Whether you're a novice, a digital dabbler, or an old hand with 3D modeling, here's a quick summary of what's in store for you.

	Welcome to the Microworld! ImpactPlus gives you a limitless stage where you can create your own production combining 3D text, geometric models, backgrounds, lighting effects, multiple cameras, and much more! It's easy to create a static scene and add optional animation. Browse ready-made models, from basic shapes to complex technology. Or use QuickShapes for your own adjustable instant objects... assemble into groups... reshape any model like plastic! Scene planes let you carve out a multi-dimensional virtual space.
	Lights... Every new scene includes a built-in light source at your viewpoint... switch it on or off as needed, while setting up your custom lighting scheme. Choose and customize a scheme from the wide range of presets on the Studio's Lights tab... or add your own lights one by one. Use advanced lighting controls and effects, even cast shadows-with multiple color components to set the "quality" of each light's output, each object's reflectance.
	Camera... Choose from six preset viewpoint angles, or simply drag for freeform viewpoints and object rotations. Achieve tilts and swivels in all three dimensions with intuitive orbit adjustments. Even move the viewpoint around without disturbing its custom angle. If one view won't do, you can open secondary scene windows for more vantage points and easier object manipulation.
	Action! Make any static 3D scene come alive! The Studio's Animation tab even comes pre-loaded with dozens of exciting animated effects that you can click to apply to text and objects. Or you can place your own key frames for object properties you want to vary let ImpactPlus generate the in between motion as objects move, rotate, change size or color, and much more. The result: an animated GIF or AVI movie clip!
	Create Your Own 3D Models Go beyond mere scene building... step into the 3D Workshop and easily construct your own 3D objects using QuickShapes, simple drawing tools, or even imported clip art. The Workshop instantly converts your 2D figures to extruded or lathed 3D shapes!
	Text You Can (Almost) Touch Add unique dimension and motion to your message! Use WYSIWYG text entry to preview fonts and formatting, then edit each character as a 3D element... change color, position, tilt, and other properties... retype text at any time. Great for animation create spinning letters, exploding words, radical color shifts!
	Texture You Can (Almost) Feel Decorate anything in the scene with a bitmap image for surface realism... grab texture presets from the Studio or define your own... include transparency for unique effects. Apply multiple texture components for added detail, environmental reflections, or hill-and-dale contouring. Easily rotate, resize, and move bitmap textures on any object. Switch planes and objects from solid to wireframe rendering, and apply flat or shaded colors and textures. Use vertex or table fog to add depth and drama. Animate textures... even use movie clips as textures, for a TV scene within a scene!
	Versatile Import and Export Choose the correct settings before export with the built-in Export preview window. ImpactPlus supports industry-standard formats-for animations and movies, you can export to .GIF or .AVI... even as a series of still frames! Choose .PNG to preserve 32-bit transparent backgrounds. Output grayscale depth maps for advanced 3D effects in Serif PhotoPlus 8. Import standard metafiles, and for easy exchange, you can both import and export models in the DirectX™ (.X) format.
	Not Real Enough? Grab Your 3D Specs Leapin' lizards! Lest we forget... ImpactPlus can convert any scene to anaglyph stereo for viewing onscreen or on paper, using the supplied red-cyan glasses. For extra fun, try anaglyph animation!
	Serif Quality and Ease-of-Use ImpactPlus combines its own sophisticated 3D model format with built-in DirectX 8.1 support for rapid 3D rendering. MDI lets you open multiple 3D scenes at once. And of course, every detail of the UI is designed to support efficient, creative productivity. View and select lights, planes, and objects in the Navigator... check and control object and viewpoint coordinates in the Status panel... store your own custom models, lighting schemes, materials, backgrounds, and bevels in the Studio galleries. It's all there at your fingertips!