Attached Link: Poser 5 beginner's tut

I've made a total beginner's tutorial to Poser 5. It doesn't cover your specific questions, but perhaps it will make some other things clear? You can get it at the link above. I'm not sure what you mean about making V3 a figure instead of a texture? Have you perhaps downloaded some character for V3 that is a texture and some morphs? You need to get the V3 figure from daz3d.com first :o)

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