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Subject: Re: FLASH: LiveMotion - Pros & Cons
From: Louis L. Gambogi III
Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 11:53:09 +0100

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From: "daniel gray" <danielgrayatmindspring [dot] com>
To: <flasheratchinwag [dot] com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 8:02 PM
Subject: RE: FLASH: LiveMotion - Pros & Cons


> from this poor hack's perspective ...
>
> -
>
> - LiveMotion doesn't do actionscripting or forms.
> If you're doing high end work with scripting, you'll
> certainly stick with Flash--it owns the high end. :)
> (LiveMotion does have behaviors--but they're kinda basic.)
> - LM doesn't have a Tracing tool.
> - LM will turn objects into bitmaps if you apply effects
> that require such.* (If you stay on top of things, this
> shouldn't be a problem.)
> - LM doesn't create projector files.
>
> +
>
> + LiveMotion makes quick work out of rollovers (straight,
> remote, and cascading) and many animation tasks.
> + It also gets along well with Photoshop and Illustrator
> (access to layered artwork) and has some cool time-saving
> features such as styles (that can include rollover and
> animation information).
> + There's a traditional Pen tool.
> + The Timeline is inspired by AfterEffects.
> + It also creates sliced JavaScript files.
>
> * (The compression's pretty good.)
>
> In ways, it could be said that LiveMotion is aimed at creatives
> that want to create SWF files but have had a difficult time
> getting going with Flash (for whatever reason).
>
> If anyone's interested in LiveMotion training, I'm in the
> process of pulling together a little one-day seminar thang.
> There's a quick survey at:
>
> http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?TAR3QQY330S9XVFNPKEW4PBK
>
>
> Cheers,
> Dan
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