3DFA ease of use/capable of Flash Loaded stuff?
Hello, I'm new here. :)
I have next to no 3-d experience, but tons of 2-d exp. (e.g., Photoshop, Illustrator). I worked as a graphic designer at a full time job for 3 years.
For all means and purposes, let's just say that I have no Action Scripting knowledge (aside from the very, very basics, e.g., adding a "go to and play" action on to a button).
I have tried learning advanced action scripting, but I'm usually very intimidated by it, or else, my eyes glaze over from boredom while reading the how-to books (which I wind up not understanding). I do intend on continuing studying it, though.
In the meantime, I've been looking at using scripts written by other people, whether they come in componenets or in a software package.
I was looking at the 3dFlash animator package (http://www.3dfa.com/). I can't really tell from looking at their site just how much action scripting I'd have to know, if any. (For one thing, the screen shot of their action scripting box is so tiny that I can't make it out.)
I was also looking over some of the components for sale at the Flash Loaded site:
http://www.flashloaded.com/3dbox.php
One of the things I liked about these components at Flash Loaded is that it looks *easy* to use -- for someone like me who isn't good at Actionscripting.
It looks like you would just plug in what you want, and their product takes care of everything for you (for example, see the screen shot of the Properties box under the sub-heading "Advanced live preview").
The folks at Flash Loaded clearly don't expect the artist/designer to type out a bunch of script (or to even know how to go about it).
Is the same true with 3d Flash animator? Can I basically plug in information and the software takes care of all the Scripting?
Can the 3d Flash Animator do the same things as the Flash Loaded components, and allow for user input? For instance, I make a cube in 3DFA and tell it to let the user click on it with his or her mouse to rotate the thing around?
Re: 3DFA ease of use/capable of Flash Loaded stuff?
Thanks for the answers.
I didn't notice that they allow a trial period... after I saw that in your post, I went back to their site and found it.
They really ought to put that in big print on their home page, though, as it's easy to overlook (IMHO).
I'll download it and give it a try and see how it goes.
Just FYI, I do own a full version of Flash. I have Flash MX. (I'm currently too poor to afford an upgrade to Flash MX 2004.)