RusSEAL

I'm glad to be here and a part of it all! I work out at Disney Studios [Florida] doing administrative "stuff" to pay the bills, and about two or three times a year I'll land a film role in my chosen profession which has been special effects [about 20 years worth!]. I literally just picked up the "Yeti" version of AM about 3 hours ago while at the Florida Extravaganza [commonly called "FX" here and on their site] I was completely impressed with the demo and informative nature of the "dynamic duo" out there! One thing I did wonder- there's a product that I think comes from the UK that is under the heading of "FXHome"- something that rates itself in a similar way... I gathered that this is much more animation oriented [great- it's part of my reason for gettting it!] but is this also a software package similar to what's touted there? The price comparisons for this and the "competitor" [i use quotes only in that I think FXH is more complimentary to live action and green-screen work than true animation as such] are amazing and similar! For broadcast television work- I'm sure this can get me where I ned to be competitively- but I'm wondering if AM needs to be augmented with something like the FXH packages in order to meet the needs I'll have for a live action world as well? In all- I'm very pleased with what I see so far and I'm chomping at the bit to start animating a pilot I've had sitting in my file cabinet for 20 [ yes, no kidding!] years that no one has wanted to fund- it's either that good- that cerebral or that bad! Of course- "animation" as I was trained to do it back in the 1980s is much different than what we have in the here and now! It needn't be pencils, animation bond and registration pegs anymore!