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#9882

fig - yes I saw this but I was hoping that maybe some guy which finished that school will answer here.

#9883

Hello,
I have a question… considering enrolling the program while working with freelance projects to pay for tuition and it may happen (as it has before) that you find yourself in a position you’re not able to make the payment because of lack of work, or a high workload at times. Is taking a break mid-program something that AM would accommodate or can I just forget about it?

#9884

Lots of people take time off during the program. They call it a leave of absence. I believe you are allowed up to 2 terms off during the course of the program and they can be consecutive or you can break them up. From what I have heard it is a easy thing to set up all you need to do is email student care prior to the next term starting.

#9885

Sounds good, thanks!

#9886

Apple will never support Flash. That’s what sucks about Apple… They don’t support moving forward and they are set with their own practices and proprietary software. Look into Android phones. There’s a lot of them. It’s basically a Google phone and I am able to get AM to work just fine with them. The only limitation at the moment is Flash is not released YET. It’s coming later this summer (July I presume).

#9887

Thanks Dren. Yeah, i’m looking into the new Samsung Galaxy but I think it’s going to be a couple of months before they come out.

There are ways to make a remote computer stream Flash videos to your iPhone via some apps like Teamviewer. I was wondering if there are other apps like it.

#9888

I got a question for you guys who are already enrolled in AM. When you first set up your account, is your account tied to your computer like some software programs are? Or can I log into AM on my laptop and work from another location?

Also I overheard leigh saying that getting a work visa in USA would require a degree, will taking AM help in any way with getting a work visa for us international students?

Starting to get real excited right now, went on a bookshopping spree on amazon to secure some books from Preston Blair, Tony White, Ed Hooks and others! :]

@Fig: Cool man, I’m sure there are lots of others in the same boat as us. When do you start?

#9889

I won’t delve into it too deeply, but Apple’s stance is sort of split between being proprietary and believing in non-Adobe solutions (which I think is influenced by a number of factors). HTML5 is in fact an open standard, it’s just still very up in the air as to whose implementation (Apple’s, Google’s, etc.) will become the standard. But that’s a discussion/argument/flame war for another forum :wink:

Tim, if you run across anything on the videos please let me know, even if you do get them running on another phone that’d be interesting to see.

Fredrik, I actually started Class 1 this week (Monday). The first week is pretty light for us new folks but I have my first Q&A with my mentor tonight, he’s from Disney and seems like a cool guy. One thing I have already noticed is the overwhelming sense of community on the campus, even after just a few days it’s amazing how friendly and helpful people are.

You can log into your account from anywhere btw, it’s browser-based so it’s just like logging into e-mail or any other web service. It will log you off if it detects a login from somewhere else though (which I learned when I was seeing what the site looked like on my phone and my laptop suddenly logged off :)).

#9890

I wonder,

AM is awesome, but it seems like only american students has the highest rate of succeeding in the animation business.

For example, when a person from europe, middle east, asia, australia enrolls into the AM program, no doubt he can accept, but afterward (once he succeeds with the entire program), where exactly he supposed to go? Usually local studios aren’t big/cool/amazing/fun like studios in the us (although there are some cool studios outside, like Weta)

though, does AM gives too much high-hopes for such students? while accepting them without too much of a problem?

#9891

Hi all,

AM use Maya 8 and Maya 9, what about Maya 10 and Maya 11 users, can they join the class?

Thanks all.

#9892

Shany, I don’t know enough about the way international jobs are handled to answer your question. I will say that there are LOTS of international students enrolled, something like 72 countries are represented in the program. Right now in my class we have students from the US, England, New Zealand, Australia, Poland, and Israel.

Sapphire, don’t know where you’re getting your information from. I’m currently using Maya 2010 in AM and they’re just finalizing support for 2011.

#9893

fig,

Hi :slight_smile: , I got my information from here ( third line from down )

http://www.animationmentor.com/school/requirements.html

But now I am happy that even Maya 10 and 11 are supported, I was only wondering.

Any way thanks for good information.

#9894

Ah, interesting, they need to update that :slight_smile: But yeah, I held off on getting Maya 2011 because it wasn’t quite supported yet but there are a number of people already using it. I think AM policy is to support the three latest versions of Maya or something like that.

And glad to help.

#9895

preview of the new bishop character: take a look

#9896

anyone else starting this fall??

#9897

I am trying to, but right now funds are short for me. I need to get a full time job and save up.

#9898

Yep, I’m all set to go starting in Sept.

#9899

oh hey i commented on your dino fetch on the forum :stuck_out_tongue:

#9900

Can you use the bishop rig after your done at AM?

#9901

Hah! Cool. (Thanks again btw). Just over a month until class begins. Man I’m counting the days. I want to get going.