All of my scenes lights, as well as additional figure, have been getting distorted like this when I use the Restore All function lately, why? = )

at some point in time, you have memorized the settings..poser restores to those. BT

If you use Restore on a figure, you will get that Pose. It is the default pose for any human figure. What are you trying to accomplish by using the Restore command? It might be best just to save a pz3 file of the scene in case you want to go back to a particular point. If you want to go back, just hit "new," to unload the current scene, then load the one you'd previously saved.

It's easier than that rogergordian. All you have to do is have the scene saved and select File->Revert and it will restore to the last saved scene.

"If you use Restore on a figure, you will get that Pose." That is only true if you never use the "memorize" function. When you are working on a scene or figure you should use the memorize function frequently. And always memorize a figure prior to saving a modified figure to a library. You can then return to the pose, figure, etc that you desire. That is much faster than waiting to reload a pz3. Pinto

Oh, is that what the Memorize command does, thanks brycetech! I did recognize the pose, but was only try to get just that. I had an odd pose I wanted to revert to that, but previously when I've used the resore all commend only the figure restored to default, which is what I wanted. So memerize is to be used over Reverting then? = )

They should be used in concert. If you have a set of poses/morphs that you like but want to fine-tune, fiddle, or try other poses, then you want to Edit->Memorize->All or ->Figure. If or when you want to restore that memorized pose/morph set, just hit Edit->Restore->All or ->Figure. If you haven't memorized before selecting restore, you'll get the base figure in base pose. Simple as that.

Memorize first, then if you get it wrong, use 'restore'. Also, saving a memorized figure sets the default of all it's dials to the memorized values. You know (I hope) that when you alt-click any parameter dial, it resets to zero (the default value)? Well, if you've saved the figure with a memorized pose, alt-clicking the parameter dials will set them to those memorized values. Try setting the Xtrans dial on the BODY of any figure to, say, 1.00. Memorize the figure and save it. When you re-open it, zero the Xtrans dial on BODY, then alt-click it. It will return to a value of 1.00. This is useful if you want to impose your own default values on figures, but only want to select those values for individual dials, one at a time. mac