I just got Vue 5 Esprit and Mover 5 yesterday, and I've tried importing Poser animations. It looks like Vue automatically sets itself up to be at 15 frames per second, when my Poser files are set to be at 24 frames per second.

This is vexing, because I'm using dynamic clothes, and for that the Mover user manual says to make sure the frame rates are the same in Poser and Mover.

Am I missing how to set the frame rate in Vue? I see an option for it when I prepare to render the animation, but is there an overall, global framerate setting?

Or should I just set my frame rate in Poser to 15 fps, since this is what Vue seems to default to?

All you have to do is bring up the timeline, click on the 'make animation' icon, and select which framerate you want before you hit start render. There's no effect on the PZ3 file or the Vue scene file until you start a render, so -none- of the render settings are locked. There may be a global setting, but I usually play about with framerate in tests, so I haven't really bothered to find out if it exists. And 15 fps =might= be acceptable for a very low res render for use as a gif on a webpage, but you -will- see flicker. 24 fps is acceptable -if you have some form of motion blur enabled- ; otherwise, there may also be some strobing on computer monitors. It's less likely with a TV, as the phosphors on the screen have a longer decay rate than a computer CRT.

Also, if it is really bugging you, you can also change the frame rate of the little preview window by right clicking on the generate preview icon in the timeline and setting the quality and frame rate:) But this will NOT change the frame rate of your final render. To set that up, you must do what twalling said...Hope this helps:)

Thank you both! Belgareth, that was EXACTLY the issue I was trying to figure out... probably in the manual somewhere, too busy trying out the new toy to read it yet...

Message edited on: 03/17/2005 18:22

I thought it might be but wasn't too sure. Glad I was of some help to you:) P.s... It took me a while to figure that one out myself...lol