diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 3651704e5..5f649f180 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ IF(DYNAMIC_OPENSCENEGRAPH)
     ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(osgvertexprogram)
     ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(osgvolume)
     ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(osgwindows)
+    ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(osganimationhardware)
     ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(osganimationtimeline)
     ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(osganimationnode)
     ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(osganimationmakepath)
diff --git a/examples/osganimationhardware/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/osganimationhardware/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..28ee373a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/osganimationhardware/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+SET(TARGET_SRC osganimationhardware.cpp )
+SET(TARGET_ADDED_LIBRARIES osgAnimation )
+SETUP_EXAMPLE(osganimationhardware)
diff --git a/examples/osganimationhardware/osganimationhardware.cpp b/examples/osganimationhardware/osganimationhardware.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..420387f64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/osganimationhardware/osganimationhardware.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,249 @@
+/*  -*-c++-*- 
+ *  Copyright (C) 2009 Cedric Pinson <cedric.pinson@plopbyte.net>
+ *
+ * This library is open source and may be redistributed and/or modified under  
+ * the terms of the OpenSceneGraph Public License (OSGPL) version 0.0 or 
+ * (at your option) any later version.  The full license is in LICENSE file
+ * included with this distribution, and on the openscenegraph.org website.
+ * 
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the 
+ * OpenSceneGraph Public License for more details.
+*/
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <osgDB/ReadFile>
+#include <osgViewer/ViewerEventHandlers>
+#include <osgGA/TrackballManipulator>
+#include <osgGA/FlightManipulator>
+#include <osgGA/DriveManipulator>
+#include <osgGA/KeySwitchMatrixManipulator>
+#include <osgGA/StateSetManipulator>
+#include <osgGA/AnimationPathManipulator>
+#include <osgGA/TerrainManipulator>
+#include <osg/Drawable>
+#include <osg/MatrixTransform>
+
+#include <osgAnimation/BasicAnimationManager>
+#include <osgAnimation/RigGeometry>
+#include <osgAnimation/RigTransformHardware>
+#include <osgAnimation/AnimationManagerBase>
+
+#include <sstream>
+
+
+static unsigned int getRandomValueinRange(unsigned int v)
+{
+    return static_cast<unsigned int>((rand() * 1.0 * v)/(RAND_MAX-1));
+}
+
+
+osg::ref_ptr<osg::Program> program;
+// show how to override the default RigTransformHardware for customized usage
+struct MyRigTransformHardware : public osgAnimation::RigTransformHardware
+{
+    bool init(osgAnimation::RigGeometry& geom)
+    {
+        osg::Vec3Array* pos = dynamic_cast<osg::Vec3Array*>(geom.getVertexArray());
+        if (!pos) {
+            osg::notify(osg::WARN) << "RigTransformHardware no vertex array in the geometry " << geom.getName() << std::endl;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (!geom.getSkeleton()) {
+            osg::notify(osg::WARN) << "RigTransformHardware no skeleting set in geometry " << geom.getName() << std::endl;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        osgAnimation::Bone::BoneMap bm = geom.getSkeleton()->getBoneMap();
+
+        if (!createPalette(pos->size(),bm, geom.getVertexInfluenceSet().getVertexToBoneList()))
+            return false;
+
+        int attribIndex = 11;
+        int nbAttribs = getNumVertexAttrib();
