Poser is good for animations as well as stills, but it takes practice. to be gooda at anything takes practice. There are very few programs out there with the "Make Art" button. It all depends on your own artistic will as to whether poser is "good". People like my stills and give good reviews on them. I have had my animations play at various festivals and screenings over the years (starting with Poser 3). IMHO Poser is good for starting and continuing. As a matter of fact, I'm teaching an entry-level workshop this weekend on "Basic animation using Poser 3" at Quickdraw Animation Society, in Calgary, so if you're available, sign up and come on in. If you want other programs, there's Blender (freeeee, used to make the movie "Elephant Dreams"), Wings, and iClone.