Master Kyodai wrote:While i find softimage a bit better than 3D Max in regards of ease of use i would really not want to get into it. I think it's a fine renderer but not really my idea of character animation, i really prefer Poser for characters and Vue for rendering/landscaping. Like Maya, max, lightwave and co i find it's not an app you learn by "looking at it for a few minutes". Maybe Poser is terrible if you compare it to a classic renderer, it's definitely neither an "allround" renderer nor a modeling tool. But for what it's focused on - character animation - it is imho the best one. My handicap is that i have absolutely no experience in charater creation/conversion, but i don't think it will help if i also have to learn a completely new app... I terribly lack the time, but if noone else will do it imma try my own luck in Poser. I think i can get the bones placed with some practice, for hands i will prolly just slide the shenmue textures over some pre-defined hands - the real tough part will be creating the modifiers/magnets for realistic facial animation, at least if you do it right that is.
Wow didnt realize you were aiming for facial animation.Now Iam curious what are you planning for the shenmue models then if your going through this trouble.I thought you just wanted a few passable renders here and there.