Software Details

What is Animation:Master?

Hash Animation:Master (A:M) is a fully featured, intuitive, fun to learn and use 3D an­i­ma­tion software package. It has been created to make 3D an­i­ma­tion affordable and easy e­nough for everyone – no matter if you are an an­i­ma­tion expert at home or new to an­i­ma­tion in general.

Its permanent pricetag is as good as unbeatable and and its professional easy-to-use tools are often industry-leading.

Since 1987, Hash Inc. sells 3d-an­i­ma­tion-software, which runs smoothly on your average home computer. The combined ex­pe­ri­ence of many years of an­i­ma­tion and software developement have contributed to creating a software package with unparalleled ease of use and a simplistic learning curve.

What can I do with it?

A:M is a complete, full-featured 3D an­i­ma­tion software package. You can create literally anything – illustration stills of objects, animation shorts, product designs, ar­chi­tec­tual vi­su­al­izations, special effects and even feature-length films.

No matter if you want to create an an­i­ma­tion movie, a music video for your band, create 3d printable objects and export them to STL format for your 3d printer or just tell a short story:
A:M can do it!

And all that for a fraction of money most other 3D programs will cost you.

The Modeling Window

This is the area in which you'll be creating your ge­om­e­try, rigging your model, and applying textures. You can see all the groups, decals, materials and more in the Project Workspace (PWS) on the left.

 

 

The Action Window

Here, you'll create reusable animation called actions
– which are often of a repeating nature, like walk cycles. Actions are mini­an­i­ma­tions which can be combined to create the final animation.

 

 

The Choreography Window

This area is used to do the camera work, light the scene, create dynamic simualtions and animate non-repeatable an­i­ma­tions using all the different assets created before.

 

 

What are the minimum system requirements?

A faster machine will, of course, always be better and increase not only the working speed but, more importantly, the rendering speed.
The following requirements are the lowest possible, but we highly recommend a much faster, current mid-range system or better.

Operating System:
Windows 11 / Windows 10 / Windows 8.x / Windows 7 / Vista,
^{(last version for Windows XP: A:M v18.0)}

Mac OS X 10.13.6 or earlier
^{(latest supported MAC OSX version is OSX 10.13.6 – for newer Mac OSX versions:
please look at BootCamp options}

CPU:
Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz / AMD AthlonXP 2000+
(but we recommend faster and newer CPUs like AMD Ryzen or Intel i-Series)

RAM:
4 GB RAM

Graphics Card:
Any mid-range gaming card will do.

HDD:
About 250 MB for program files, 8 GB for optional library files, and additional space for project files.

Is A:M 32-bit or 64-bit?

Both versions are available for Windows (Mac only has 32 bit version).
32-bit version can only handle about 2-3 GB of RAM and is slower for some operations.

64-bit version can use up to (!) 192 GB of RAM if installed in your computer.

Since A:M is a rendering application, it is recommended to use as much RAM as possible to make the rendering faster especially if you are rendering big scenes with large textures, etc.

Can A:M use multiple cores?

A:M is currently not fully multi-core-optimized. However A:M is able through Netrender (included for free in v16.0 and up) to use multiple cores for rendering.

OpenMP is used to utilize multiple cores for several operations. More operations are altered to use multiple cores in each update.

Since A:M is a rendering application, it is recommended to use a CPU as fast as possible to decrease rendering time.

A:M Subscription (1 year) for $79.99

• bound to one computer
• licence expires after 1 year and gives access to updates and upgrades for that timeframe
• all updates during that time, including major releases, are free for you to download.
• includes 4 rendernodes for netrender (*)
• manual available as download

Never expiring Version of A:M for $299.00

• bound to one computer
• licence never expires and gives updates for the same major-version
• includes 4 rendernodes for netrender (*)
• additional material included is available as one of the following:
• physical Extra DVD and manual (will be sent to you)
• Extra-DVD and manual available for download

Additional rendernodes for netrender (*)

• 4 additional rendernodes: $10.00
• 10 additional rendernodes: $15.00
• 25 additional rendernodes: $30.00
• 50 additional rendernodes: $50.00

Modeling

• Patch based modeling (no inefficient polygons)
• 3, 4, and 5-point patches and hooks
• Loft, "Copy Flip Attach", Lathe and Extrude functions
• "Sweeper", "Extruder", "Grid", "Font", "Terrain" and many more included wizards.
• Mirror, Magnet and Distortion modes
• Retopology tools
• ...and much more!

Texturing & Materials

• Easy-to-use texture-tools useable like "stamps"
• Projection and UV-based materials
• UV editor and optional 3D painting software
• Mathematical based, procedural material system
• Fluid, hair, sprites and streak particle systems
• Surface Baking with automatic UV creation
• ...and much more!

An­i­ma­tion

• Non-linear animation system (NLA)
• Extensive Constraints system (IK / FK)
• Bone an­i­ma­tion with weights and "SmartSkins"
• Pose and Expression based an­i­ma­tion
• Cloth, Rigid-Body and Hair simulation
• Grooming-Mode for hair-guide styling and animation
• Free, extensive rigs available.
• ...and much more!

Lighting & Rendering

• Global Illumination (GI), Radiosity and Caustics
• Ambient Occlusion (AO, CPU & GPU based) and Image Based Lightening (IBL)
• Sub Surface Scattering (SSS) and extensive Shader library
• Multi-Pass HDRI in & output with Buffers (EXR-format, linear and non-linear workflow possible)
• Netrender for batch-rendering with multiple computers included. (GUI-based, 8 nodes included)
• ...and much more!