lesbently -

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

I just had a chance to try what you suggested and it fixed the issue.  I would have never thought to check the joint editor.

Now if I could only figure out how I screwed up the setting in the first place.....

-Jim

dlfurman-

Thank you for the link.  I contacted Daz3d and was told the add-on has not been updated for Poser 8 or 9.  

nobodyinparticular - 

Thank you very much for the link!  I'l be lying if I said I understood all he is talking about, but this is the sort of tutorial I had been looking for.

Kazam561 - 

Thank you for your post.  I know about the products you mentioned, but due to the angles and camera movement in the shots, a 2D prop will not work.  What is needed is a particle generator (I think, again I know just enough to be dangerous to myself).  I have read posts that seem to indicate that this exists, but none list the name or the writer of the add-on.