** sorry  typo *Geep

Ah yes indeed Dr Greep,
they key fact i overlooked was that your  step 4 is possible...  because after creating 2 props in the group editor, i will find them in the heiarchy list when it comes time to choose what to export with FILE - EXPORT......as wavefront.obj
It is that method for changing props  to .objs  that i  keep fogetting!
Sorry I am still newbie , but learning fast, I think

And I think i will most likely choose ploygons in a "racoon mask" shape that just includes the eyes  for the first prop.  For the second prop, of course I will choose the exact converse polygons  of the head.

Thanks again, as always.

Oh I see. Essentially, this is a method to add a "ghost" figure to the scene, which provides guides so you can match your "real figures" hands and feet to it after you have moved your "real figure", then of course you can hide the  "ghost" for rendering time.
I will tell you what this is way better than: clicking back to previous key frame a zillion times and trying to memorize with your eye where the feet or hand has to be to appear in the same position for the nex key frame!

I just searched some more and found an answer from ockham on a diferent thread:

"The most promising trick would be to use a dummy prop like a Ball.
Put the Ball where the hands join.  Start the scene with IK on for the
joining hand of each figure, probably off for all other limbs.  Parent
the two joining hands to the Ball, and then do most of the movement
with the Ball.  Of course you'll have to adjust the rest of both figures
at the same time....

As the grip breaks and the 'victim' moves away and down, you can move
the two figures apart by increasing the Trans parameters of the
victim's hand.  This is sort of counter-intuitive, because you're separating
the hand from the ....."

It looks like a good method.

I find it amazing that the simple function of parenting body part to body part has not been worked out and provided in Poser....I mean, isn't it quite often that people need to animate 2 figures who are affecting eachothers body parts?

"4) Edit>Duplicate 'Figure 1' "

the Figure 1...is that command going to refer  back to the saved pose of step 1,  or the saved scene of step 2 ??

I'm gonna try this.  This problem  also plagues  me  as I am sure it does  most people.
will let you know

Thanks

I've seen that Acadia that is at load up. For some reason she comes  from DAZ  with ballerina toes throught he floor, even when she is truly zeroed.
Thats's simple to fix, but once you start working with her , like for instance if you rotate her whole body on X to get her to lay on her back, she will be laying on her back, but about 2-3 feet of the ground,  so logically now you should be able to click DROP TO FLOOR an get her on the ground....but instead she drops to a point where she is hovering a few inches off the floor. it's weird. any position you pose her in, if she leaves the floor, you ain't gettin her back with DTF, you will have do little manual adjustments  with the help of  an "up through the floor view" to get her perfect.

The only thing I can think of,  if it is not a faulty piece of clothing, is that the conform to drop down sources the library (rather than the scene)  in order to supply  my conform to choices.....and maybe I have V4 or her clothes in the wrong part of the directory.

This is a dumb uneducated guess  and i bet that's not it.

Yes, but the clothing is not conformed.

1. i loaded V4.2 figure
2. i loaded skirt for V4.2
3. V.4s thighs show thru front of skirt
4. i made sure the skirt was the selected object
5. i went to Figure menu
6. clicked Conform To....
7. drop down options are not populated, i cannot see choice for Victoria.  Only shows  "none"

is it a problem with the design of the clothing?  Or am i missing something

Thanks

anyone know why when i place a piece of clothing designed for V4  onto the V4 figure,  it jumps right onto her nicely,  but then when i have theclothing item selected, and go to Figure - Conform To......

my dropdown choices  only say "none"  I do not see V4  in the choices.

Thanks  everyone -  and  thanks  DG  I like your  tuts

maybe  what i saw on some doors  that i have used  was not a morph  dial,  perhaps  i missed the fact it was just an axis rotate dial ( where the axis had been migrated)

oops.

you folks are HARD CORE !

;-)

Thanks everybody

I am much calmer now.

Thanks for the good link, raven.

What is very thoughtful of most suppliers, and what i found confusing, is when different file formats  are supplied for the same item  in one zip folder. I guess this is so you can choose your method for employing the content.... I like pakled's idea  of having one dump zone  for "all things downloaded",  then fishing thru for the particualr file format  of the item you want,  and then placing it in the proper related library area of Poser.

Thanks

but Acadia is the kitty  INSIDE the snowglobe  or just lookin into it from behind?
I worry cuz if the kitty is inside it will get no air.

Yeah that totally makes sense. the cool thing is i can save a few different vicky figures with different sets of morph dials loaded, so that I am not always working with a vicky  with a parameter dials window that is a mile long!
BTW  i noticed that way up in the heiarchy when i have chosen the part "body"  there is a dial called "base"  ( at least I think that is what it said, I am not on my P7 machine now,  but the point is this dial seemed to be like an overall magnitude setting for all of the morph dials)
anyhow this dial does not respond to clicking and pulling well, and does not respond to direct entering of numbers.....are you familiar with this dial being a problem?
I want the individual morph dials for Vicky  to have a greater magnitude of effect  and I think what I am describing might be my problem

Thanks for your reply

Hi infinity I think I see whatcha mean..... all the morphs for Vickie  get placed in the poses library  in Poser. Pain the arse!...can you cheat that?  where would I move the morph files to?
Thanks