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Subject: Why bother with Liquid Motion?
From: Dykstra, Christopher
Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 21:48:09 +0100

I jumped out to Microsoft's site and took a tour of Liquid Motion....I try
to keep an open mind. . .but. . .

* At first glance it's like comparing Paint to Photoshop, Bryce 3-d to
Alias, uh, Frontpage to Dreamweaver.
* The fonts looked like shit
* With all of the graphics tools popping out of the woodwork, why
taking up limited brainspace with something so shallow?

ciao-- Chris Dykstra


> -----Original Message-----
> From: davidlatnwinfo [dot] net [SMTP:davidlatnwinfo [dot] net]
> Sent: Friday, May 15, 1998 1:07 PM
> To: 'flasheratshocker [dot] com'
> Subject: RE: Which do you like better: Flash or Liquid Motion?
>
> www.microsoft.com/liquidmotion/default.htm?vamp/Gothic/Images is where
> you'll find Liquid Motion, but I haven't been able to get on microsoft.com
> all day.
>
> http://www1.zdnet.com/pcmag/features/applets/jabr6.htm has a review (they
> don't seem too thrilled with it) and a sample (which I thought was rather
> cheesy, imho).
>
> www.buydirect.com/Windows/Product/Detailed/0,3,129,00.html has Liquid
> Motion Pro going for $725 (WOW! Flash wins the price war!). I don't know
> if MS has some cheaper version available since they bought DimensionX
> (makers of Liquid Motion).
>
> It appears (though I'm not sure) that Liquid Motion is not a "drawing"
> program but rather you import pics from other programs. It also looks
> like it only uses bitmap format (gif, jpeg, etc) and not vector graphics -
> so your animations are probably huge in Liquid Motion compared to Flash.
> Also, according to that review, since Liquid Motion is pure java, you are
> limited to the 6 java fonts for any text (that really sucks).
>
> I could be wrong, but compared to Flash, Liquid Motion looks like an
> enormous waste of money.
>
> -DGL
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dykstra, Christopher
> [SMTP:christopher [dot] dykstraatcwcinc [dot] com]
> Sent: Friday, May 15, 1998 9:19 AM
> To: 'flasheratshocker [dot] com'
> Subject: RE: Which do you like better: Flash or
> Liquid Motion?
>
> Where can I get a look at Liquid Motion?
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Heather Donelson [SMTP:HeatherDatnetlords [dot] com]
> > Sent: Friday, May 15, 1998 9:30 AM
> > To: 'flasheratshocker [dot] com'; flasher-digestatchinwag [dot] com
> > Subject: Which do you like better: Flash or Liquid
> Motion?
> >
> > So my question is to you:
> > Which do you like better: Flash or Liquid Motion?
> >
> > Any thoughts, ideas or opinions? Would love to hear them.
> >
> > Thanks in advance!!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Heather Donelson
> > MediaNews Technologies
> > http://www.newschoice.com
> >
> >
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