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    28-Jul-93 18:29:03
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Fm: Michael C. Nielsen 71513,3474
To: Mike Halvorson 74250,774
Mike, I got your address. Now we can communicate better. I posted my first message to some unknown Impulse person. In the meantime, thanks to Tony Ramirez, I am actually creating animations. First of all, let me compliment you on a very powerful and reasonably priced product. Just so you know I am on your side. (Before I start badgering you with questions and complaints.) 1. I have not gotten the upgrade newsletter as of 7/28/93 at either my home or work address. I am registered user of 2.0 on both the Amiga and PC platforms. Mike Nielsen 312 Troon Road Dover, DE 19901 (302) 678-8685 2. I hope that Imagine 3.0 has a much better manual. It would have a been a good strategic idea with 2.0 to buy a bunch of manuals from Steve W. at wholesale and bundle them with them with the software and charge $15 more, no? I am sure you are tired of the criticism, but when I don't get to the Project Editor until half through the manual, I begin to think maybe I have eaten stupid pills for breakfast. I worked on the manual for 3 weeks without getting to actually making an animation. Despite what you think, human beings do respond to a bit of positive reinforcement from time to time. (Like seeing funny bunnies hop about the screen, for example.) I detect a bit of Ingmar Bergman (stoic Scandanavian) in your teaching methods. Take a look at 3D Studio's manual some time. Rather than being a barrier to learning, it is a model of structured learning. 3. How the heck do I use a path in an animation? Can you point to a specific page in the manual that explains how to use a path to control the motion of an object? I mean, I have learned 3D Studio and Lightwave, so it is not exactly like I am dim or something. But Imagine seems to have been encrypted for no particular reason. I don't want to trash the product. I think you guys have the best product at under $500 ever created for computers. It is priced less than 2D animation programs like Animator Pro for the PC! The only