Quote - But to say he was "unbiased" and "a true journalist" is ALSO a politically charged statement.

Oh please! Can you just show your respect for the dead?

Rest In peace Walter Cronkite.

Most of the time that is about as much as the pitch will ever need to be changed, though. It still comes down to the person speaking. If you are incapable of making your voice sound different then a pitch changer will not take your project far at all. But he seem to be able to pull that off so the range of a single octave give or take, is good enough. When I animated a monolog of Morgan Freeman I could make the voice but not at the depth of the actors voice. Pitch alteration applied and it sounded completely like him.

If your not trying to impersonate an actual person, then it's that much more beneficial and I wouldn't see why anyone would not prefer pitch alteration software. It's much easier then finding the people willing to act for free or even capable of voice acting. In my experience, it's hard to find people that will do it for nothing let alone have the necessary talent and not just read their lines as if it were a shopping list :)  My point being, use any and all talents and tools available. And yes, spend the money and get a quality microphone with a filter.

Audacity is a nice, free program that lets you change pitch and tempo without changing speed and the effect results are quite nice. I don't like its noise removal feature but you can also go to download.com and pick up Wavepad for free as well. It has a limited trial that expires but a lot of the features are still available after the trail expires. It's pitch changer is not very good, though but its other features are very good including noise removal. If you want free then get both. Do your pitch work in Audacity and all other editing in Wavepad and you will get nice results without spending a dime. My only problem with Audacity is the noise removal feature. If they make it better, that will be the only free sound software you will need. However, CaptainJack is right. For the price MorphVox is quite nice.

Good luck :)

And because only one external runtime is active within Poser, it doesn't bog down the program? Sweet

If there is anything else you can tell me about this I would appreciate it but for now I am really very sleepy and I need to get to bed. Thank you very much for your assistance. I'll check in to this forum tomorrow.

Before I go I must ask, can you link me to your Poser group?

I know your probably getting tired of this thread but please be patient with me.

OK. I have noticed that when all Runtime folders, primary and externals are loaded into Poser an item within one runtime can find the necessary geometries it needs located within a separate runtime folder. So, just so I don't miss anything, What you are doing is creating two separate external runtime folders; One for textures and the other for geometries. And all of your other external runtime folders do NOT have geometry and texture folders within their runtime file trees. And when Poser 7 has all the external runtimes loaded, there are no object or texture reference issues?

I experimented by copying an entire custom character directory to its own external runtime. When only that runtime was loaded into Poser, the app couldn't find its object file data but when I had both loaded into Poser, there was no such problem. Look, I hate to be pulling this noob crap but I have to be sure before taking any action. It's more than just my time but I have a lot of money rapped up in these files as well. If I sound like a noob then talk to me like one but please understand my fear and reluctance. Besides, I am not a program expert, I'm an artist. I never said I was anything more than that.

wait, doesn't every item within an external runtime folder require it's object files to be located in the same external runtime directory? What I am trying to say was best said by Acadia "a runtime is a runtime is a runtime". If I have a file in, lets say 'My Runtimes 1' yet it's corresponding geometries file is located in 'My Runtimes 2', the cr2 (for the sake of reference) would be looking for the geometry information within the "RuntimeGeometriesBlank" folder for that data, right? The problem is that both external runtimes, no matter what they are named, still contain there own runtime folder. Hence, there own RuntimeGeometries. there is nothing within a poser document that states any other location the that reference. So, how is poser supposed to find the right runtime folder for the file that needs it. Do you see why I don't understand how you could do what your saying. Please expand on this for me.

I went to the linked site you gave me and downloaded these items. I followed the help directions and both of those functions are not available. I downloaded exactly what the site indicated and these functions, as located under "Tools" are inaccesable, no matter what item I have selected be it Cr2, Pz2, etc. the function provided by the plugin do not work. the not even selectable.

I don't think I know anyone here but when I see something like "hospital" or "diagnosis" as a thread title I always step in to see if somebody is hurt or worried about their health. And even if I don't know them I do have concern. In this case I am very glad that this isn't a tragedy but that you are on the mend and everything is going to be alright for you. I hope you heal-up even quicker so you can get back to what makes you happy :D

Good luck.

SVDL... well spoken. dividing the entire project up into smaller units also gives you a sense of relief and accomplishment even when the entire project has not been completed. You know? easier to handle the stress of a few short term goals then that of one massive undertaking. It keeps me working, at least.

I don't use story boards, I have never needed them BUT A lot of great animators use them and I wouldn't dare to argue their experience. What works for some might not work for others and since so many talented people (almost all of them) use this process I would advise you do the same. And if you are trying to get artists to help you be they voice or animation talent, a story board is also a great way to sell them on your project.

It sounds to me that you have got everything in hand and are ready for this. I hope to see this movie one day.

Ok, I downloaded the pro version and the plug-in pack which includes the AWK plug-in and it doesn't do what you think it does, yarp. Firstly, it seems to be oriented to a scene and not necessarily a cr2, ppz, etc. I new I didn't explain my point very well. You see, my only external runtime dates back to the Poser 4 days and is loaded with content. I know somebody will probably say that they have more but it would be irrelevant. The fact is that such a manual reorganization will be a massive undertaking and I am sure that I will lose a lot in the moving process.

The problem with looking in to every file to see there associates will consume more time than I actually have. Hundreds and hundreds of files checked one at a time? the other option that makes the most sense is a complete reinstall of all data. the problem with that is I have items, literally hundreds of items that aren't around anymore; good stuff that got better with the Poser 5/7 material room. A complete reinstall wouldn't include those files. This is a big problem for me in that I can't lose the time or the files but with poser running so slow due to the size of this runtime file, it's just a matter of time before it finally stops working.

So, I think I will finish my present project and call it quits with this industry. What kills me is that if Poser can find the locations of all files associated to one library entry then why can't somebody create a program that seeks out these associations and give the user the ability to alter there placement on the hard drive? I mean, with external runtimes being so widely used nowadays, why doesn't this sort of program exist? Beats the hell out of me.

Oh, thank you Yarp! I downloaded the highest version that the search engine here came up with but, it obviously wasn't pro. Thank you very much for the link to "Pro". I will give it a whirl... wirl... whatever :) Thanks again and thanks to everyone else for your time and help :D

Good luck to you. I am sure you will do a great job :)

Absolutely, that would be rather nice

I have been using Effects Lab Pro and after a lot of practice I have been able to make about anything look as if it's falling apart or exploding with only moderate changes in Poser scene dynamics. As long as the Poser scene is set up to animate everything with consideration to the effect that will be added later in Effects lab Pro, you can do about anything it seems. You might have to create custom effects, though.

I know it seems like a cheap way to do it but with the necessary patience this program is a nice postwork tool.

Thank you Fixer :)