Hi RobynsVeil,

I must load: Morphs++ for V4.   Maybe this is the issue, I am not using V4, but Aiko from DAZ.

[And I cannot get Sabby's Akiko eyes (this month's freebie) to load either, darn!  --maybe I must be in the face room?  or maybe Akiko is not Aiko compatible?]

I thought if I was using the Aiko figure the morps and injs were already in the params? (they are hidden as well, as it says "partially hidden" and the dials are not working --not even showing!!).  I am pretty certain (150%) that the param tab is showing in every window, I have a good size monitor ..

I selected the hand from the drop down on the left (screen right) and choose the hand ... but no grasp commands!!  Those built in things in PP .. which are kind of zaney (?wacros?) .. those did not come up either.  I keep thinking I must be in the wrong room, actually.  Most times (95%) I am in the Pose Room. 

I did not have a hand selected on the tab in the param dials .... ah ... maybe that is the issue ... a new thing to be certain of!!  I will do that, and see if it is the magic fix!! 

Morphing Clothes by Dimension 3D .. sounds great ..will check it out!!

How does it compair with the Wardrobe Wizzard?   ...

W.W. is in the pro version and is supposed to do similar, but I have not had any need to use it ~yet! ..

When I do the male figure for the 1st animation I will need to upsize all the female metal fillagree to fit over the musculature and to flatten out over the pecs.  (I won't make him wear scarves -- just a guy type cape and maybe an Egyptain penis sheath.) 

Ah, good to have the links ... and the input ... thanks a bunch!

Hi Sally: if you're referring to Aiko 4, those Morphs++ will work on her too. So, you will need to load them in order to see that grasp dial for the hand.

I believe that WilliamTheBloody might have a morphing tool that does something similar to Grasp... can't be sure, though.

Wardrobe Wizard is designed to make V4 clothing work (fit) on Aiko4, Girl clothing for on Hiro... just about any character you have the WW files for will work.

Morphing Clothes allows you to introduce morphs in existing clothing that might be missing. Let's say you buy this character with dialed wide hips, poochy tummy, and tiny-tiny boobs. And you've go the perfect outfit for that character, but it appears to missing those particular morphs. Well, MC will transfer the morphs from you dialed/morphed Cr2 to the clothing. I consider it my mainstay for bringing standard V4.2 morphs into new clothing I make, or for adding missing morphs in purchased conforming items.

hi Sally,

some additions:

#3: Daz Studio, Carrara, Vue etc do read Poser scenes, no OBJ conversion required. Bryce has a Daz Studio interface, this gives you an extra route to get Poser scenes into Bryce, and manipulate them to some extent.

#4: although this forum has some very informative debates on handling dynamic clothes, there are not that many tutorials on clothing, posing etc. I'll try to fill in for that but it may take a while. But there are loads of images (in the Rendo gallery and everywhere else) that show half nude young smooth skinned ladies standing in an undamaged temple in a further empty environment holding a sword or so, looking as if they have not a single clue how they got there and what they'll do next. Don't give us more of that, please.

I'm happy to comment any other kind of image, you only have to ask in your accompanying text. Just having "critical and non-critical comments" switched on is not enough, as it's the default in the gallery, and most people don't respond too well on it. Or don't respond at all, which is not very encouraging either.

See you around, I'll be there.

There is a critique section in the forum for general discussion and criticism on WIP.  That might be a better area to reveal scenes you are currently creating but have not finished yet.

Thanks Robyn, and aRtBee, and hborre,

....

I will not give you poser characters to look at without giving you some ideas to think about ...

That is why I want to do animations .. so the ideas can be conveyed -- but there need not be a treatise or essay or some other long and tedious thing to consider

... (I read lots of books, but I think my kind of person is a minority kind, actually -- although the library does do a very brisk business.). 

The Accolytes are like "netters" in Egyptian lore .. forces of nature .. That's why they have to be "almost" invisible .. which Baggins Bill has helped with a lot already.

But they are all needed for the ceremony of life --we are all in this together sort of animation ... (but it will not come accross that way unless you are thinking that way before hand .. how to set the mind set .. that is much harder).   They have a mathematical correlation too, to DNA -- the start and stop codons and the 20 proteins.  This is what happens when you read too much and then think about entertainment.

Happy Turkey Holiday you guys.

Maybe next time I will have an image or two to put up. 

Back again I am .. with a new issue!  Sorry to be such a troublesome newbie ... ;-( ...

• [[I had a huge DDos Loaded to the Machine as a Windows Update, it took over 10 days with Tech Support (still under warranty) to get it wholesome enough to go online again.  5,400 registry entries and >500 open ports ... someone was very unkind!!~]]
• Anyway ... Now I will put in a new hard drive, and all should flow without issue for some time .. (and I will find out if the MoBo survived the attack!).

The New Question:

I am rebuidling the (whole!) separate folder::  Reloading the DAZ items to it:

My DocumentsPoser_DownloadsName of VendorName of Content_1 (_2 .. etc)

My DocumentsPoser_DownloadsDAZname of content (has bogus Poser.exe in the folder)

All is going well until I  tried to load V4 and it requested the Poser Executable Directory (not taking the DAZ directory with the fake Poser.exe file in it ... like all the installs before it!!) ... so I led it to the "correct" folders (both 64 and 32  bit main folders), and it still does not install?

I tried to install Aiko's download .. and the same thing happened.

I HAVE ALREADY INSTALLED the PowerLoader files (V4 and Aiko) .. could this be the issue? ... ... and one inititalized .. the other did not give an option for initialize on completion.  I think it was the Michael 4 which initialized second last time, and I did not load him this time (yet).

Here are the screen shots:

http://wcsallysally.deviantart.com/art/oops-1-190695721

http://wcsallysally.deviantart.com/art/Oops-again-190696039

Ok, did one more test with Stephanie: 

"Stephanie 4 Elite Powerloader" has been successfully installed to: "C:UsersSally ADocumentsPOSER_DownloadsDAZ". ... ... this one worked!!

This one:: 9357_23_expa_Stephanie4EliteBase_23 ... .... did not!  Same issue, "Dependency Error!"

I am confused ... sorry ... ... ...

Still trying, and thank you for all the great tips, and Arcadia, wow!! Overachiever that you are .. that is a nice collection of helpfulness you typed up!!

Best for a Very Happy Christmas .. I hope to be back before new years!

Sally

OK ... I found / fixed -- the issue!! .... sorry for that long post!!

There was another folder between the Poser.exe pretener item and the DAZ top level folder, so it was not seen.

I just tossed the entire folder and started over .. it looks better this time .. -- I cannot find much of Aiko ...

The folder is well ordered  .. and most all of it seems to be in the DAZ folder in the Library. 

WHEW !! ... sometimes do-overs are good.   Initialized, & updated .. ... & OK.

Now I cannot get the Service Release 1.2 to see the Poser executable so it will update Poser Pro and the Que Manager.  .. Time for the new hard drive I suspect.

Happy New Year, All !!