Artoonix Forum

[KayNine]

Unfortunately, it's probably a general rule that something that is brilliant is also something that has to be worked for or worked at with lots of time, diligence and patience. Even Artoonix, although capable of such easy and intuitive use, takes real time, patience and effort to explore and understand so that you can begin to undercover it's real potential.

The truly amazing 3D animation program 'Blender' is a long way along the continuum of programs that can be used to create amazing movies. Nowadays it is probably comparable with Maya, but unlike that program, Blender is 100% free and Open Source.

If you aspire to moving towards 3D animation - give this example a try. It will blow your socks off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRsGyueVLvQ

But if you ever decide to try Blender, and if you're new to 3D modelling and animation, expect to take a year or two to get anywhere near proficient with it.

if you want a quick overview and intro - try this extract from a magazine ...

http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~fishwick/blender/pcplus-blendermasterclass1.pdf

The main Blender website has masses of info as well as the download section:

http://www.blender.org/

Good luck if you decide to try - but be prepared for some heavy thinking and hundreds of hours of hard work !!!