Pulse Creator 4.1 Review box

Pros: Ability to publish 3D Studio MAX animations directly to the Web; automatic voice track synchronization; real-time inverse kinematics generation.

Cons: Nothing of consequence.

Bottom Line: A powerful development tool for interactive 3D Web animation that won't cost you a cent, until you're ready to publish.

Vendor Web site: www.pulse3d.com

Price: Free download for development; base site licenses $2500 annually; more robust site licenses starting at $15,000 annually.

Requirements: Pentium II 266MHz or Mac PowerPC 132MHz; Windows 95/98/NT4 (PC); 128MB of RAM (32MB for Mac); 50MB hard disk space; Microsoft IE 4.0 or later (Netscape Navigator 4.0 or later for Mac).