Hi, Still deep in experimenting with Poser and trying to figure out everything before posting here and not miss the obvious. So, I've been struggling (in a gentle sort of way) to create an animation where a figure starts off sitting sideways to the main camera. All I want to do is make him stand up somewhat gracefully and smile at the camera. Then, I need to zoom in closer to his face. After that, I'll plugin a mimic pose and I'll be happy. I managed to get him sitting more of less nicely although he looks a bit uncomfortable to me. He hasn't complained though! I've tried many ways to get him to stand up. I add a stand up pose and suddenly he faces a whole different direction...so I translate and rotate him back in position. Hey hey, that keyframe looks good. But when I animate the most curious things happen. Sometimes his head looks sharply off to his right while one arm traces a graceful arc around his back (he must be quadruple jointed!), THROUGH his chest and finally back to the front. I've tried multiple poses, more keyframes and sometimes the end result is rather disturbing as well as amusing. I imagine y'all know what I mean. This is newbie stuff, right? Any general advice on keeping the body in the same place and orientation when I add different poses? I've also tried doing it all manually with lots of keyframes, translations, rotations and so on. My lack of experience shows up here although after a day and a half, I am getting better. Finally, if I ever do get a decent animation of him struggling to his feet (lol), how can I then zoom up to his face? I tried this once and the entire animation slowly zoomed...which almost makes sense but not quite. I've been reading tutorials, tips and tricks but I am missing something basic here I think. thanks, Steve