Back in 1995 I was trying to create a walking female charactor as part of a game development system my company was working on. First I got a CD called "Women in motion" a collection of some of Edward Muybridge's animations. They were interesting but I could not directly use any of the plates. I then hired 3 different art school models from the University and filmed them walking from all the angles I needed. But video does not produce good frames either to digitize, but I was still able to complete the project. Right after that was done Poser1 for the PC came out. I thought it was great, because for games you don't need a whole lot of detail but being able to create frames from different angles was what I wanted. It also kept the proportions consistent. I was hooked at that point. Poser is just a hobby for me now, but I still like creating more and more detailed animated walking charactors.