First I'd like to thank everyone for checking out the clip and for all your kind words and suggestions.

jjsemp, I have Poser 5, but after reading all the problems that people have been having with it, I've been scared to install it. My PC isn't exactly cutting edge if you know what I mean. I have a PIII 800MHZ, w/512MB of RAM, running Windows ME. So far the Pro Pack has been good to me so I'm not complaining. I'm saving for a new system though and once I get that, I'll be definitely cracking open Poser 5.

SnowSultan, I checked out your tutorial and our processes are very similar. There are a few differences in techniques, but the basics are all the same. I really admire your work, so it's good to know I'm on the right path.

EdW, MadcapMac, Evo, Jkm, I have Mover and it is a fantastic product. That being said, I don't use Mover in my cel-shaded animations. The reason being, it's very difficult to pull off a cel shaded render in Vue d'Esprit. It takes a lot of tweaking to get a cel shade effect on the buildings and landscapes and even more tweaking to get an imported Poser model to look cel shaded.

As far as my process goes: First, I do two separate renders. I render the characters in Poser and then I render the backgrounds, special effects, etc. in Vue d'Esprit. Once I have the two separate renders, I combine them together using Vegas Video. Then I do one final render in Vegas, which outputs a combination of the first two renders. Of course there are lots of tweaks, settings, etc. that have to be done for each app, but that's the basic process in a nutshell.

Little Dragon, I'll be able to post a link to that clip hopefully sometime soon. When I said I'm working on an animation, I've actually been contracted to do an animation and the company is very finicky about what I can and can't show and talk about. They didn't have any problem with me showing the above clip and that's why I came to all you guys and gals for your opinions, to make sure I'm on the right track. This is my first paying animation gig and I don't want to start off on the wrong foot. Wish me luck :)

Stay Focused.