Great stuff I'm certain but they sure don't want anyone outside the USA or the UK getting their grubby hands on it!
I managed to get most of the way through the process by using a fake USA address but then they seem to not like the idea that I'm not the right maket segment. I did say "professional film production", maybe they only think their product suitable for amateurs, how wierd.

One thing I really have to take my hat off to SCS for, order something online and they get that the world doesn't end at the borders of the USA, their online store knows the states of every country.

Bob.

If you live outside the USA use the UK store.

Bob.

One thing to add to my initial post here: I just spent several hours downloading hundreds of props, characters, etc. from the "Content" page on the Antics site. Apparently you get more than a small starter set of characters and props, if you have the patience to download all that material one group at a time. I'm not sure if this pertains to the first 500 downloaders which is a notice I saw once early on and now can't find it again, or whether you can access most of the "Content Warehouse" until January 8 or so.

Either way, after looking at only a bit of the documentation and no tutorials yet, I am amazed to be able to tell a character to walk to a cupboard and open it with only two mouse clicks. I have Frame Forge 3D for other uses especially facial expressions and major camera angles, but this is going to be an invaluable program for both pre-production storyboarding and even, it seems it me, roughing out storylines for 3D animators.

Some of the best character and prop packs, of course, come only with the paid-for license as well as some significant input and output features to make it compatible with other 3D applications. But what I have so far is knocking my socks off.

I haven't installed it as yet however I imagine for basic shot planning and blocking you don't really need a lot of props or characters. Either way given the costs of shooting even the cheapest indie narrative the cost of the full blown version should be recovered easily in time saved futzing around during the shoot.

And thanks for the heads up, this could be very timely for me.

Bob.

Registered, but no confirmation e-mail sent. Maybe one has to do this during the week.

John

I downloaded the program this am. It took about 15 minutes before I received the confirmation email so I could log in. Once logged in, the process went smoothly.

Looks like a very interesting program.

Doc

It's been over an hour and still no e-mail. Can't login - says "awaiting confirmation", yet no confirmation has come.

John

I found my confirmation in the spam folder.

I found my confirmation in the spam folder.
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Great. My spam folder automatically empties itself. Guess I have to create a new user name and try again.

John

I have Frame Forge 3D for other uses especially facial expressions and major camera angles,

You need to check out the tutes on Antics' web site. No problemo.

I checked my "blacklist" to which the spam filter automatically enters addresses and antics wasn't there. So before completely giving up on these people I sent them the following e-mail:

Hello,

I am at a standstill here. I registered a few days ago and never received an e-mail confirmation in order to activate my login. When I try to login it says Your account is not activated. Someone else on the Sony Vegas forum said they found it in their "spam folder". Mine empties automatically, but I didn't see your address in the automatic blacklist my spam folder generates so I can assume you nnever sent an activation.

Then I thought I would be clever and attempt to register under a new name. Not so fast. It told me that someone with that e-mail address is already registered (I assume that is me - IF I can activate which I can't).

Before throwing in towel and declaring your company not worth the effort can you assist me in registering?

My user name is ________
My e-mail address is _____________

Regards,

John

We'll see if that works. If not I have no intention of creating a new e-mail address just for them. Of course, for FREE I can't complain, but if this is any indication of their business efficiency I feel sorry for the paying customers.

When checking domains of Auto-Clobbered Spam Folder messages, you can't assume that you can just look for the name of the company.

Many people use third-party services for these things.

What spam filter are you using that you think you can assume a 0% false positive?

Many people use third-party services for these things.

What spam filter are you using that you think you can assume a 0% false positive?
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I used my Yahoo mail account which has always had automatic spam guard activated. I can't assume a 0% false positive, but I can say this is the first time I have run into this problem. Also, who is to say that it ended up in the spam trash anyway. Only one poster said that the company's activation e-mail ended up in his spam folder so I thought I would look at the blacklist just in case. Personally I think they never bothered to send it leaving me in activation limbo. Let's see if they answer the e-mail I sent them (quoted above).

John

EDIT: UPDATE: I just received an e-mail from a company representative who personally activated my account. Can't ask for better than that. Problem resolved.

I got the program and then I had to download the other files needed to create things like characters, props, buildings, etc. get ready to download yet more files once you get the program.

I got the program and then I had to download the other files needed to create things like characters, props, buildings, etc. get ready to download yet more files once you get the program.

I have a commercial Yahoo e-mail account, which is said to have a better Spam Guard than the free accounts. Still there are quite a few false positives and negatives, I am just thoroughly underwhelmed by their filtering.