ANTICS V4 PRO
www.antics3d.com
RRP US$295 (for Professional version; Home version is free to download)
This software is a powerful 3D animation toolset that requires no specialist training, has fast 3D set construction, character animation and camera choreography, and requires no need for 3D modelling or animation skills – just point and click, and drag and drop. The latest version has a new lighting system that allows shadows to be cast from directional spotlights, adding depth and realism to movies; character-to-character interactions; improved path planning and animation blending; an improved Google SketchUp importer and .3ds, .skp, .fbx, .bvh extensions; and is almost half the price of version 3!