Expressions for Poser Talking Characters

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"JOHN CARSTARPHEN: Hi. This is John Carstarphen for Expert Village. Now, we can also add expressions, and here's the "Expressions" palette which has several basic expressions, and so we can add a "Sad" expression to one of the tracks, and you can add multiple expressions if you wanted to mix and match expressions or combine them. You can add a "Disgusted" expression on the track below it and perhaps edit the strength of that so that it's somewhat reduced, and you have a combination of the "Sad" and "Disgusted" look as your character talks. COMPUTER VOICEOVER: Thanks Mimic. Now I can really express myself. Thanks Mimic. Now I can really express myself. JOHN CARSTARPHEN: Well, let's make her a little happier. So let's go back to the beginning and... COMPUTER VOICEOVER: Thanks-- JOHN CARSTARPHEN: I'm going to delete that "Sad" expression and add a "Happy" expression. COMPUTER VOICEOVER: Thanks Mimic. Now I can really express myself. Thanks Mimic. JOHN CARSTARPHEN: But you'll see that it's still, sort of, morphing with the other expression that we have in the timeline. Of course we can just delete those by selecting them and deleting them."