Fun animation software
Check out
Animata
Downside - 2D and limited shading/lighting/camera angles, etc... This isn't SoftImage or 3D Studio.
That being said, it's a very cool, real-time (no rendering) quick to use animation package that accepts input from sensors so you can have an actor move and your animation will move right along with.
You can build your characters out of graphics files and Animata will warp them based on the kinematics you define. Slick User Interface from first observations.
I'll be playing some more with this one in my copious spare time...
Posted by DaveH at December 8, 2008 7:30 PM