+
+        // use a global program for all avatar
+        if (!program.valid()) {
+            program = new osg::Program;
+            program->setName("HardwareSkinning");
+            if (!_shader.valid())
+                _shader = osg::Shader::readShaderFile(osg::Shader::VERTEX,"shaders/skinning.vert");
+
+            if (!_shader.valid()) {
+                osg::notify(osg::WARN) << "RigTransformHardware can't load VertexShader" << std::endl;
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            // replace max matrix by the value from uniform
+            {
+                std::string str = _shader->getShaderSource();
+                std::string toreplace = std::string("MAX_MATRIX");
+                std::size_t start = str.find(toreplace);
+                std::stringstream ss;
+                ss << getMatrixPaletteUniform()->getNumElements();
+                str.replace(start, toreplace.size(), ss.str());
+                _shader->setShaderSource(str);
+                osg::notify(osg::INFO) << "Shader " << str << std::endl;
+            }
+
+            program->addShader(_shader.get());
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < nbAttribs; i++)
+            {
+                std::stringstream ss;
+                ss << "boneWeight" << i;
+                program->addBindAttribLocation(ss.str(), attribIndex + i);
+
+                osg::notify(osg::INFO) << "set vertex attrib " << ss.str() << std::endl;
+            }
+        } 
+        for (int i = 0; i < nbAttribs; i++)
+        {
+            std::stringstream ss;
+            ss << "boneWeight" << i;
+            geom.setVertexAttribData(attribIndex + i, osg::Geometry::ArrayData(getVertexAttrib(i),osg::Geometry::BIND_PER_VERTEX));
+        }
+
+        osg::ref_ptr<osg::StateSet> ss = new osg::StateSet;
+        ss->addUniform(getMatrixPaletteUniform());
+        ss->addUniform(new osg::Uniform("nbBonesPerVertex", getNumBonesPerVertex()));
+        ss->setAttributeAndModes(program.get());
+        geom.setStateSet(ss.get());
+        _needInit = false;
+        return true;
+    }
+
+};
+
+
+struct SetupRigGeometry : public osg::NodeVisitor
+{
+    bool _hardware;
+    SetupRigGeometry( bool hardware = true) : osg::NodeVisitor(osg::NodeVisitor::TRAVERSE_ALL_CHILDREN), _hardware(hardware) {}
+    
+    void apply(osg::Geode& geode)
+    {
+        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < geode.getNumDrawables(); i++)
+            apply(*geode.getDrawable(i));
+    }
+    void apply(osg::Drawable& geom)
+    {
+        if (_hardware) {
+            osgAnimation::RigGeometry* rig = dynamic_cast<osgAnimation::RigGeometry*>(&geom);
+            if (rig)
+                rig->setRigTransformImplementation(new MyRigTransformHardware);
+        }
+
+        if (geom.getName() != std::string("BoundingBox")) // we disable compute of bounding box for all geometry except our bounding box
+            geom.setComputeBoundingBoxCallback(new osg::Drawable::ComputeBoundingBoxCallback);
+    }
+};
+
+osg::Group* createCharacterInstance(osg::Group* character, bool hardware)
+{
+    osg::ref_ptr<osg::Group> c ;
+    if (hardware)
+        c = osg::clone(character, osg::CopyOp::DEEP_COPY_ALL & ~osg::CopyOp::DEEP_COPY_PRIMITIVES & ~osg::CopyOp::DEEP_COPY_ARRAYS);
+    else
+        c = osg::clone(character, osg::CopyOp::DEEP_COPY_ALL);
+
+    osgAnimation::AnimationManagerBase* animationManager = dynamic_cast<osgAnimation::AnimationManagerBase*>(c->getUpdateCallback());
+
+    osgAnimation::BasicAnimationManager* anim = dynamic_cast<osgAnimation::BasicAnimationManager*>(animationManager);
+    const osgAnimation::AnimationList& list = animationManager->getAnimationList();
+    int v = getRandomValueinRange(list.size());
