Yea, I edited that, try again. Click view full size under the shot to get the whole shot. (Dang thing worked in the preview, but I guess webshots doesn't like to work like that.)

Message edited on: 03/10/2006 13:50

"Carrara 5 has a new, Native import option. That new option is what let's you manipulate Poser characters inside of Carrara. You will need to upgrade to Carrara5 Pro if you want actually pose inside Carrara." Should have told ME this in my thread Mark. I've only got standard, probably a source of a lot of my problems with being unable to move models. In that case... I'm tired of figthing the program, I'm just going to use OBJ files until some serious improvements are made to speed and ability on poser native.

Mark: I already said, I do not have Transposer. Hence I don't even have that menu pop up when I pull in a poser model. Man that thing is a memory hog! And an hourglass on the mouse would sure be nice! I guess my real first problem is finding a way for my computer to be able to handle this. Any one got suggestions?

I don't actually have transposer. I have Carrara 5 with poser native import. Lets see, how about an example? I created a red dragon in Poser and saved it in a certain pose. Here's a picture, (I superimposed the settings it was imported with into the picture) http://community.webshots.com/photo/148732630/2293748730056192595ucRtvf Pluses: It keeps the pose actually, the render is flawless (okay, MY render skills need some work perhaps, but that's not because of a glitch) and it at least looks like everything is "set up and ready to go". Two problems: Dang does it ever take a long time to do anything when this is running. When this guy is just an obj the time for doing things with him (other than reposing, which he'd have to be reboned for and everything) is more than halfed. I just figured out how to get his PNG colors to work correctly as an OBJ. (Just as I suspected, the upgrade wasn't needed, oh well). Second, he can be rendered and I can do anything else with him, except move him... at all! The only thing that doesn't refuse to move are those dumb green boxes (no idea what those are anyway). He's pretty useless if he can't be moved so I might as well only use OBJ. But I suspect that's not what is supposed to be happening.

So in other words, they can't be moved at all without transposer? Why make the advancment in the first place then... but any way, my problem is, in the old carrara, the PNG colors would not be preserved, they are now, but now I can't move the model... 5 looks like it has its upsides regardless if it really does nothing to solve the problem I got it for, but in any case I still want to know how to keep PNG designs intact and have the object moveable (at least as an OBJ if nothing a fully poseable model).

Anything on the particle generators? Looks like I can manage everything else. I'm trying to figure out how to simulate things like fire, explosions and energy weapons.

Little too cartoonish for my taste, but others might like it. In any case, I got behemoth and Lycanthrope (just found out behemoth is necessary for Lycanthrope, boy would I have been angry if it wasn't free- I don't like it when people wait to tell you till after purchase that your product needs another item in order to work-)already.

Good call Rawnrr. The Lycanthrope looks like just what I wanted. I think I'll be using this guy right away so I'll show you guys a shot of him soon!

I saw him, and am tempted to settle for him. He's looks pretty good, but the creature I'm trying to make is supposed to have a full wolf head... course since the series only written form right now, only I know that...