These eight poses feature classic science fiction actions, such as reacting to their ships being hit and shooting with blasters. Mirrored poses are also included. Each pose is fully optimized for M4 and V4 so that you can just apply the PZ2 file with a couple of clicks and start animating.

To purchase SciFi Moves Volume 1, click here.

The Zombie contagion is spreading! Do you need to set up a horde of walking dead in your animations, all with individual motions? Zombie Moves Volume 2 is designed to let you do just that. The seven motion-captured animated poses in this pack cover several different walking and standing motions, allowing you to populate your undead horde of M4 and V4 with several different and unique mocap animations. Now available on daz3d.com.

Poses include

• 3 Different Zombie Classic Walks
• Zombie Head Hit Stagger
• Zombie Paw at Window
• Zombie React to Noise
• Zombie Stand in Place

The animations are provided in PZ2 Animated Pose format native to Poser and Daz|Studio and can be applied to M4 or V4 with a click. We also include the motion-capture data in BVH format so that the animations can be applied to any character in any program that supports BVH import.

Click Here to Buy Zombie Moves Volume 2 at Daz3d.com Now!

The walking dead can come to life for M4 and V4 in Poser and Daz Studio with the Posermocap Zombie Moves Pack! Make your own zombie movie with seven classic motion-captured zombie animated poses (including mirrored versions of each) all optimized for Daz3d’s M4 and V4 characters.

We have just added the Zombie Moves Volume 1 for M4 and V4 to our products at Daz3d.com. Poses include:

• Zombie Backhand Swing
• Zombie Classic Walk
• Zombie Forearm Swing
• Zombie Hit by Gunshot
• Zombie Hit by Shotgun
• Zombie Shuffle Drag Foot
• Zombie Shuffle Sway

The animations are provided in PZ2 Animated Pose format native to Poser and Daz|Studio and can be applied to M4 or V4 with a click. We also include the motion-capture data in BVH format so that the animations can be applied to any character in any program that supports BVH import.

Click Here to Buy Zombie Moves Volume 1 at Daz3d.com Now!

If you’re unsure where to start, the best suggestion would be to start with the story. Animation is a method of telling a story and if you have a good story then that gives you a solid foundation for everything that flows after that.

A lot of people focus on the technical aspects of the animation, wanting it to look like Pixar’s feature films. However, Pixar’s films are great primarily because of the stories they tell. They have strong characters and themes that resonate with their audiences. The excellent animation that they do comes in on top of their excellent storytelling in films like Toy Story 3 and Ratatouille.

Story is right at the start of our own animation process, which consists of:

1. Story
2. Script
3. Storyboard/planning.
4. Gathering/building assets.
5. Production
6. Compositing/Editing.

Since we are all animators, while we are developing the story we can start playing around with animation and developing our skills with some test animations. Load characters and props into Daz or Poser and start moving them character around to get familiar with the animation tools available in those programs. Get used to how long it takes to render an animation. Don’t worry too much about how it looks – you’re not going to create Pixar quality right out of the gate, you’re still learning at this point. And that’s the important part with animation at this point–learning. Time + Effort leads to skill.

But quality animation all has to start with story.

We’ll get into the various aspects of creating your own animation in the future here on the Posermocap site.

We have just released Superhero Moves Volume 1 at Daz3d.com. This collection of eight superhero-themed animation packs is motion captured and specially optimized for Daz3d’s M4 and V4 characters. Superhero moves contains the following animations (along with mirrored versions for each character, bringing the total animations to 32).

• Flaps in Night
• Land into Crouch
• Power Blast
• Power Blast Two Handed
• Power Blast Two Handed Vertical
• Shield Under Fire
• Shield Under Fire with Pushback
• Stand Aside Citizen

The animations are provided in PZ2 Animated Pose format native to Poser and Daz|Studio and can be applied to M4 or V4 with a click. We also include the motion-capture data in BVH format so that the animations can be applied to any character in any program that supports BVH import.

Click Here to Buy Superhero Moves Volume 1 at Daz3d.com Now!

Get into action with Daz3d’s M4 and V4 characters with the new Investigations Moves Volume 2 Moves pack of motion-captured poses for Poser and Daz|Studio. Building on the mocap-animated poses in Investigations Moves Volume 1, Volume 2 continues the theme of suspense/thriller poses and adds even more action to the motions available to you for your next animated project.

This Move Pack includes Doorkicker, Fall Back with Rifle, Flash Underhand Creep Backwards Spooked, Peer Walk Around Corner, Walk Around Corner, Walk Around Corner, and Walk Look Back Walk. Each Move in the Move Pack is an Animated Pose (PZ2) file that works natively in Poser and DAZ Studio. Each move also comes with a mirrored version, allowing you even more flexibility in choosing the animations you want to add into your next Poser/Daz|Studio film project.

Also included are BVH files for the moves, allowing the moves to be used in any application that reads and imports BVH motion capture files, including Lightwave, Maya, 3DS Max, and Cinema 4D.

Click here to buy at Daz3d.com

The Doorkicker pose represents a first for us in including keyframed finger data. Because the pose requires the character to assume a two-handed firing stance, we took the added step of incorporating finger data to ensure that the pose could be used “right out of the box” without any additional tweaking or animating required.

Have a look at the two poses here:

The Fall Back with Rifle pose is perfect for any animation where the character has bitten off more than he can chew and is facing down a horde of evil things, whether they be monsters, zombies, or xenomorphs.

Coming soon for Poser and Daz|Studio.

We are pleased to announce that Kids at Play Volume 1 is now available at
Daz3d.com. This Motion Capture pack for the new Daz3d Kids4 Characters contains seven motion-captured animations of children playing. Moves such as Airplane Flying, Get Dizzy, Hopscotch, Hugs?, Kick Ball, Laugh Hard, and Tantrum are now available for use in Poser and Daz|Studio animations. This animated pose pack also includes mirrored versions of each animated pose, as well as BVH files allowing you to import the animations into any application that supports BVH files.

As with all Posermocap mocap packs, the animations have been cleaned and optimized for the Kids4 Characters, so all that you have to do to animate is apply the the animated poses with a click.

Click here to buy at Daz3d.com

Getting Dizzy is something all kids (and even a few big kids) have done. The Kids4 character spins around and then stops to watch the world spin around him.

Every kid loves to be hugged by the people who care about him. Here, the Kid4 character skips up and raises his arms to ask for a hug.

We’ll have more sample animations coming soon.