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#Particle FX

    14-Nov-94 02:04:18
Sb: #1744-#Particle FX
Fm: sanford kennedy 73201,1374
To: Jim Jonah 73517,3532
Jim <most of the features> I have been in on many software purchase discussions here in Hollywood and I must admit that many people are intrigued by A. Master, but are not willing to try doing production with it at this time. I know of a number of companies who have it on Pentiums. They have tried it and won't use it. I can't explain it except to say that their clients are demanding Alias file compatibility. I just finished a Gopher in A.M. for a guy who imediately converted it to DXF and sold it to his client as an Alias model. There just hasn't been enough good work done or published to give A.M. any real momentum in the professional marketplace. The only place I have found it being used is in schools. Those were UCLA, and the classes taught by the Animator's Union in North Hollywood. Do you know of a major company who is using it for regular cartoon production as their main software? Sanford