Kbrown

I know what you mean, but I tell you on good experience that this will not let the computer do the work for you it WILL help you animate much quicker and give you an awful lot of control over your characters. You still have to animate the character which takes time, skill and patience.

I am a firm beliver in learning how a rig works - not to the nth degree - but an understanding of it at least. To waste hours in my limited spare time using trial and error to rigg a character when someone who I consider an expert has done all the work for me then I'll take that option. Especially since the studio who produce it are specialist character animators in the first place and whom I have bought stuff off before.

It will not answer all your rigging problems no doubt, but you can always build on it and adapt it to suit your needs as you get more exerienced! I have the Learning Maya Character Rigging book that shows you how to rigg a character in Maya - all you need to know how to rigg a character for animation im Maya, well if the TSM can do it for you then it s the same thing aint it?

Anyway, tis bit expensive but it will not be available until 1st November and they are providing a fully rigged character free for you to try out - the proof will be in the eating...