wolf, the "animate" thing sounds pretty good.  but keep an open mind in re: poser 8 animation features.  e.g. poser 6 (OS X) can't even do animation-related python scripts, unlike later versions.

p.s.  if it takes some of these artists a few hrs to set up and render one still frame, then how long would a full-length animation require?  or, if a full-length animation is 87 min long, how many weeks would it take for one guy to do it, if it only took him 15 min per frame (final cut)?