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 - Superior valueIt seems that the consensus is that Poser 7 is a difficult tool to use. I would have to agree that the learning curve is somewhat steep, but if you think about it, so is the learning curve for driving a car, yet most people have fought through learning to shift gears because it is a necessary skill to be able to do so much more. The Poser documentation is excellent. It is professionally written and very helpful. Yes, it may take a couple of weeks to get comfortable with the software interface, but the upside is that you will find yourself at the controls of one of the most powerful animation tools available for the price. Anyone that badmouth's this product has not put in the effort necessary to appreciate it. Perhaps they need to be looking at handicams, not 3D animation software. Rating: - Good Quality Renders, Great PriceI really love Poser and I use it all the time. It's a fraction of the price of Max or Maya, and much, much, much easier to use. It also produces surprisingly good renders. It may not do everything the larger graphics programs do, but I would highly recommend it for hobbyists, independent artists and small studios looking for an entry-level solution that can produce professional quality results at a very reasonable price. If you haven't used Poser before, it's important to note that Poser is only an animation and render suite--you have to combine it with a 3D modeling program like Shade, AC3D or Blender in order to really use it. There's a ton of stock content (3D clipart) available for Poser if you don't have any modeling skills, but you'll get a lot more out of the program if you know a little bit about 3D graphics. Two thumbs up! Rating:  - E-Frontier Poser 7If I had known how difficult this program is to learn I would not have purchased it. These typs of programs should have input by someone who knows nothing about using an animation program. If you can make a program a beginner can master, you will have a good product. Otherwise this is only for the pros. David Jones Rating:  - Higher learning curve than expected.I've seen many internet comics done in Poser, so I thought I'd give it a try. Poser probably gives more options than I'd really want, it's very detailed. You can manipulate every single digit on the humanoid figures. My biggest complaint is the learning curve. This is a professional piece of software rather than consumer product. There are so many controls, but the help files don't contain as much information as I'd like (it's a very sophisticated program). I've tinkered with it for about a month so far, and I still can't create clothes yet. It says I should clothes create clothes in their other product Shade. So my comic frames have a bunch of naked figures for now. If you are interested in getting this product, I'd suggest getting a combo package including both Shade and Poser, or if you can download the demo version (I know Shade is available from their e-frontier web site), give them a test drive before committing to it. Mac or PC? The controls and interface are consistent with both versions, so that's just a preference issue. Software was being run on PC and Mac having 2Ghz Core-Duo processors, 2 Gigs RAM, and `lots of hard drive space. Ran smoothly.
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