Testing aniMate from Daz3d ...

Daz3D is offering a 10 day trial of aniMate, a GoFigure software plugin for DazStudio, which they describe as follows:

AniMate takes a building block approach. Animations are broken down into editable chunks (that we call aniBlocks, short for "animation building blocks") that can be stored and reused just like video clips. Animations are assembled by stacking aniBlocks in the aniTimeline. AniBlocks can be dragged around and rearranged inside the timeline and they are always automatically blended one to another. AniBlocks can be trimmed, cropped, split and combined to create just the effect you need, or to create completely new aniBlocks.

Before the free trial I decided that I wasn't interested. But after using aniMate I think I will probably purchase the plugin.

Here's a link to a short clip I created. This was the second clip I created. The first one was too long. Most of the moves are well done. The walk aniBlocks, however, if used for any 'distance' look very unnatural, to me.

There are some examples and tutorials available at Daz, but most are like much of Daz products ... scantily clad females with wierd posture. The animations just add lots of jumping around and wiggling to the rest of the mix.