opens, delete the man in the window. Rearrange the various controls and windows to a less space-wasting arrangement. In earilier versions you could Alt-click on some of the tools to change them to avertical allignment, that doesn't seem to work in Poser 6, anybody know a fix? Lately I like a "square" document window, I can use 825 x 825 in Poser 4 (newer version can't go as big, due to more clutter) (Am I starting to say that we loose something with newer versions? ;-) Anyway, make sure you have room to get the library to pop open from the left, without overlapping, as you will use that a lot. Click on Full Tracking (second arrow at the bottom of the document window in Poser 6) Click Off Display Shadows (4th "thingee" at bottom of document window) Turn Off the ground plane (Top Menu, Display, Guides, Ground Plane) Set main Camera focal length to 105 mm (unless you like the fish-eyed look). Second Triangle at top of Document Window. Fix the lights to a less-awful state. I suggest: Desaturate all of them (Alt click on the light sphere in the Light Control Window, pull DOWN in the rainbow window for less saturation, move sideways to change the hue) Make the current "almost white light" much stronger (about 80% of max, and a shade of yellow orange. Just make the red light less saturated Make the "green" light a less saturated shade of blue - NOTHING looks good in green light! Make this light a little weaker, too. Tht is it, all you have to do now is set this to be the default, which will be the next step.