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Hello "phatso", I first became interested in Animation Master because it was one of the very few affordable 3-D animation/modeling programs (that I knew of) that would run on a Mac. I'm thinking that I bought it sometime in the early 90s. I did a LOT of research back then and was impressed with what I learned of Hash. Along the way, I bought a few video (and CD ?) tutorials. I've found that there has always been a great support group associated with AM (administration and users alike) ... even way back then ... which speaks volumes for the quality product that AM is. And that support is probably the main reason I keep coming back. This is a great little community ... and seems to be growing. Bob

Hi Rodney ... Thank you for the response. I see you're living in Colorado these days. I spent 7 years there (1982-89). Very nice country! I haven't installed my latest version of AM yet (2006) but hope to very soon. There's so much reading in here that I'd like to get through first ... trying to catch up on things a bit. I'm enjoying it. Bob

Thanks Dhar! That's what I like to hear! I didn't upgrade this year, but I did last year. Heck ... I haven't even removed the plastic wrapping yet, so I suppose I should try that version before upgrading again, no? I imagine I will start with the first tutorial in the manual (again) and take it from there. Bob

Hello everybody, After a long, long time away, I still haven't been able to shake my interest in Animation Master. I first purchased the software ... ohhh ... probably a good 10 to 15 years ago. I've tried several times to get up to speed with AM in the past but always have stopped due to frustration ... a good deal from trying to get through the tutorials only to see my computer lock up or crash (or something) before I could ever finish any of them. Or I would get lost when what I saw on the computer screen wasn't the same as what the book was telling me I should see. But as you see, I'm still here. Now that I have a new computer (Macbook Pro), I hope to give it another go, but first I want to wade through a few of these forums to kind of get my feet wet again. My background is a mixture of computer programming, commercial art and computer graphics (and a little bit of architectural model-building). For what it's worth, I have about 10 year on Rodney. At one point I hoped to make animation or computer modeling a career, but at the point of life I'm at, I think I'll settle for it being a fun hobby. I would like to also mention that I belong to an AM group that meets in Chicago once a month ... although I probably haven't attended a meeting in a good 2 years due to not being an active participant. The Chicago group is awesome though. Anyway ... hello all ... for starters, I look forward to exploring the different forum areas. Bob (aka Page 14)