In case you haven't seen the notice, Agent Smith has posted a link to download the trial versions of AS 6 in this thread . I have to say that the new pdf manual is a wonderful piece of work. Congratulations to all involved! Right up the front it lists the major new features. Because there has been s...

- Import stuff: I don't know if this is a demo limitation, but in menu importing, Image, Illustrator, EPS, audio, and 3d object are gray, you can't click them. From the manual - which is brilliant BTW... The demo version has just three limitations: First, you can only run the demo version of Anime ...

After an hour trying out the new version I am impressed. Need to spend more time this weekend fiddling and learning more. No crashes and no problems at all (Win XP SP2, AMD X2 4400, 3 GB ram, NVIDIA 9600 GT - 512MB OC). So far all I have to say well done Mike!

Thank you Agent Smith - I like your style

Looks nice, but no Win version

Wow - all the new features sound tres cool!!! And the upgrade price of $129 sounds a lot more reasonable for all these new features... if only the Canadian dollar would strengthen a little more against the $US... Looking forward to the complete list of new features

I have an update from SM - it will be released next week on Monday... Hello, I stand corrected. The Anime Debut and the Anime Pro products will be available for sale on our SMSI site starting June 1st Monday. SMSI decided to sell Anime versin 6 early in Canada at the WalMart chain. Digital and Physi...

J. Baker wrote:$150 for an upgrade??? That's freakin insane.

It looks like I won't be upgrading anytime soon.

I have the same problem, money is tight at the moment. I guess I will just have to wait the few months until the inevitable "special upgrade deal"...

I sent a quick note about upgrade availability and pricing to SM this afternoon and there was a response in a couple of hours! The response was: Hello, Anime Studio Debut and Anime Studio Pro are available to purchase through our SMSI Customer Service , Consumer Division. Anime Studio Debut $49.99 A...

I'm not sure this is real, but there's also a "new listing" for AS Pro 6 for $168 on http://www.provantage.com/smith-micro-a ... LLU02L.htm - I have no idea how reliable this vendor is, never heard of them before.

Unfortunately, it seems they don't plan to have any new forums, the official word from the CP Product Manager is: " Yes! CP is launching a new store on June 1st, and will be closing all the forums as of next Friday. Smith Micro does not have an official forum. The official way to communicate wi...

Vern, I agree with you 100% that this is a good thing for CP as a storefront, no question at all. On the issue of closing the forums though, we may have to agree to disagree. I wasn't just thinking of just the AS forum, but the bigger issue of closing down all of the official SM forums. There's a we...

I don't get it... [snip] I only see this as a further retrograde step by SM and their apparent disregard for their customer base. What? Huh? Disregard for the customer? They aren't getting rid of it they are making a NEW one. They are IMPROVING it obviously. You think a redesign of what was a very ...

Just received the latest Content Paradise newsletter from SM - its all about how they are closing down CP and re-inventing it. Part of the remake is closing and removing the CP forums, and stopping access to downloads of existing purchased products. The relevant bits from the newsletter: Content Par...

Newblue's Cartoonr plugin for multiple video apps will never replace AS or any other animation software, but thought people may be interested to know its available - the price is good (free)