These are good times for people like us who grew up with a passion for animation. No longer is animation meant exclusively for those with deep pockets. Instead, the cost of both computer software and hardware has come down to the point where anyone can create an animated film of their own.

Yes, that’s right. Anyone.

While contemporary theatrical animated films can have budgets that reach nearly USD$200 Million, there is an explosion of independent animated films being released on the internet and direct to DVD by people working out of their homes on desktop and laptop computers with production budgets that might just reach upwards into the hundreds of dollars. Maybe. Powerful computers and powerful software, combined with gigabytes of low-cost content available online put animated filmmaking within reach of anyone.

It’s a true animation democracy.

If you’re a Poser or Daz Studio user, you already have in your hands some of the most powerful tools for creating your own animated films. For years, Poser and Daz Studio users have been creating mountains of content for use in rendering still images. Meanwhile, the software, which started as simple artist reference software, has become more and more sophisticated and includes talk designers, walk designers, dynamic clothing, animation layers–many of the character-animation tools that you would expect to find in high-end character animation software.
We’re going to show you how easy it is to make your own animated 3D or anime-style film. By using off-the-shelf software and content, we’re going to show you the process, step-by-step. And we’re also going to show you how to strap a rocket engine onto your back and get your production done faster than you’ve ever imagined. After all, that’s why posermocap.com is here–to provide you with motion-captured character animations and moves that you can drop in to your own works so that you can focus on getting your animation done, rather than spending time in pre-production.

And we’re going to be doing the same thing ourselves. We have animated projects we want to get done too–and you’ll get a chance to see these projects come to life before your eyes right here on the website.

Since we are a business and we have to pay for all of this somehow, here’s the sales pitch: We would like you to sign up for our mailing list. Those who do subscribe will get:

• First chance to buy any new Moves Packs that we release–up to 1 week before they are made public in our store.
• Special offers on Moves Packs and other store items.
• Exclusive content (Moves, textures, props) that will be available only to subscribers.

Join us, won’t you?

Now let’s go make some movies.