By far the best and easiest way to create textures for any figure or object is to use Painter 3D. If you have poser 4 then this came free with it. You will have to spend a little bit of time studying how to use it of course but it is well worth the effort. You can hold the model in your hand and paint it (virtually). You will still need UV mapper to actually get it into Painter 3D as there was a serious omision in Poser 4. You can't export the model as one complete .obj group like you could in Poser 3. I have a tutorial on my site (quick plug) that adresses this problem with a cure. www.3dvision03.freeserve.co.uk/ Go to tutorials. Have a look at the galleries while you are there...:) Colm...

Does animated textures actually mean changing the texture on a certain mesh partway though an animation sequence. I always thought that it meant changing the structure of the same texture on the mesh. I may be wrong though? Colm...

I have no problems with Max and OBJ files but I do with 3ds files I have exported from Poser4. Max doesn't recognise the format which is definitely a bug in Poser as 3ds was created for Max. Well actually 3D Studio. Max does support UV mapping...:) Colm...

I have Creature Creator. It's not actually that new. I've had it for about six months. It is a bit buggy but all in all it is a good program for creating 'er' creatures. I have the Max version. It intergrates very well is really fast although you can get a couple of holes in the mesh. But you can use the cap holes function to fix this. You have to UV map it in something like UV mapper if you want to texure the models. I have two models posted for download on my site if you really want to see what it can do. They are Poser compatible and poseable. I was only learning to do this at the time and I never made the hands poseable. If you are a max user I would recomend using P-Nurbs on the models after you cut them up for Poser as this gives them a very organic feel when animating them. Oh one other thing. The models I made won't use any of the standard Poser poses. You will have to do this manually. But that was my fault. I named the parts wrong. Bah... You can get them here... www.3dvision03.freeserve.co.uk/ They are called 'Astral Joe' and 'Horn Head Demon'... Colm...

Ok. Underdog has mailed me with an apology that I accept. I have mailed him back saying he is welcome to use all of the figures except two. Amazon Anna and Warlord of the Royal Crocodiles. Just one other thing and this isn't a gripe as I just wan't to put the record straight. I never actually asked Underdog to take the models down. I asked him to explain to me what he was doing and informed him that he didn't have my permission to use them in this manner. I wish him all the best with his site... I am now going to try to remove my original message from this thread as as far as I am concerned the matter is closed. Colm...

continued from last post: I'm sorry you feel this way and yes you are right it is flattering in a way but it would have been nice to have been asked... This is what it say's at the top of the downloads section of my site: Please read the readme.txt file contained in the Zip's as it contains important information on using these figures in Poser 3. It also contains copyright information. These figures should not under no circumstances be used commercially. Some of the figures contain modeled accessories and morph targets made by people other than myself. You should seek these people out if you intend to use these figures for more than personal use. For figures that are mine you can contact me and I will be happy to come to an arrangement. Apart from all of that use the figures in your own work and feel free to display them anywhere you can. This site 'The Poser Forum' is extremely strict on preserving the copyright of the creator. They have my vote on that matter 100%... Colm...

Hi Maz, I appreciate your opinion on not telling the world that Underdog has used my work without permission but don't you think it's the same difference balling me out in public when you too could have mailed me privately. I have actually contacted Underdog but have had no reply yet. Everything I post on my site has included with it a readme file stating it must not be used apart from in images without my permission. Underdog has gone against my wishes on this matter. I wouldn't dream of taking someone else's models and posting them on my site without informing them first. He is welcome to the Starwars ones as they were not originally mine. I tried to inform the creator about them and never heard back and that is the main reason they where taken down. If underdog wants to contact me in a civilized manner which he may well do then he can also use some of the others if he wishes but there are some that he certainly can not. What is the point in putting restrictions on the use of these things if people take no notice. If this situation is not resolved I may be forced to take down all my models or start charging for future ones that don't include any of the Zygote originals. continued in next post...

Sorry that's www.3dvision03.freeserve.co.uk/ You'd think I would know that by now...

You could also read my tutorial/workaround at: www.3dvision03/freeserve.co.uk/ Navigate to tutorials. I must have posted this message about a thousand times in the last few months...LOL

Hey guys. Take a look at message 32. 'My import/export problems solved'. 3D exploration had very serious consequences for me and Poser 4.

Tanker, That is exactly the same problem I had. 1: If you have a program called '3D Exploration' I suggest you uninstall it. 2: Pose your figure and save it. Individually select each and every prop including the hair and parent them to universe. When the hirearchy editor comes up on export deselect ground. It's up to you if you want to save this version of your figure. I suggest if you do. Save it as another file name. That did it for me after days of frustration. Good luck Colm...