CompuServe Messages

Timothy: AAPro comes in real handy for producing both still and animated texture, opacity, reflection and bump maps, all of which are integral elements of any 3DS production. AAPro is quite a capable paint program as well, although you're limited to only 256 colors. If you want to do computer-based presentations, then perhaps the most important feature AAPro gives you, when used in conjunction with 3DS, is the ability to edit FLC files created in 3DS. This is very important when you work with animation! AAPro also comes with a number of useful utilities for doing things like file conversion and stand-alone animation scripting and playback. I recommend a titling package like Inscriber or RIO because the fonts in AAPro are not professional quality. Inscriber and RIO produce fonts like what you see on the 6 O'clock News. A 24-bit image processing/paint package is also recommended because AAPro only supports 256 colors. I hope this helps! Tom Rzonca