Swift 3d
by Adrian Hanft, (0 comments)
I am feeling pretty comfortable with Flash and i'm looking for something to take it to the next level. The next step comes in the way of 3d animation. I really don't want to spend the rest of my life learning a 3d program, and I am not looking to do photo quality 3d graphics. All I want to do is have 3d effects that are clean and simple. I decided on Swift 3d. Here are the highlights after I gave it a test drive...
Selling points:
1. Swift 3d is pretty easy to learn. If you know Flash, you should be up and running after an afternoon of tinkering and getting the feel for the program.
2. Exporting files is painless. I brought my animation into Flash with no problems, and was able to fine tune it once it was in there.
3. Lighting was very easy to adjust, and fairly intuitive.
4. You can apply textures to your graphics by simply dragging and dropping. Easily change your shape from flat color, to shiny, to whatever.
Downsides:
There is not a free demo. You just have to take my word for it that this program is worth owning. Other than that, I have no problems with this software. It is a great addition to Flash, and it isn't very expensive.
Here is a sample of what I built after a few hours of playing with Swift 3d.
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