+    if (list[v]->getName() == std::string("MatIpo_ipo")) {
+        anim->playAnimation(list[v].get());
+        v = (v + 1)%list.size();
+    }
+        
+    anim->playAnimation(list[v].get());
+
+    SetupRigGeometry switcher(hardware);
+    c->accept(switcher);
+
+    return c.release();
+}
+
+
+int main (int argc, char* argv[])
+{
+    std::cerr << "This example works better with nathan.osg" << std::endl;
+
+    osg::ArgumentParser psr(&argc, argv);
+
+    osgViewer::Viewer viewer(psr);
+
+    bool hardware = true;
+    int maxChar = 10;
+    while (psr.read("--software")) { hardware = false; }
+    while (psr.read("--number", maxChar)) {}
+
+
+    osg::ref_ptr<osg::Group> root = dynamic_cast<osg::Group*>(osgDB::readNodeFiles(psr));
+    if (!root) 
+    {
+        std::cout << psr.getApplicationName() <<": No data loaded" << std::endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    {
+        osgAnimation::AnimationManagerBase* animationManager = dynamic_cast<osgAnimation::AnimationManagerBase*>(root->getUpdateCallback());
+        if(!animationManager) 
+        {
+            osg::notify(osg::FATAL) << "no AnimationManagerBase found, updateCallback need to animate elements" << std::endl;
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    osg::ref_ptr<osg::Group> scene = new osg::Group;
+
+    // add the state manipulator
+    viewer.addEventHandler( new osgGA::StateSetManipulator(viewer.getCamera()->getOrCreateStateSet()) );
+    
+    // add the thread model handler
+    viewer.addEventHandler(new osgViewer::ThreadingHandler);
+
+    // add the window size toggle handler
+    viewer.addEventHandler(new osgViewer::WindowSizeHandler);
+        
+    // add the stats handler
+    viewer.addEventHandler(new osgViewer::StatsHandler);
+
+    // add the help handler
+    viewer.addEventHandler(new osgViewer::HelpHandler(psr.getApplicationUsage()));
+
+    // add the LOD Scale handler
+    viewer.addEventHandler(new osgViewer::LODScaleHandler);
+
+    // add the screen capture handler
+    viewer.addEventHandler(new osgViewer::ScreenCaptureHandler);
+
+    viewer.setSceneData(scene.get());
+
+    viewer.realize();
+
+    double xChar = maxChar;
+    double yChar = xChar * 9.0/16;
+    for (double  i = 0.0; i < xChar; i++) {
+        for (double  j = 0.0; j < yChar; j++) {
+
+            osg::ref_ptr<osg::Group> c = createCharacterInstance(root.get(), hardware);
+            osg::MatrixTransform* tr = new osg::MatrixTransform;
+            tr->setMatrix(osg::Matrix::translate( 2.0 * (i - xChar * .5),
+                                                  0.0,
+                                                  2.0 * (j - yChar * .5)));
+            tr->addChild(c.get());
+            scene->addChild(tr);
+        }
+    }
+    std::cout << "created " << xChar * yChar << " instance"  << std::endl;
+
+
+    return viewer.run();
+}
+
+
diff --git a/examples/osganimationskinning/osganimationskinning.cpp b/examples/osganimationskinning/osganimationskinning.cpp
index 277b6c779..66e81a3fd 100644
--- a/examples/osganimationskinning/osganimationskinning.cpp
+++ b/examples/osganimationskinning/osganimationskinning.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*  -*-c++-*- 
- *  Copyright (C) 2008 Cedric Pinson <mornifle@plopbyte.net>
+ *  Copyright (C) 2008 Cedric Pinson <cedric.pinson@plopbyte.net>
  *
  * This library is open source and may be redistributed and/or modified under  
  * the terms of the OpenSceneGraph Public License (OSGPL) version 0.0 or 
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include <osgAnimation/Bone>
 #include <osgAnimation/Skeleton>
 #include <osgAnimation/RigGeometry>
-#include <osgAnimation/Skinning>
 #include <osgAnimation/BasicAnimationManager>
 
