the fastest way to do 3D people + animation

[lyca]

hi all

 

as most of you, se use stock 3D people, but it's a bit boring to use always the same ones, so we are thinking about doing our own ones.

So the question is what's the best way to do it ?

are there some tools for accelerate the animation ? in the same way http://www.craftanimation.com does it for vehicles ?

 

i was looking for Poser 3D for exemple, it can generate quite nice models, have anyone use it to make 3D people and than transfer them to max ?

 

what do you guys think about ?

[Devin Johnston]

Poser allows you to create custom people with their own motion, but the photo quality of them seem to be quite low and they tend to look computer generated. AXYZ design does sell pre rigged people and you could create your own custom animations with them but the process is complex. They also tend to look pretty bad up close, but if viewed from a distance they look pretty realistic. RPC's are photo real but you can't customize them and their motions are pre-programmed. They also won't interact with GI environments so they tend to look out of place. Unfortunately there is no good solution to your problem, each option has it's up and down sides.