Bob Savage

Hi Nancy, I would love to but I'm also a tightwad and it's more expensive from Hash.

Thanks Al. I'm thinking the one at Amazon isn't the 2007 version, but perhaps I'll contact them to find out because their price is lower. On a side note, I absolutely hate Quicktime and am struggling as to whether I want to load it to watch some of the content on this site.

I've been running v13/v14 on Vista (not the Business edition though). With 2GB of RAM you should be good to go. (I have 1GB and need a bit more) The only problem I had intially in Vista was with my graphics card and that has effected other programs besides A:M too. After waiting and then downloading/installing some interim drivers I'm running pretty smoothly. I don't have an Nvidia card so can't speak to that. (I have Intel Graphics here) That's good news, thanks Rodney. Which version number is being advertised as A:M 2007 on the Safe Harbor Computing site (you referenced v13/v14)?

Thanks you all for the detailed responses! I think I'm going to spend a little money and give it a whirl. The tutorial based manual is a big plus for me because I learn best with my hands on the wheel. Does anyone know whether this is the latest version at Amazon? http://www.amazon.com/Hash-Inc-Animation-M...4400&sr=1-1 The picture looks different than the one here ( http://www.sharbor.com/products/HASN0300002.html ), but pictures aren't always accurate. edit: Whoops, one other thing, how does the application run on Vista (Business)? I'm running a 2.3 GHz core 2 duo, 2 GB of RAM and an Nvidia Geforce 7600GS with 512 MB of memory.

Hello, I was in Fry's the other night and just happened to find a copy of the A:M software while looking at video editing applications (I do quite a bit of audio engineering and mixing and just got into video). Anyway, animation and modeling strikes me as fun. I have no goal for using the software other than something fun to do during spare time and if I were to get good enough, perhaps have some fun composing music for short animated videos. Anyway, to the question: I have no animation or modeling background, so how realistic is it that I would be able to learn how to use this software? More specifically, I guess I'm looking to figure out whether the time investment to learn enough to create 3D objects and animations will outweigh the enjoyment? I realize this is a somewhat subjective question, but I would greatly appreciate your frank, realistic opinion. Thanks, Bob