Another advantage to using animation is that is shows the client how the project will look from a realistic vantage point. The animation that Amor creates is saved to disk as an AVI format movie and then played back on the computer. Within the next few months, he hopes to get equipment that will allow him to create full resolution animation to videotape. At ModelVision, they have the ability to do animation either on the computer or to videotape. By having a choice, his clients are more likely to succeed.
Some people are very impressed by seeing a movie on a laptop even if the resolution is lower.
Sometimes the project you're creating just screams for animation. Although Amor uses traditional animation, he wants to move beyond that into a virtual reality approach. Saving 300-1000 frames driving into a project is worthwhile, but if you want to stop and pan around, it won't work. Although Amor acknowledges that the idea of virtual reality is unrealistic with the technology we have today, he thinks a technology like Apple's QuickTime VR could be very useful. That can give the client a real sense of freedom.