#Animate animals
I too have been perplexed by the complexity of trying to create
lifelike animal animations and as such have given up except for two
possibilities you might consider. Mannequin- will automate
wireframes of basic movements for humans that can be morphed in 3DS.
Morph is a bitmapped based software that has just been released for
the PC two weeks ago and is selling for $74.00. It can be used to
create morph transitions as well as warp of a given image then render
sequentially numbered TGA's or develop a FLC file in 8 bit. This is
the same as has been available on the MAC for six months now and what
you see in the movies and commercials special effects. The low price
is intro only and was available at comdex. I'll let you know how it
works when it arrives. I saw the software turn a child into an old
man through several stages of growing old.