Does any one know of a good rigging software excluding poser,maya or max :qu:
I need a versatile software to be used only for rigging and posing. not even animation.
maya really sucks for high polygon mesh rigging… :td:
any tips
XSI foundation is fast for rigging but you wont get a program that only rigs.
XSI will model, texture, rig and animate and is at a fair price. If you want it just for posing wait till the next update comes out zbrush 2.5 , that alows rigging for posing. Iv been through all this lark and found 3ds max nice to rig in but xsi is even faster. Your better off getting xsi to make your base meshes use zbrush for detailing e.c.t and use xsi for riging and posing if you cant wait till next update which could well be some time yet.
No Tej I cant wait for zbrush 2.5
I am creating a comic, everything is ready even models and backgrounds only reposing is required for characters.
So need to know if xsi interface is good enough so that I can learn it quickly?
Maya sucks and I have no max.
Obviously zbrush 2.5 is my choice but then we all are waiting for it 
any link to download xsi demo ?
Reactor
I could not find demo of Carrara 5 at daz3d?
Top bar -> Support -> Downloads -> Carrara Downloads
It’s right there. If you have any troubles grabbing it, also have a look at Eovia.com (just bought out by Daz3D). They have the trial also.
thanks
got it.
Will try it out
BTW Reactor
I will be importing the mesh back into zbrush after reposing .
It wont create any problems na ?
i will be applying the same texture which I created in zbrush after importing the reposed model instead of creating displacement maps everytime.
I believe you are expirenced with Carrara, you must know it will work or not.
I would not say Im very experenced with rigging but its not a simple quick process as I have been through the complete process from bones to fully riged and weighted in 3ds max. Athough its not for animation you still have to get the weighting correct and have the geomatry that deforms correcly. I had in mind just to rig for posing but it was not as easy as was expecting had bad weighting and deformation due a messy mesh. Poser is quite fast as riging goes.
If you do come accross a easy fast learning rigging posing program let me know il be interested.
There’s also Messiah. Nice renderer too.
guys
For rigging and posing
How much polygon count should be there in the model average ?
Isit that I AM having too many polygons thats why I am not able to work properly in maya ?
If I use any other software I believe its going to take a lot of time so I should try doing it in maya only.
Look here at Messiah animate seems to be fast from what I read with auto weighting. Only downfall is the price which is more than XSI foundation.
Messiah studio is only $299…that’s pretty cheap !
jantim
Your right that is cheap. I did a search and it came out for the animate version over £400 odd. Iv just been looking at the video tutorials on their site and am well impressed how posing can be done the second you bone the character.
Im downloading the demo right now to see how compatable it is with zbrush obj files.
Messiah looks good to me lets see
This program is nice and fast in ceating bones with instant weighting but as expected weighting problams are there with a zbrush built mesh. I created a very basic T pose man from zsphears exported him as low poly model. Now I know you gota export him with different rotation so hes standing upright but no flip x, y ,z for export had any effect, he always faces down when imported into messiah.
I believe you are expirenced with Carrara, you must know it will work or not.
Providing you export it as something like an obj (something that keeps the UV information) things should go smoothly.
Thanks reactor
Tej even in maya when I import the zsphere mesh it always faces down :lol:
I tried running messiah workstation
I cant even see toolbar names on top of it.
need a graphic card to support it.
now either I buy a software or a graphic card 
any other software ? 