Daz Studio

• 1). Download the Daz Studio program from the link listed in the resources. Double-click the downloaded file and follow the directions to install. Click "Yes" when asked if you want the program to search for related files (Daz comes with a free starter scene).
  
  
• 2). Click the "Step 1: Load and Customize a Figure" button on the lower right of the screen and wait for the scene to load. Click on any body part to pose the "Victoria" figure.
  
  
• 3). Click on View > Tabs > Timeline, then move the timeline wherever it would be convenient by clicking and dragging. Click on any frame in the timeline other than the first one. Click on the character and give her a different pose.
  
  
• 4). Click on Render > Render Settings. Click on "Make Movie." Mark the start frame as Frame 1 and the end frame as the last frame in your animation (the default is 30, which is one second of animation). Choose whether to output a movie file or an image series; name the file; and choose a folder in which to save you rendered file. Click accept. Click on Render > Render.
  
  
• 5). Study your animation and practice animation and camera movement by re-doing your animation until it looks the way you want.
  
  

Art of Illusion

• 1). Download the installation file from the link in the resources and run the installation. Go to Start > All programs > Art of Illusion and open the program.
  
  
• 2). Click on the sphere tool on the left. Click and drag in the top left view screen until you have a ball-shaped object.
  
  
• 3). Click on Animation > Jump to Time, then type "30" into the prompt. Move the ball to a new position.
  
  
• 4). Click on Scene > Render Scene.
  
  

Blender

• 1). Download Blender from the link in the resources section. Run the installation program.
  
  
• 2). Open the program and study the interface. Go to the Blender website and watch its tutorial, which explains the interface.
  
  
• 3). Download Blender figures from online or take the time to learn how to create your own and rig them with a skeleton to enable animation.