I am currently evaluating which options I should use for a major project that we're starting. I need some insight and advice. Not sure whether or not this is the correct forum. But not sure which forum is the best for pre-sale questions.
I downloaded a copy of CrazyTalk and I've been looking at PowToon and Vyond and RealAllusion's Animator product. We have tools that I can use to do animation but they ramp up time will kill me.
My immediate need would be for the ability to create on screen conversations between say two or three characters about products and services. This is for internal training. I'll be weaving this into some onscreen animation that I'll do in a tool called Articulate Storyline. My objective is to weave together the discussions with on screen animations about concepts - product, service, etc. And then have discussions between characters regarding those products and services.
I'm not sure whether CrazyTalk 8 will be enough. Powtoon looks so cartoonish and the characters don't look very realistic. CrazyTalk 8 looks interesting. I'm not sure how viable the ability to take say photographs - front and side view - will be to create photo-realistic people characters. We really want something realistic looking. Adobe Animator is just far, far too complex. And the results are rather ugly unless you're a talented graphic artist - plus the ramp up time looks horrid.
Can any of Allusions product combinations provide me with easy to create conversations with realistic looking characters in a not too difficult to learn tool / interface. Or are these tools better suited to pros who really get animation? Can a newbie do this? (Thus the Newbie section choice here). Ideas? Feedback?