Ok, Here's a possibly stupid question. I've noticed a lot of people creating characters, and many of them being asked to post them in the free section. My question would be, are these characters basically (normally) a combination of the morphs that figures come with, that others may not have come across? For instance, If I created a character (such as the one in the image) using the P4 female, and created her face using all the morph dials, Is this the same thing? I know some characters come with their own props and stuff, but I'm more specifically talking about the figure itself.

Well, for her...with her outfit...I know that the chain stuff is from Nerd, and the wings are from Bushi. I am confused on this too. I love to do morphs. I have created several characters, and a number of hairdoes. As, I don't know the answer, either...giggle...they are just sort of my one of a kind stuff, shared with my closest of friends. Here is my latest. (Kozaburo hair, though.)

Many people use just the morph dials or magnets. They sell them as new figures. They spend many hours doing it. Some export the new geoms and import as a morph target so they have a separate dial. Hope this helps. Ron

ok, Thats' what I figured, but now I'm confused again. It is possible to "sell" the character, even though that character has used all the attributes it had from the start?

Ron...is that "fair"? I am so unclear as to what can or cannot be sold or redistributed. I figure...with the P4 male or female...and even pulling strands of the P4 hair...well..it is still based on P4. When does the mesh cross over into the land of being "mine"? Or, since you need P4 in order to use one of my files...is that okay?

It is perfectly okay. Most people do it. I morph in other apps just because it is easier for me. It is not only fair but it helps others save time and the people who sell the software. Ron

Thank you, Ron. People have been interested in some of my stuff, but, I was afraid to mess with trying to sell it. I also saw a thread on the geometry files a little bit down from this one, that is also quite handy.

heyas; if a cr2 (character library file) does not have embedded geometry, you can distribute that cr2. so if you open a basic poser figure, fiddle the morph dials and save it to the library, yes, you can distribute that. if you get more complicated with your character, and add props, hair, clothing, etc, then you run into trouble. prop geometry is usually embedded, so if you are using a copyrighted mesh, you can't distribute that cr2/pz3. i'm not sure if the hair uses pointers or embedded geometry, i expect it is the latter. if you use free goodies as props/hair, etc; then distributing the character with those items depends on getting permission from the creator of those things. (ie: you'd have to ask kozaburo about distributing a character with his hair on it). as to the ultimate question of whether or not tweaking some morph dials constitutes something that you can/should sell... well, that's more of a grey area. technically, there is nothing to stop you from doing so, as long as you follow the copyright protection guidelines. whether people believe things like that are worth buying is up to the individual person. opinions vary. :)