 osg::Geode* createAxis()
diff --git a/examples/osganimationtimeline/osganimationtimeline.cpp b/examples/osganimationtimeline/osganimationtimeline.cpp
index 58592b8da..129b6ef24 100644
--- a/examples/osganimationtimeline/osganimationtimeline.cpp
+++ b/examples/osganimationtimeline/osganimationtimeline.cpp
@@ -26,15 +26,19 @@
 #include <osgAnimation/Bone>
 #include <osgAnimation/Skeleton>
 #include <osgAnimation/RigGeometry>
-#include <osgAnimation/Skinning>
 #include <osgAnimation/Timeline>
 #include <osgAnimation/AnimationManagerBase>
 #include <osgAnimation/TimelineAnimationManager>
 
+#include <osgAnimation/ActionStripAnimation>
+#include <osgAnimation/ActionBlendIn>
+#include <osgAnimation/ActionBlendOut>
+#include <osgAnimation/ActionAnimation>
+
 
 struct NoseBegin : public osgAnimation::Action::Callback
 {
-    virtual void operator()(osgAnimation::Action* action)
+    virtual void operator()(osgAnimation::Action* action, osgAnimation::ActionVisitor* nv)
     {
         std::cout << "sacrebleu, it scratches my nose, let me scratch it" << std::endl;
         std::cout << "process NoseBegin call back " << action->getName() << std::endl << std::endl;
@@ -43,7 +47,7 @@ struct NoseBegin : public osgAnimation::Action::Callback
 
 struct NoseEnd : public osgAnimation::Action::Callback
 {
-    virtual void operator()(osgAnimation::Action* action)
+    virtual void operator()(osgAnimation::Action* action, osgAnimation::ActionVisitor* nv)
     {
         std::cout << "shhhrt shrrrrt shhhhhhrrrrt, haaa it's better"<< std::endl;
         std::cout << "process NoseEnd call back " << action->getName() << std::endl << std::endl;
@@ -52,9 +56,9 @@ struct NoseEnd : public osgAnimation::Action::Callback
 
 struct ExampleTimelineUsage : public osgGA::GUIEventHandler
 {
-    osg::ref_ptr<osgAnimation::StripAnimation> _mainLoop;
-    osg::ref_ptr<osgAnimation::StripAnimation> _scratchHead;
-    osg::ref_ptr<osgAnimation::StripAnimation> _scratchNose;
+    osg::ref_ptr<osgAnimation::ActionStripAnimation> _mainLoop;
+    osg::ref_ptr<osgAnimation::ActionStripAnimation> _scratchHead;
+    osg::ref_ptr<osgAnimation::ActionStripAnimation> _scratchNose;
     osg::ref_ptr<osgAnimation::TimelineAnimationManager> _manager;
 
     bool _releaseKey;
@@ -69,14 +73,14 @@ struct ExampleTimelineUsage : public osgGA::GUIEventHandler
         for (osgAnimation::AnimationList::const_iterator it = list.begin(); it != list.end(); it++)
             map[(*it)->getName()] = *it;
 
-        _mainLoop = new osgAnimation::StripAnimation(map["Idle_Main"].get(),0.0,0.0);
+        _mainLoop = new osgAnimation::ActionStripAnimation(map["Idle_Main"].get(),0.0,0.0);
         _mainLoop->setLoop(0); // means forever
 
-        _scratchHead = new osgAnimation::StripAnimation(map["Idle_Head_Scratch.02"].get(),0.2,0.3);
+        _scratchHead = new osgAnimation::ActionStripAnimation(map["Idle_Head_Scratch.02"].get(),0.2,0.3);
         _scratchHead->setLoop(1); // one time
 
         map["Idle_Nose_Scratch.01"]->setDuration(10.0); // set this animation duration to 10 seconds
-        _scratchNose = new osgAnimation::StripAnimation(map["Idle_Nose_Scratch.01"].get(),0.2,0.3);
+        _scratchNose = new osgAnimation::ActionStripAnimation(map["Idle_Nose_Scratch.01"].get(),0.2,0.3);
         _scratchNose->setLoop(1); // one time
 
         // add the main loop at priority 0 at time 0.