>Why don't you just give it a try and figure out which works best for you.
>Life Forms has a demo you can download right from their page.
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>www.fas.sfu.ca/lifeforms.html
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thanx - i did and pretty much decided lifeforms was more trouble than its
worth for me. But i'm still curious on others thoughts on it.
>What do you want out of an animation program with regards to dance?
i'm looking for a tool that with make human animation simpler - but i want
complete control over modeling the form. that is, i want to create my own
meshes and paint on them (with detailer) then make them dance. my
understanding is that i can't create a mesh in say poser or 3d studio
import it into lifeforms - animate it then export that back into 3d studio
for rendering? Is this true - or can i paint on a mesh and import it into
lifeforms for animation?
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>But it all comes down to what you want to do with an animation program?
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yes. that and time and cost and whether its stable on one's platform of choice.
i'm very interested in character studio - has anyone here used it for dance.
thanx.
nik
~ the dnc project - dance, networks, computing
http://www.websciences.org/dnc/
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