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#need animation software

    03-Nov-94 06:53:38
Fm: Jim 73251,3315
To: Mike Hoehn 72410,2565
Mike Macromind is basically a multimedia program. From all accounts I don't think that anyone can look you straight in the face and tell you it is easy to use. Apparently the learning curve is horribly long. What platform do you want to use it on? Is it for business? If you just want to play around, learn and put out the odd 2D animation on a PC, why not check out the masters themselves! Walt Disney has a program called 'Animation Studio' it is a cell based 2D program and is actually very good for cartoons and such. It sells for around $100.00! don't let the price fool you. I have the DOS version, but I understand that they released a Windows version recently. Check it out. For the Mac I don't know. For the SGI there was a recent article in 'Computer Graphics World' which reviewed a 2D program which was about 20 or 30 thousand dollars, high end and the best but the name escapes me. It was in there a couple of months ago. Jim