Quote - BTW  how are the centers in Poser 7,  when the joint parameter panel is pulled up,  do they fly around like Poser 6?

Have not noticed any such behaviour while working with the joint param. panel. (Ctrl-Shift-J)
Selecting and Moving deformers or centers with the mouse and tablet works very well for me.
Changing the offset by entering numbers or using dials also works fine.
As long as I don't move anything all stays in it's place and if moved, then the result is analog proportional to what I do with the mouse/pen.

Dunno if we talk about the same thing now... g

The autobalancing however is still totally screwed and causes things to fly around already on selection. Just like in P6. Maybe this autoscrewing is some "feature" to create weird art...
I have it almost always turned off. Can't stand these many balls everywhere.

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Forgot to mention the long awaited multiple Undo/Redo feature and Morph Brush before.
Both were working well and fast from original P7 version on.
Only drawback might be the slight delay between clicking an library item and its visible application.
Deleting a figure or restoring it after deletion can take some seconds in bigger scenes or if Poser is running for a long period. SR 1 fixed that somewhat.
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