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Might be a bit too complex for a 13 year old, IMHO (or am I just projecting). 😎 Scott Lawrence

Hi, I also do not have children in that age range (mine are younger), but I would add my 2 cents that 3DStudio is *probably* too difficult for someone that young, but it depends on the sophistication of the child. Some kids are very computer savvy at age 3,, some people at the age of 39 still haven't figured out how to use 3DStudio(that would be me <g>). I have successfully created animations in Animator Pro (after some instruction from my husband and a lot of time looking in manuals). I think that the manuals might be where a 13 year old would bog down. The language is technically oriented and intended for an adult reader. However, I would not balk at buying AniPro as a gift, with the idea that at the start it may only be used as a Paint Program, which might inspire the child to work very hard to create animations from those *stills*. It's a great program, and a 13 year old might not be quite ready for it, but a 15 year old ???

<<My 13 year old uses a shareware program called "Movie" I would like to get him a real program that has job applicable skills involved, but only if it's not so difficult that only a dedicated adult can use it. Christmas is coming up. Please share your experiences with me.>> It seems to me that nowadays, the average 13-year-old probably has a better grasp of computers than most adults. My 6-year-old niece had a lab full of Pentium systems at her elementary school. -Marc

>> Does anyone out there have a teenager using Studio or Pro? Hows the learning curve? My 13 year old uses a shareware program called "Movie" I would like to get him a real program that has job applicable skills involved, but only if it's not so difficult that only a dedicated adult can use it. Christmas is coming up. Please share your experiences with me. << well, okay. i'll say that after going back home for Christmas last year and sitting down with my 10-year-old brother for a friendly casual chat about pre-emptive tasking under Win95 versus NT, i will tell you that a 13 year old has the data absorption capacity of the newer convergence modems (10MB/sec) and you need not doubt that the kid is able to understand this. will it turn him/her into a geek? very possible. <ggg> both Animator Studio and Animator Pro are used at the local schools here, the kids love them, and they have shared a few tricks/workarounds with me during the buggier versions of AAS which were downright brilliant. go for it. -dave