Hi Moi'ers

I wonder if anyone knows a simple and straight forward software to animate an obj file
Like adding a skeleton to any kind of object

I think Maya or C4D and similar softwares is way to advance

Hope you get the idea


Thanks

Stardust



- Michael for Nobel Prize -

FBX format?

Hi bemfarmer

FBX works fine also :)

Thanks

Stardust


- Michael for Nobel Prize -

Blender ? :)

Hi Stardust, for simple animations you might try SimLab Composer.

I'm not sure that can do character animations with skeletons though... That kind of animation tends to be more advanced. You could try Cinema4D or Maya for that like you wrote or also Modo or Blender.

- Michael

Hi Stardust,

if you don't like Blender's UI workflow you may check out the Trial of Shade 3D. It comes in 3 flavors, Basic, Standard and Professional. The Standard comes with Bones etc. Shade 3D is inexpensive, imho and worth a try.

https://shade3d.jp/en/

Regards
Stefan

Thank you all for good advices!

I will check them all and give it a try

Thanks


Stardust



- Michael for Nobel Prize -

You have also these free incredible things! ;)
http://unity3d.com/5
http://www.unrealengine.com

iClone 6 is user friendly ($60 to $200) ...but requires 3DXchange to import (also $60 to $200 - up to $300) - depending on flavor.
Has various add-on motions and effects - can be quite sophisticated, but each everything is an extra add-on.

But bone rigging (features AutoDesk's HumanIK® Inverse kinematics) and automatic lip-sync are strong.
Has built-in render or add-on Plug-in for Indigo runtime.

http://www.reallusion.com/iclone/default.html
http://www.reallusion.com/iClone/3DXchange.html

Neobarok : it's free! ;) ...and some crazzy! :)
https://neobarok.com/

Take a look @ Akeytsu www.nukeygara.com

They are French guys! )
https://www.nukeygara.com/nukeygara-company

Excellent!

How about DazStudio. Its free