Without doubt, I love Carrara. I have been toying with working towards more realistic character animations and other animations for a large project I've been working on forever. I always find myself frustrated at points with full body character animation, since I use Daz characters.

I have some stills that are pretty good in achieving the look I want, always find it difficult to do the same with animations *other than fairly short ones, due to time per frame.

I find creating a decent walk/run cycle hard. I use target helpers to prevent foot slide.

What advice would you give for doing a lot of character animation for my project? Love to hear what others have done with character animation.

I think, if I was to actually take the time and really work at rigging I may jump to Lightwave for the speed and render quality. Still, Carrara's ease of use is hard to beat.

Sorry about the ramblings.