Well, now that you mentined it... What is post work? I always thought is was all about enhancing the composition in Photoshop, for instance. Am I right?

I will! :) I'm still at work, but I'll try that when I get home! Thanks once again! ;)

Thanks, Pablo, I tried that. In fact, I tried all the options and still it didn't show... :( But I'll give it another go. Thanks ;)

This is a great thread! But I'm not sure I feel encouraged! Some of your first images already are fabulous! :)

Ok, Thanks, Sam. I'll do that. It was just confusing, because I dont have to do anything else but click on the icon to apply the texture on Vicky. But it simply doesnt work on Michael... I'll try that, thanks! ;)

Ok... God, I relly have to print this page! I'm feeling like such... a beginner! :D Thnak you! ;)

Ok, I think I got it. Ill try that again tonight. But it seemed that, no matter what texture I chose for M3, the man just looks like plastic. Or, whats even worse, grey plastic! I also changed my display settings, as you suggested, but it didnt help much. I must practice some more today. :D Oh, and I haven't said this yet, but I'm sorry for any possible grammar or language mistakes; English is not my first language! ;)

Yep, I noticed that... Such a shame... :(

The thing is, SamTheraphy, when I tried to apply a V3 texture on a M3 model, he turmed grey!O_O You don't happen to know here I can find textures for M3, do you? :D

Thank you, so, so much, Acadia! I cant thank you enough for all your help. I think I will print this page and keep it by the computer! :D Im digging the Internet now for some textures and poses. I guess its a bit like in The Sims2 (I dont know if you are familiar with the game): if you dont have the mesh for the clothes/body/whatever, theres no use in having the textures

Thanks, everyone, for your help and kind welcome!
I played around with Poser a little bit last night, especially to try out your suggestions. I finally got to render an image! Properly, that is. It takes forever! Well, not forever, but it takes longer than I was expecting I guess Poser also teaches you to have patience! :)
I also followed your instructions on how to apply skin textures to the models. And stupid me I realised why my models of Michael dont have skin: thats because I havent got any for him! blushes I have some MAT files for Victoria, but none for my male models! I also noticed that that eye colour issue I mentioned earlier doesnt apply to Victoria. All the eye colours, lashes and makeup have the right texture on her, but not on him. Are these files specific to each character, like the skin?
Well, I better get started on organizing my folders. Thanks for the link, Acadia! Im such a donwload-aholic I havent even got started on Poser and I already have tons of stuff! And, like PabloS said, I noticed there are several Runtime folders and subfolders and so on I must learn to manage and understand all of those fast!
I have another question, if you dont mind: do things from earlier versions of Poser, or earlier versions of Michael and Vicky, work on Poser 6 and the V3/M3? Because I downloaded a shirt for one of the models and it doesnt show up
By the way, does anyone knows where I can find some nice free skin textures for Michael 3?

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Wow, so many replies! Thanks Deecie, I look that up. Thanks for the tip, Acadia. Ill do that. And I will also give it a though about purchasing that pack you mentioned. And yes, SamTherapy and Ernyoka, Acadia sure seems to be a very helpful member. I looked around the forum before posting, to see if anyone had the same problems I do, and I found many of her posts with great links and resources! Thank you! I still have to find a tutorial that shows me (like I was a three-year-old) how to distribute my downloads around the Poser folders. I think many of the things I have dont show up because theyre on the wrong place :( Thank you for all your kind replies!;)

I don't know how to make skins, not even for the Sims, and I can't mesh to save my life... But from a laywoman point of view, it seems the textures in Poser really are more elaborated. I have the M3 packs Thats why I dont have V3 I just cant get them at the same time! V will have to wait. I know, theyre great, you get to tweak the noses and the ears and a lot of other features you couldnt just with the base figure. Am I getting into the Poser jargon now?:D

Oh, Ernyoka, you have some beautiful items on your page! Bertha is just brilliant! I download the Five free faces for V3... It's great that it doesn't require those morph things, whatever that is! :) The only thing I know is that you have to pay for them! :D I know little about meshes and textures and all that stuff. Only what I've learned from The Sims2, which you're propably familiar with... Seems like I still have a lot to learn! :)

Oh, God, I just checked you gallery, SamTherapy! I loooove Going Nowhere Fast and "Christine At My Window"! Thats the kind of work I was talking about, the one that got me to try Poser! Well, dont book mark me just yet I wont be doing stuff with half the quality your work has in years! :D