Has anybody used Credo Interactive's Lifeforms programs in conjunction with Poser 4? I'm interested in the results.

I have both and even have all of Credo Mega Mocap package. But unfortunately I recently got LW 6.5 and am spending all my time on it. (My goal is to animate Poser characters, host in LW and add music...then move to a video production system [ie Final Cut Pro] and make videos...my son is a composer). Thus I have all of this software & hardware and and looking at a mountainous learning curve. But back to your question... I did however spend a fair amount of time in various discussion groups asking about animation packages with Poser & LW (such as Messiah)as well as reading quite a bit. In one discussion someone with apparently significant experience with these packages claimed that Lifeforms was very effective in their hands and that they would not get any other package. You should be aware however that I was told that all of the motion files from Credo do NOT animate any hand motions. So that is a separate need that will have to be considered. Good Luck!

ditto here to mglant's comments i have all the credo stuff but i'm pretty high on the learning curve now for LW. i bought all the Dan Ablan and Newtek videos i could get my hands on. with credo i have gone through the tutorials and it makes posing easier (i think) than in poser. it is obviously designed more for the animator than is poser. ppp has added some things though (if you have 4D, Max or LW) that makes it less necessary. they have a demo version. i'd suggest you dl it and try it out.