Hi! I want to try making small animated movies in poser, and I have a question: is there any way to laod a 3d environment into poser, as in sky, and ground, etc? I know you can put an .avi movie in the background but that's not really what I'm looking for. Is there a way, for example, to create an environment in Brice and then load it into poser? Thanks! The Creature of Legend

Have a look at Nerds background prop in the store you could render in bryce and apply the render to the prop in poser.....personaly i can highly reccomend it.....Steve

I'd strongly recommend revisiting what you don't want to do. It has far more versatility than you might think -- first off, you don't wind up with a Poser file size about as big as Manhattan Yellow Pages. Second, it gives you enormous flexibility in your background lighting that would be cumbersome as all hell in Poser, particularly if you're doing fancy effects. Third, you can eliminate most of the lighting control in Poser, save for what you need on the figure itself -- for example, I did a QT of an Egyptian tomb as part of a demo piece for an archaeological recreation. In the background film, I can move the camera throughout the space, which is lit by a suggestion of torch light, and create my individual background clips. Then, when I introduce my Poser-made guide into this, I can have him walking about and rig the Poser lighting so that he appears to be walking from one pool to another. By careful design, I can avoid the fact that the QT background won't receive any cast shadows from the poser figure. It's a tad cumbersome, but the final effect is well worth it because you would swear he's walking around in 3D space -- and the original Bryce document has over 55 light sources, while the Poser one only has three or four. The only thing I have to really be careful of is avoiding any shots that would show his feet, since again there would be no shadows cast on the "ground". I'm still trying to figure out how to get around that, but for now that's only a minor inconvenience.

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I use Nerd's prop. It works as described! You can shoot your own photos for backgrounds too. Also at the Marketplace Poser:Sets/Props. There are a variety of settings, rooms, and sets. There is a small group of us working on a collaborative movie now (about 15 minutes in length) you can check out our site. the script is on there too.

I agree with atthisstage Remember you don't have to have one static set all the way through. Gobs of real movies use 2D backgrounds. Also, plan your shots. About the only time you see all of an actor is the opening or "establishing" shot. Just shown long enough to tell you where you are. then it's head and shoulds or waste up a lot of the time. to show strong emotion go more to the head shot. Extreme closeup even cropping off the top of the head for the most crutial emotional buildup. Background in these shots becomes less important. Remember the subject is not your backdrop. Watch movies. A lot of times the background is thrown out of focus altogether. Have lots of short takes with a variety of camera angles. Don't render these all at once. Render each piece by itself, put it together with Premiere or another Video Editor.