"I guess that my point is that although Poser wasn't designed for animation, it is a goal for many users "

Really?...If not, I better get my money back, because on the Box, it is written: P5- 3D Character Animation and figure design made easy....and P6- The Premiere 3D Figure Design & Animation Solution. That is why I purchased poser. 1:) To make little videos. Learning level software most are told. 2:) Because I was known for Poser to have human characters already made, and you have to enhance the characters, textures, outfits...etc.. Now, for someone who didn't know about making animations, I come to figure out using Poser, it is darn fustrating. I was mislead by ads for example: 3D  character animation and figure design made easy, and great for beginners. I knew their was advanced programs, but at the time I didn't know what they were. So, poser was my beginning level of knowledge. Maya is the one of the leading roles for character animations, but I do not have a few thousand to spend. Maya is out of my luck,...way off my luck, unless I win the lottery which will maybe happen in my other lifetime if it happens. 2:) Yes, I can make 3D characters very realistic now, but if I were to make a little video, it will have to be on a flat square surface. I have yet to see large landscapes for example: Mountains, hills, land to compensate using backgrounds, to make scenes. I have purchased landscapes, but they are small. One hill there, and another over there. Then make a flat surface and grid the land with one texture, by tiling. It is hell. Today I made a render that took 9 hours. Yes, looked awesome, but without ground shadows later realizing at the end, wasted my day to fix it. I am happy to own poser now for some good reasons, but I am not happy that I am not able to do, like I want to do with it. Also, IK doesn't do that well in poser. People make these characters for poser, but do not make animation kits to go with em. So us buyers, have to make our own, and when using IK, you find out later, your character is sliding along with a walk. The walk cycle window doesn't fit all made characters, only the ones that come with Poser. That doesn't include walk cycle for the animals, that come with poser. The dinasours do not work in the walk cycles, so you have to make your own. And it is a pain, time consuming when a life has your time... Oh..I gtg..family...