Poser's default setting for the interpolation between keyframes is "Spline" (the frames are colored green in the Animation Window). This gives you a more natural curve, but also often overshoots and gives values on some frames that are higher or lower than either of the keyframes. Probably has scared more folks away from animation than anything else. What you want to start with is "Linear" interpolation (the frames are colored orange in the Animation Window). Just select all the elements in the first frame and click the Linear button at the top of the window (or highlight all the frames in the window in an existing animation). If you want to hold an element at a pose for a time, you can set a keyframe at the start and finish of the pose, or use Constant or Break Spline interpolation. Otherwise elements can slowly drift into the next pose. The manual explains interpolation fairly well on page 224. Also read the following section about the graph palette. Once you've got more experience, you might want to use Spline (cautiously), although I often just add keyframes on the graph and pull them around to shape the curve more realistically. For the lights, check the Animation Window and see if you accidently set keyframes for any of the lights by changing their settings while you were on a frame other than the first. HTH - Elisa/gryffnn