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What a sheer waste of time... read this review before you continue!
I really hate to write a bad review, but I hope my review can ward someone off before they waste as much time with this program as I have trying to find out if it is a viable 3D animation tool. I am also a software developer, and really do not like to bash another developer's work. It's rude. But given the circumstances, as a user as well, I am compelled to give this warning. I am also an artist who has worked with PCs to create all sorts of media from graphics to sound to 3D animation for many, many years. Bottom line, I know what I'm talking about, so listen up, and listen good. To be fair, this program has SOME great features, and can help you make a SINGLE 3D object or two, or a 3D text animation quite nicely... BUT... if you want to create a complete scene, or anything else of any value ( > 4 or 5 objects) the interface gets VERY funky, difficult to use, and frankly, is pure misery to work with. They claim it is intuitive, but it is in fact counter-intuitive. Many standard features in 3D animation software, such as metaballs, bones, etc., simply do not exist, so it is feature limited as well. (Well, they CLAIM to have metaballs, but the so-called metaballs don't merge with other metaballs... so basically, being no different than basic sphere primitives! That's either a bug, or they don't know what metaballs are, which is also possible.) Bottom line, this is NOT a program for anyone seriously looking for a decent animation tool. The developers that made this should be ashamed to call it "Cool" 3D, because it's very UNcool to waste our time like this. Please, for the sake of your valuable time, don't bother with this product!
Posted: 18-Dec-2002 11:50:09 PM
