After creating 3D models, the next thing you'd like to do will probably be animating them. Sketchers Studio enables you to create 3D animations with your Google SketchUp models. Even if you don't have any 3D models and you have never used Google SketchUp, you don't have to worry. You can import 3D models into your animation project seamlessly from Google 3D Warehouse and create an animation.Sketchers Studio is easy and intuitive to use. You will soon find that you don't have to spend too much time to create an animation. It is also easy to enhance your animation with visual effects such as shadow and partice effect. Take advantage of these effects and enjoy creating a fantastic animation with your 3D models.Sketchers Studio will change your Mac into a film studio.
The imovie or 3d animation, Good value+easy to use!
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Pros
*free demo!
*Easy to use.
*Google Warehouse (you don't need to be a pro modeler. There are thousands of free 3d models available in the warehouse.)
*Fantastic support team!
GREAT PRICE!
Cons
*Limited features
*Some stability issues still being worked out.
Summary
First and foremost, this product is hundreds of dollars less than its competitors. As someone casually interested in 3D animation I was not about the shell out $500 to buy a copy of some unapproachable software like Animation Master. Sketchers Studio is intuitive and lets you get right to the fun of making your own movies. That being said, the software does have its limitations. You won't be making any believable animations of a man walking, or of changing facial expressions, but if you want to design a house and produce a quality walkthrough, or make a movie of the space-shuttle landing in your front yard this product is for you.
Sketchers Studio uses Google Sketchup models exclusively. This is a mixed blessing. While you are limited from using models produced in other standard 3d formats, you have easy access to the entire Google Sketchup Warehouse. Take a look at the warehouse online. There are tens of thousands of models and if you can think of it it has probably already been made. From a Star Destroyer, to the white house, to the Stage from U2s last tour, its all there.
Within a week of buying this software I got my money's worth, but it just kept getting better! There are great tutorials on youtube, and the Sketchers Studio support team was able to help me when there was no tutorial available, or when I required a new feature.
The bottom line is this.
Download the demo. Play around with it for an hour and I guarantee you'll be hooked. This software opens the door making computer animation accessible to folks like me with no previous experience necessary!
THIS IS A 5 STAR PRODUCT FOR A BEGINNER.
an experienced animator will likely feel limited and have to shell out half a grand for the next product up.