CompuServe Messages

The copy protection is very easy to remove. So easy I think the programmers made it easy on purpose because they didn't want to put it in. If there is enough interest I can upload a patch program to do it. Now on to the actuall program. When I first saw this program about 5 months ago I was very impressed but now that I've used it I'm not so sure. I'm not a paid animator but I would like to create some animations so I purchased this product. I started to create an animation but then I noticed many feature I feel are missing. (1) No ANIM Brush capability. If I draw one bird and then I want to create a flock of birds I have to draw each bird in the entire flock . This would be true of many other things. Ripples, Bubbles. I took the Two-Legged-Walk anim and wanted to some circles passing by under his feet. After drawing the about one inch of movement (16 frames) all I wanted to do was repeat those 16 frames in different positions. No way to do it. (2) Most of the editing tools are missing from Ink & Paint. In last example I originally wanted to do this in the Ink & Paint program quickly but instead I had to go back to Pencil add about 256 individual circles in stead of 16 circles anim-brushed 16 times. Then I want back to Ink & Paint and had to re-color the man and also color all the circles. (3) There is no what to merge CFAST files. I'd like to make a CFAST file of a man walking, and other of a man running. Pull both (one at a time) into Ink & Paint, color them in. Then merge one with the other so that the running man passes the walking man. This should be easy. Just setup the frisket and merge with a CFAST file but I don't think the program will let me do this. In other words this program may simulate onion paper but it does NOT simulate CELLOPHANE (as in CEL-animation) very well. GreggT