Unfortunately the program is not very steady -at least on a Mac. It starts bugging out when I ask it to do anything other than the simplest functions, such as building a room on the virtual set.
When I added things to my room such as furniture and an actor, the program began to flash and get very unstable.
Also, when I quit, the program crashes—every time.
There also doesn't seem to be any way to build a set to scale or to set up different types of cameras (35mm, HDV, etc.), two things I really like about FrameForge.
But the program does have some very nice aspects:
1. It's free! This counts for several points in the plus column.
2. The camera is easily moved—either simple "cut" style moves, or complex moves as if the camera's on a track and jib-arm. Very cool.
3. A simple GUI. It's not that great, but after watching the tutorials on the web site, I could get some stuff happening.
4. You can buy different bundles to add to the program. I haven't done this yet, but they're not too expensive and I may try one or two out.
The not-so-good:
1. Bugginess.
2. Program skims across the surface and doesn't hit all the levels that FrameForge does.
3. Although there are video tutorials online, I can't find any written documentation on the program.
Overall, I like the program and am going to jump in a little deeper with it.
Dom
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