In Final Cut Studio (not sure about Express), you can set the duration of any still image that you import. For example, if your animation was at 15 frames per second, you would set the duration of each imported frame for a hair less than 0.067 seconds. Then you don't have to mess with the clip speed unless you really want to -- I, for one, don't like the effect that changing the speed has on the look of the video. As for using compositing software on the Quicktime output from Poser, I don't yet have Shake (but I'm thinking seriously about it now that Apple has cut the price), but I'm still leery about getting a clean knock-out, especially when the figures are outlined or where there are dark shadows on the figures or props. But then, I'm also a rank amateur when it comes to properly dealing with alpha channels. SS