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I would like to make videos of 3D animated scenes using humanoid (but not fantasy) characters. This means either clearly human people, or people-symbols/cartoon characters. I want my characters to be fairly generic, and if I go the symbol/cartoon route, gender-neutral is fine too. I have absolutely no 3D programming experience whatsoever. Ideally, I would like some kind of program that already has a library of 3D characters and settings that I can just load up and give commands to, things like "walk over to this location" and "hug that person" and "get angry". I can then use screen recording software to record the animation.
I also don't want to pay any money for this, as it's a side project and not intended to make me any income, so suggestions of where to purchase the Sims, for instance, won't help (although a program like the Sims would probably do what I'm looking for).
The only other alternative is for me to learn how to do 3D animation on my own, which I am currently attempting to do, but there's a learning curve and I'm impatient. I'm a cinematographer and camera operator, not a graphic artist.
So, any suggestions on open-source or free or "borrowed" software or names of stuff I can search for on Piratebay? Simple programs that will, one way or another, end up with a final product in .avi format.
I also don't want to pay any money for this, as it's a side project and not intended to make me any income, so suggestions of where to purchase the Sims, for instance, won't help (although a program like the Sims would probably do what I'm looking for).
The only other alternative is for me to learn how to do 3D animation on my own, which I am currently attempting to do, but there's a learning curve and I'm impatient. I'm a cinematographer and camera operator, not a graphic artist.
So, any suggestions on open-source or free or "borrowed" software or names of stuff I can search for on Piratebay? Simple programs that will, one way or another, end up with a final product in .avi format.
