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Expert: - 12/1/2007


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My 13 year old grandson loves animating.  I would like to buy him software for Christmas.  Could you please suggest a good software.  He has Pivot on line and uses it constantly and is ready to advance further by adding sound etc.

Answer
Hey Beverly,

Sorry for taking so long to answer.  The initial e-mail did not come through properly.

I'm not sure if you are the same person that contacted me through my website, but if not, I would give the same advice...POSER 7 is a great software for starting out in 3D animation.  It retails for about $250, and Poser was the first software that I used to learn 3D animation, so many years ago.

http://www.e-frontier.com/

Cheers,
Andre

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Andre Hickman

Expertise

3d Studio Max beginner to expert levels...After Effects complex compositing techniques...Photoshop expert level...Illustrator intermediate level. I can also answer questions for general animation, motion graphics design, and video editing/composition.

Experience

Logo and simple character animation, motion graphics, video composition in After Effects, as well as Photoshop, and Illustrator techniques, and the use of all of the above in a workflow, to achieve a final design element or production.

Organizations
Freelancer--Turner Studios, Atlanta, GA Owner--Andre Hickman Creative, LLC

Education/Credentials
Turner Studios Govenor's Protege/Mentor Program Georgia Institute of Technology--B.S. Mechanical Engineering Morehouse College--B.S. General Science

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