<s>
Anim8or	B-Application
is	O
a	O
freeware	B-License
OpenGL-based	O
3D	O
modeling	O
and	O
animation	O
program	O
by	O
R	O
.	O
Steven	O
Glanville	O
,	O
a	O
software	B-General_Concept
engineer	I-General_Concept
at	O
NVidia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
date	O
,	O
every	O
version	O
released	O
has	O
been	O
under	O
3	O
MB	O
,	O
despite	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
make	O
full	O
use	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
 '	O
native	O
interface	O
,	O
carrying	O
some	O
graphical	O
elements	O
of	O
its	O
own	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
few	O
official	O
tutorials	O
have	O
been	O
posted	O
by	O
the	O
author	O
,	O
many	O
other	O
users	O
have	O
posted	O
their	O
own	O
on	O
sites	O
such	O
as	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
and	O
the	O
anim8or	B-Application
home	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Anim8or	B-Application
was	O
once	O
comparable	O
to	O
other	O
freeware	B-License
3D	O
animation	O
software	O
such	O
as	O
Blender	B-Application
,	O
it	O
has	O
seen	O
less	O
progression	O
in	O
recent	O
years	O
,	O
with	O
Blender	B-Application
now	O
being	O
more	O
capable	O
than	O
before	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
20	O
,	O
1999	O
,	O
a	O
message	O
was	O
posted	O
to	O
the	O
newsgroup	B-Application
comp.graphics.packages.3dstudio	O
,	O
introducing	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Anim8or	B-Application
to	O
the	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
version	O
,	O
0.2	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
6	O
,	O
1999	O
,	O
containing	O
bug	B-Error_Name
fixes	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
save	O
images	O
as	O
JPEG	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
past	O
few	O
years	O
,	O
newer	O
versions	O
have	O
been	O
released	O
,	O
introducing	O
features	B-Architecture
such	O
as	O
undo	O
and	O
redo	O
commands	O
,	O
keyboard	O
shortcuts	O
,	O
an	O
improved	O
renderer	O
and	O
morph	O
targets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
each	O
new	O
version	O
,	O
the	O
popularity	O
of	O
Anim8or	B-Application
has	O
grown	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
featured	O
in	O
several	O
magazines	O
including	O
3D	O
User	O
,	O
Freelog	O
,	O
c't	O
and	O
the	O
Lockergnome	O
newsletter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anim8or	B-Application
's	O
latest	O
stable	O
version	O
,	O
1.0	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
on	O
May	O
29	O
,	O
2017	O
and	O
includes	O
an	O
updated	O
user	O
interface	O
,	O
more	O
modelling	O
and	O
animation	O
tools	O
,	O
and	O
STL	O
support	O
for	O
3D	O
printing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anim8or	B-Application
's	O
mascot	O
is	O
a	O
simple	O
red	O
robin	O
,	O
aptly	O
named	O
as	O
Robin	O
,	O
that	O
most	O
users	O
learn	O
to	O
model	O
and	O
animate	O
in	O
Anim8or	B-Application
's	O
"	O
A	O
Simple	O
Walk	O
Tutorial	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
likely	O
the	O
first	O
model	O
most	O
Anim8or	B-Application
modellers	O
have	O
ever	O
created	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
taught	O
in	O
the	O
introductory	O
tutorial	O
to	O
demonstrate	O
the	O
basics	O
of	O
the	O
modeler	O
and	O
the	O
tools	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anim8or	B-Application
's	O
interface	O
is	O
separated	O
into	O
four	O
sections	O
,	O
each	O
with	O
its	O
own	O
tool	O
set	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
interface	O
is	O
a	O
mixture	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
 '	O
native	O
interface	O
,	O
for	O
such	O
elements	O
as	O
the	O
right-click	O
context	O
menu	O
,	O
and	O
one	O
specific	O
to	O
Anim8or	B-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
graphical	O
icons	O
in	O
the	O
left-hand	O
toolbar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
as	O
powerful	O
as	O
high-end	O
commercial	O
programs	O
,	O
it	O
contains	O
many	O
features	B-Architecture
that	O
are	O
important	O
to	O
a	O
3D	O
computer	O
graphics	O
package	O
while	O
remaining	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Such	O
features	B-Architecture
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Volumetric	O
Shadows	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
ray	B-Algorithm
traced	I-Algorithm
hard	O
and	O
soft	O
shadows	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
ambient	O
occlusion	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
far	O
as	O
multimedia	O
standards	O
go	O
,	O
Anim8or	B-Application
has	O
very	O
low	O
system	O
requirements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
certain	O
features	B-Architecture
,	O
particularly	O
shadows	O
,	O
anti-aliasing	B-Algorithm
and	O
Anim8or	B-Application
's	O
resident	O
ray	B-Algorithm
tracer	I-Algorithm
quickly	O
become	O
burdens	O
on	O
a	O
computer	O
's	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
originally	O
designed	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
users	O
have	O
reported	O
running	O
it	O
successfully	O
on	O
Apple	O
computers	O
with	O
Virtual	B-Application
PC	I-Application
and	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
with	O
WINE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
may	O
be	O
partially	O
due	O
to	O
Anim8or	B-Application
's	O
stand-alone	B-Application
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
means	O
that	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
pasted	O
onto	O
a	O
USB	O
memory	O
stick	O
or	O
other	O
removable	B-Device
media	I-Device
and	O
run	O
directly	O
from	O
it	O
on	O
any	O
computer	O
that	O
meets	O
the	O
minimum	O
specification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
5MB	O
of	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
space	O
(	O
the	O
application	O
is	O
less	O
than	O
3MB	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
manual	O
and	O
project/texture	O
files	O
can	O
occupy	O
several	O
times	O
this	O
space	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
