#Morphed Letters
Ali:
With an additude like that, it's no wonder that the program doesn't like
you!
Grouping in 3D Studio is called LINKING. There are a few tutorial
exercises covering this, as well as a section of the manual.
"3DS is unnecessarily messianic and elitist"? That is one of the most
elitist comments ever made on this board! It sounds like "Just because I
won't read the manual and go through the tutorials, the program is too
difficult and isn't worthy of the magnetic media that it comes on."
Hogwash! 3DS is one of the easiest 3D animation programs to learn, bar
none! You need to create surfaced objects, color and texturize them, add
lights and cameras, move them around, have it render to disk and tape, and
you want this all to be done with only 2 commands that also read your mind
and make coffee for you while it installs itself on your computer and costs
only $50!
Try using a spreadsheet program without reading the manuals! That is HARD!
3DS isn't perfect, but it is the closest I have ever seen in any price
range. I chose to vote with my pocketbook for my software. If you can't
figure it out, either go get yourself some training (someone to spoon-feed
the tutorial to you) or read it yourself!
Your other option, of course, is to vote your pocketbook and get something
you think is better. I DARE you to try Wavefront or Alias without training
or a manual! And after you have invested many, many tens of thousands of
dollars more than you spent on 3D Studio, get on CompuServe and type 'GO
WAVE' or "GO ALIAS' and complain there. Oh, what's that you say? There is
no Wavefront or Alias forums on CIS? You actually have to call them to
complain and get support? Try asking anyone for help on anything with that
tone and see how far you get.
Greg (not so elitist, but I can read) Pyros