Is it possible to delete all but the LAST frame of an animation? I want to save the setup as it looks in the last frame so that I could continue the animation without having to render the WHOLE movie again - it takes hours :o/ But It seems that if I delete some frames it's the FIRST frames that stays, no matter what I do.

yes, in your anim. editor, select the last frame, dragit down all the boxes, then drag it all to frame 1, then delete 2- whatever..thats what I do.

Anim. editor? Is that the Keyframe editor? Sorry for the n00b question, I' a n00b when it comes to animation, not to Poser it self G

I suppose raz means the "Animation Palette", you call that up from the Window menu.

Raz is correct.... you'll need to drag all of your last key frames to the first frame. Things you'll need to watch out for: To end up with the correct last frame image you'll need all last frames. For example: You have 30 frames you last made an adjustment to body part in frame 12, you'll need to move 12 to 1 as well. Chances are unless you marked the final frame with keyframes across the board, you'll have empty keys in frame 30 for most elements. Also, Sometimes if you drag the end frame to frame 1, the play range gets affected in the new animation... this will be evident in that the animation will suddenly jump to last frame when you try to play it. Just makesure to slide the little green trangle to the left to make the play range span your whole animation.

The way I have found to do this is to go to the last frame and then go to edit..memorise all ..then go to the first frame and then go back to edit and hit restore all. After that remove all the other frame in the animation, then your animation will only have the frame that you wanted. Start from there and you will be able to make a movie from where you left off. I do this so that when I make a movie that I piece together it flows well. Hope this helps. skee

Thanks a lot all of you. Now my next question is: Why doesn't the Walk designer work? (at least not as I expect it to) Please take a look at THIS ANIMATION (1Mb) and tell me why the fella is running so darn FAST? It looks absolutely ridiculous, and this is with the standard Walk Designer Settings. Poser 4 Pro Pack.

Haven't a clue. You can always retime the animation after using Walk Designer to slow things down.

You can "drag" the last frame to the first frame ... but ...

Sometimes you can miss 1 or 2 elements in the "studio" and get unexpected results.

I would recommend the following method.
It is foolproof.
I know ....................... 'cuz I use it. ...... :o)

1. Go to the last frame ...
   [menu] "Edit" ---> "Memorize" ---> "All"

Now ...

1. Go to the first frame ...
   [menu] "Edit" ---> "Restore" ---> "All"

Then ...

1. Go to frame two and "drag" a "window" around frame 2 to the last frame in the animation ... and make sure you INCLUDE EVERYTHING listed, cameras, lights, etc.

Now ...

1. Just hit "Delete." ................ all gone!

Now you have a "clean slate" with the first frame defined and you are ready for your new animation.

Note: The 1st frame in your new animation is now IDENTICAL to the last frame in your old animation ...

So ...

If you put the two animations together,
you will get a pause or "jerk,"
because you now have 2 identical frames, i.e.,
---> the last frame of the 1st animation

• and -
  ---> the first frame of the 2nd animation.
  (See Note below)

NOTE:
*If you plan to "join" the animations together:
Make sure you delete either,
... the last frame (in the 1st anim.)

• or -
  ... the first frame (in the 2nd anim.)*

If you don't plan to "join" the animations together, it doesn't matter.

cheers,
dr geep
;=]