Several types of media files can be imported into Moho, allowing you to use work created in other programs to create rich, interesting animated movies.
The most common type of file to import into Moho is images. It doesn't matter how the images are create, so feel free to use pictures from digital cameras, backgrounds from scanned drawings or painted on the computer, textures, computer-generated 3D scenery, etc. The image formats supported by Moho are: JPEG, BMP, Targa, GIF, and PNG.
Generally, we recommend PNG, since the PNG format provides for variable levels of transparency, allowing you to create non-rectangular images that can blend in smoothly with other elements in the scene.
Moho supports importing QuickTime (Windows and Mac OS) and AVI (Windows only) movie files. A movie that you import into Moho will play back along with the Moho animation, allowing you to combine 2D and 3D elements, or to composite a Moho animation on top of a pre-recorded video sequence.
On Windows, if you have problems importing QuickTime movies, then you probably need to download and install QuickTime. You can get it for free here.
Moho can import vector artwork created in other vector illustration programs. These files must be in either Adobe Illustrator or EPS format. If your files are in Illustrator format, make sure that you save them as Illustrator 8 (or earlier) format.
Moho has limited support for audio, but you can import a single track as a soundtrack for your animation. Moho uses QuickTime to do audio processing, so any format that QuickTime supports (which is pretty much all common audio formats) is fair game.
On Windows, if you have problems importing audio, then you probably need to download and install QuickTime. You can get it for free here.
Finally, Moho can import 3D files created by 3D modeling programs. At this time Moho can only import OBJ files, but it's a quite common format, and most 3D programs can export to OBJ. OBJ files can include texture maps, and if your model uses one, Moho will import and use it as well.
If you're new to 3D, and you're looking for a program to create 3D models for Moho, we recommend Wings 3D.