You're very welcome, Catlin. I learned when I was 13, from the book "Juggling for the Complete Klutz". It's the perfect beginner book.

Thanks Jim! Glad to know I've wasted the last eight years.... I will say this though. If anyone's still got RDS 5.0 or 5.5, I would advise you to upgrade to Carrara 3 and get the transposer plugin. You won't regret it. Everything is better, modeling tools, rendering engine, particle effects, HDRI, there's now a terrain editor, an atmosphere editor, and a plant editor, in addition to meta-shapes, bones, morphs, all kinds of new materials...... if all I had was Carrara 3 (with Transposer) and Poser, I could still be happy.

While python scripting might help in this situaltion, I don't know that anyone is going to go through the trouble of writing the script. Although if anyone does want to try, they might find some help here: http://www.juggling.org/programs/java/ These java applets will animate juggling balls in various patterns and tricks, and can be programmed for new patterns using Siteswap, which could accurately be called the scripting language of juggling. For more on siteswap: http://www.juggling.org/help/siteswap/ Teach your palmpilot how to juggle... http://www.siteswap.org/palm/ and if you want to see some stuff that REALLY looks impossible, but is actually fun to do.... http://contactjuggling.org/moves.php?action=listbyballs2&balls=1 anyway, Instead of waiting around for someone to write a juggling python script, use the videos like mo-cap, and animate on twos or threes. (on twos: Keyframes on 1,3,5,7,9, etc. every other frame. On threes, Keys on: 1,4,7,10,13,etc. every third frame) and you should be fine.

you're welcome. I only just discovered them recelntly myself...

I'm answering because I know from firsthand experience that most jugglers hate to see juggling animated wrong. (as an example, the other day I had to endure a cartoon lion "juggling" ten hotdogs. They all just floated around in slow motion, in a great big, perfect circle, and didn't even flip. He must've been levitating them with his mind.) the reason we hate to see this is because non-jugglers see stuff like this, and begin to think that it's actually humanly possible, and that we are merely inferior jugglers because we can't do the impossible. So, in order to help you to not add to the confusion, I'm going to give you a brief education on the basics of juggling, and some video clips to use for reference. The most basic juggling pattern, the fist one every juggler learns, and the most widely used, is called the Cascade. It's not actually circular. It's more like the symbol for infinity (a figure eight laying on it's side). You can see video of a man doing the Cascade with bowling balls here: (he starts with the Cascade, then goes into a trick called elevators) http://homepage.ntlworld.com/steven.mcallister/video/Juggler.mov The Cascade (basically) can only be done with an odd number of balls. Usually 3, 5, or 7. The "circular" method, is quite a bit more difficult, and it's actually called the Shower. the Shower can be done with just about any number of objects, more than eleven is possible. you can find a few samples of the Shower at the link below. Notice that the guy showering 3 balls is the only one who comes close to a perfect circle, by keeping the balls low and fast. Increasing the number of objects means increasing the height of throws, thus warping the circular pattern. This is done out of necessity, the higher you throw the ball, the more time you have to catch it... (Showers here) http://www.jongleringsoasen.se/aquarium/pqrst.html If you're looking to do something that looks magical, almost as if someone is using juggling to weave a spell, I'd suggest using the Cascade, and adding in a few more complex cascade based patterns, such as: Burkes' barrage, the cherry picker, cyclo 1 and 2, http://www.jongleringsoasen.se/aquarium/abcde.html#D and maybe some mills mess thrown in... http://www.jongleringsoasen.se/aquarium/klmno.html#L That place, the video-paedia of juggling has basically everything you'll need to animate a very complex juggling routine. I hope this helps. If you have any other questions, let me know. John

the update you're looking for came with Poser 3.Email me and I'll send you a copy of my extensions/plugins folders.(I don't have any other 3rd party plugins, just what came with RDS5.)I also have the update for RDS 5.02 if you want it. If you've got RDS 5 and 5.5, though, why don't you upgrade to Carrara 3 though? I just did, and I think it's great! Just curious... Anyway, my e-mail address is : thebrain.brainmuffin.studios@verizon.net As for using amorphium, you'll need to use the magic triangle method found here: http://www.morphworld30.com/tutor.html

I'm working on a cd of character animation tutorials for poser, but it'll be a while. I'm on chapter 2 of 12....

Don't forget to apply one of th preset tree materials to your trees. they'll look a lot more realistic...

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Cool! I had no idea whatsoever how to do it! Thanks ernyoka1!

I know, xantor, but I re-read it myself, and it seemed to me that someone might mistake it for SHOUTING. If only I knew how to add bold or italics.... You're welcome, pedrith. And remember: render the animation with display settings for quick tests, and try not to use full render settings until you're sure you're done. In cases like this, where you want to test the transparency or motion blur settings, try to do it on a lower resolution, like half of what your final resolution will be. If you just find yourself annoyed that you can't see the transparency in the test renders, turn the transparency off until you're ready for the final render. I do this a lot when I'm trying to animate transmapped hair.

xantor's right, it's an easy mistake to make. I didn't use caps to SHOUT, i just used them for CLARITY..... xantor's also right about the face room.

under the "make movie" settings, you have to set the quality to current RENDER settings. You've got it set on current DISPLAY settings.

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