you're sure? i mean there are also lots of non-domestic small cats, like lynx, margay, oncilla, ozelot, jaguarundi, sand cat, serval, jungle cat, (i should stop here, shouldn't I?)

poser 4 is only able to use bump maps in a certain format - that is the *.bum files. you should find a file "stephine.jpg" (or what format the creator ever preferred) that you should select as bump map. poser will automatically convert to the required format.

not really a problem... ;-) well, i live in the southwest, so swabian is not in my direct environment, and bavarian is even further away. anyway, donnerwetter i'd think could be quite an interesting choice, but again i must stress it does not sound austrian at all. eventually today i phoned to a colleague in vienna, and asking hin, "what would you say if you turnded around a corner..." he actually answered "joooo..." which is kinda typically vienna. they have quite a dry humour. "jooo" is just a version of the german word for "yes". at the same time also "naaaaaa...." (open "a" like in the english wort "up", but stretched looooong) would have been possible ("naaa" = austrian accent for "nein" = "no"). vienna accent is more famous for very colorfully calling names. (most coming to my mind are definitively not suited for this family oriented forum) a more ancient expression would be "kruzitken" basically coming from the time when turkish troops were almost occupying vienna. don't ask me for the proper meaning. literally it is combined from cross (actually the christian crucifix) and turk. but as i said this is ancient. i just know it from reading. almost no one will say it as far as i know the language. (what is actually depending on where you live and how old you are, as already mentioned) well, 'nuff said, this was worth not even 5 cent.

LonCray, where verdammt do you think i live? donnerwetter noch einmal! ("noch einmal" = once again; for some reason enhances the meaning) please keep in mind that german with all its colurs is extremely flexible. like: what is a strong word in some region would mean nothing to someone coming from another place. i remember a colleague who would not been angry to be called an "idiot", but calling hin a "dubel" (pronounced "doooble") would have upset him. also: words change their meaning in time. maybe "donnerwetter" was a strong word say 100 years ago, nowadays it is merely a word of surprize.

another word on "donnerwetter" - it would be OK but it just does not sound austrian at all. and it seems to be too weak in my ears. since "himmi..." (mentioned before) is too long for the locals also, it is shortened in most cases to: "sakra". and this is my proposal. btw, this word assumes a catholic background (i think still more than 90% of austrians are catholic).

"donnerwetter" just means 'thunderstorm'. i think it would not be the right choice. a "nice" curse often heard in bavaria and parts of austria would be himmiherrgottsakra derived from: himmi - himmel = heaven herrgott = the lord, god sakra = short form of sacrament hope this was helpful in some way

i don't think this is a problem of the fall-off zones alone, since in older figures the problem was not so apparent. i noticed that shoulder and collar have quite a large "overlap" which i suppose contributes a fair piece to this problem. does anyone know what this overlap is good for? what do we have: a "bone" defined by origin and end of the body part (called shoulder here) a hull made of two groups in an object definition (collar and shoulder) some bending definition (falloff zones) that seems to fail to look halfway correct if angles >70 are applied in the one direction i've seen much better looking joints so far - it cannot be magic or witchcraft. would someone with more experience gimme a hint how to start to solve the problem? just two people unhappy with this?

just to mention: i actually talk of stephanie 3. the shoulder looks terrible, even compared to original poser figures!

yep. getting towards quarter past two (CET) time to rest. still (almost) the whole sunday to go ... 'til later

that's what i do ... yet poser does not run unter linux, and i doubt it will in the forseeable future. anyway, kinda OS gymnastics - boot this, boot that - currently i got about half of the lines in 24 minutes. doesn't look that slow. but i admit, i cheat: no "real" media, just some fog.

we'll see... :-)

magnets?

in that case, i'd try to dim half of the lights - which ones depends on where they are located. also ambient lighting counts in! since it casts no shadow, ambient light may ruin all 3dimensional looks. now i just talk of my PovRay experience, where ambient light is probably handled differently from bryce, but i think some experimentation won't harm.

ah, P5. interesting to see. sorry, can't help directly, i only own P4. still i think considering s different rendering engine is a good idea sometimes. another idea: how does she look if you mirror your camera position? is the jagged look still present when you don't use reflection but have a direct view? (just to make sure it is really the reflection responsible for the problem)