Anim8or is a fun program, but among the free modelers you'll find Wings quite a bit more powerful.

post an image rendered in Anim8or, so we can see if it's any better than whatever poser renderer you used. I noticed there was no forum for it in the drop-down list on the right.

I do not use Anim8or for any texturing or rendering. I find it is quicker and better to use Poser 6. I just model items and export them as .obj files. If you import .obj files into Anim8or you can alter them and also creat morph files for Poser. I will post a skirt that I redid for Judy and it took less than five minutes.

Modeling apps are a very personal thing. You seem to have a nack for Anim8or. You have done a very good job with it. I can't get it to work well for me so I use Wings and Shade. Different apps for different people.

If you want to see what can be done with Anim8or as a low-poly modeller, check out some of Geralday's brilliant little creations in the freestuff. How 'bout it, Gerald - tell us some of your secrets in a tutorial, maybe?

I use anim8or also, mostly to make morphs, and to adapt clothing to a figure. Simple, quick to learn, and suits my needs quite well. I take the morth terget, can put the texture in to see what I am doing, and the results are fast and quick to cerrect.

any tuts or links to groups out there that can show a newbie how to use this program??? i've opened it a few times but am unable to even move the view of the screen....so have not gotten any farther..lol netta

There used to be very good tuts right at the site where you download the app. Haven't been there in a few years though. My introduction to 3d was with Blender. I wish I had discovered Anim8tor first. Great way to learn basics of modeling, rigging, lighting, etc without making your head spin right off. edit: Just checked at anim8tor.com. The tuts are still there. Look for the "tutorials" link at the left.

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Check out my Vase in freestuff, it was modelled in Anim8or but textured in Deep Paint. It was a first at actually trying to control what I made. But I still got a long way to go before I try anything really biiiig. :)

it's handy..a single file that fits on the floppy..;) I'd bring up Wings, but someone already has..;)

I only have Anim8or but have tried Wings before just couldn't get used to it. All of my work (only a couple of things I've done :( )was done in Anim8or. I used Poser 4 but have worked up to Poser 5 for rendering and as most of the stuff I seem to do are props(so far)I love having the ability to export from Anim8or as .obj then import into Poser. My latest project is shown at the link below.
http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?ForumID=12356&Form.ShowMessage=2621769

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I've found that Anim8or is quick and easy to get into, and does some things very well, but it's not necessarily the most flexible program. For example, both Wings and Anim8or let you select vertices, edges, or polygons, and move them parallel to the X/Y/Z axes, but Anim8or defines those axes relative to the view. Wings lets you move a polygon in the direction of its normal, including a set of polygons each with their own normal. Essentially, that's how you could put a raised band around a sphere. I'm sure there are ways of doing that in Anim8or, but the nearest I've managed is a lot more awkward than in Wings. Wings can also be set up to cope with the very small object sizes required to match scale with Poser figures.

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A few tutorials can still be found on my site. Good luck using Anim8or.. like all modelling progs.. once you get used to it you can make most things!

Regards, Gerald.

yup..twas Mr. Day that introduced me to Anim8tor..;) there's a gazillion modeling proggies (10x3.14159^23..;) out there. I guess it depends on where you start. I went from Amapi to Strata to Anim8tor to Wings, so by the time I got there, it seemed easy as pi..;) (there's also Blender, the swiss army knife of modeler/blender/boner/animator/other functions I'm not remembering..;)