Poser comes with a large collection of items ready to use, and there are uncountably more available to purchase or for free - you can use Poser all day long and never have to model anything if you don't want to. This does draw scorn from some areas of the 3D community, but let's not rattle that cage...

Modellers using an application that doesn't have character rigging can import to Poser and do it there; admittedly the process isn't straightforward, but it's better than a static model. Even a free modeller like Wings can produce an animated character by these means.

Message edited on: 06/23/2005 10:30