Yay! Now I can abuse and break characters accordingly. Life is so good.

I think Koz's Kyoko (is that right?) might work, I've fit it to Mike before for a side part.

Never mind. :) Got it.

Okay. Mission: Learn MATs is a success. But generating an RSR ... how do we do that without saving actual pose info?

Okay. Someone somewhere (aren't I helpful today) has several damaged/rubbish/broken prop packs. Unfortunately, I don't remember if they were free (I'm pretty sure they're a pay package), or who had them. They are out there, though. I'll see if I can find them.

I do it the old fashioned way -- I cheat. I have a couple dozen sets of armour (including quite a few for the Millenium folks), and I mix and match like crazy. Nothing is going to be perfect, there's just too many things that low end CGI programs can't do. You can get some pretty authentic results by mixing and matching and improving with things that are "almost right." PoserWorld has a couple of sets, (including a relatively impressive Roman Centurion, though the brigandine coat needs some retexturing work) mostly P4, but you can get around that as well.

"Oh man, I'd LOVE to get some high res pictures of her for a new texture ..." Oh yeah. Been there, done it. I'm hooked hard.

Another 512?!?! Good Lord, I'm making do on 128 on my laptop until the next 128 chip gets here. No wonder I have to do most of my scenes by composite!

I'm trying to pick up an external for my laptop, so any answers you get will seriously come in handy. This is what I intended to use it for so I could move Poser and Bryce back and forth between my computers.

I had the same reaction after seeing your post. :)

I'm really hoping that they do come up with something firm on the issue. I have a fairly open mind, and when I am shocked or offended by something, it has to be Bad. And I've been shocked and offended far too often. That scares me. I want my kids to be safe. I want OTHER children to be safe. I'm scared to watch the news with them. I don't want them to see what's going on out there. I know, however, that no matter how much I try to protect them, it isn't universal or guaranteed. The people that get hurt in the meantime on either side -- children, or artists with purely innocent intentions -- are too many getting hurt. Period. I can only hope that when they do draw that line, logic prevails.

I think it's the broad room for interpretation that's the real problem. Finding The Line between innocent and pornographic is purely subjective in far too many cases. After all, look at all the flap about adult nudity in the galleries, much less naked children. Defining pornography is something that I doubt will ever be resolved to the satisfation of everyone. Sure, it's next to impossible to please everyone at once, but this one has been argued for years. When it comes to our children, the need for a definition is much stronger, but no less subjective. At one time, I posted a pic of my 5 year old in her underwear. Sounds bad, right? She was standing on her head on the couch, showing off and being silly. It was cute. Parents thought it was cute. It was a Kid Thing. And I got called down by others for posting it, because my child wasn't fully dressed. The only thing "wrong" with it was her lack of complete clothing, yet I was told that I was encouraging pedophiles. I was so horrified by just the thought that I removed the picture. It wasn't that I agreed, but that I was suddenly and completely horrified that anyone would look at my baby in THAT light. Put that now into perspective of CGI. If someone posted a picture created with the same pose and kid underwear, being Purely An Innocent Kid Doing Kid Things, is that wrong or dangerous? Should that be considered as encouraging pedophilia? Some people think it is, and that's the problem with legislation. Obviously, I'm a parent. I worry about my children. I don't think that being naked is wrong, hell, it's a natural state for young children, especially when they just start learning how to undress and dress themselves. I don't want my children to be afraid of or embarassed by their bodies. But I don't want some pervert taking advantage of them either. I also don't want a badge knocking on my door to arrest me because I took a picture of my child in her underwear while she was being goofy. I don't want them knocking on my parents door because Grandma, who is too far away to see them often, was sent a package of pictures of her kids being kids. The "broad brush" approach to legislation SHOULD worry people. Finding The Line is vital.

I picked up my copy Saturday, and had no trouble with the download or using the trench.

Hrm. The only red/gold I have is a shiny red. Sorry. :(

Was it just a tileable red velvet texture and bump? That I have ...