I was reading where Mimic requires OS X, and unless someone forgot to tell me, Poser only works in OS9. Am I correct in assuming that these are two different programs? You set the animation up in Mimic, then load it into Poser to render? Thanks,

That's the way it works with Mimic 1 on a Mac. Mimic creates a .pz3 file, which you then select in Poser (you'll need to keep the sound file in the same place/folder it was in when you created the .pz3 file if you want the sound to be imported too). I assume it's similar with Mimic 2, though I haven't gotten it yet (still trying to decide whether to spring for the Pro version). -Mike

The original Mimic produces a .pz2 (pose) file that you apply to any figure with the necessary morphs in Poser. Mimic Pro also lets you view the figure in Mimic, but says you need an OpenGL card. Got to find out if/which graphics cards that come with current Macs (G4 NVIDIA GForce4 MX Dual, GForce2 MX Dual, GForce4 440 GO, ATI Mobility Radeon 9000, or ATI Radeon 9000 Pro) qualify.

When you create Mimic files (plain or Pro) in OSX, make sure that the folder with the files and sounds are in a hard drive root directory (like Macintosh:Mimic2:MySounds)or something similar. The path is saved in the pz3 file and if you move the sounds to another location, you have to edit the pz3 Mimic file accordingly with a simple text editor, like TextEdit in OSX or SimpleText in OS9. Do NOT use the OSX desktop for saving/storing Mimic files/folders - OS9 cannot see files/folders placed on the OSX desktop - OS9 only sees real folders on real drives - not on virtual drives or virtual folders. When you boot into OS9, OSX is invisible to the OS9 operating system. This is not a bug - this is just how the operating system (OS9) works. Make an alias to the Poser program and put it on the OSX dock. If you have sufficient memory, you can keep Mimic2 open in OSX and Poser open in Classic mode. -scara

"OS9 cannot see files/folders placed on the OSX desktop - OS9 only sees real folders on real drives - not on virtual drives or virtual folders. When you boot into OS9, OSX is invisible to the OS9 operating system. This is not a bug - this is just how the operating system (OS9) works." ---------------------------------------------------------- Pardon me??? when im in OS9 i can see my OSX desktop :-) from OS9 look on the drive that has OSX ,go to users/me/desktop/ maybe its becuase i have OSX on a physically separate hard drive but i have no problem linking to or referenceing files between OSX and OS9.