Anim8or

Anim8or is a software program that enables professionals to animate some of their characters, but also to create new 3D models.

The interface seems to be outdated, and uses a classical design that reminds its users of Windows ’98. Despite all that, the interface is intuitive and therefore, quite easy to use. With the help of your mouse, you are able to select, drag, rotate scale and place objects. In the main window, you will be able to see two toolbars that you can use for most common tasks. If that is not enough for you, you can always look for the action that you want to take in the Menu Bar, located on the top of the main window.

Anim8or has four working modes that can help you do everything that you need to. The first one is an object editor in which you can build mostly static objects. The second one is a character editor, which enables you to define the structure of your figure by adding bones and other objects to them. This is followed by a sequence editor that will allow you to define certain segments of motion such as waving. Finally, in the scene editor you can place all the objects that you have created and ‘film’ your short animated movie. Here, you will be able to control the camera and lighting.

The program can import of a lot of different types of files. For example, when it comes to textures, you can use JPG, GIF and BMP files, while if you are interested in font support, you should know that you can upload 2D and 3D extruded text for any TrueType font. The app supports importing of 3DS, LWO and OBJ files and will export everything that you will do in 3DS file format.

In conclusion, Amin8or is a very useful and powerful 3D modeler with a lot of options, which make up for everything it may lack in terms of appearance.