Illusion Mage Review
Posted on 03. Dec, 2010 by afanley in Reviews

Quick Facts
| Product Name: | Illusion Mage |
| Standard Price: | $77 |
| Website: | [...] |
| Author: | Domain Administrator |
| Reviewer: | Aaron |
| Review Updated: | 05th Oct 2010 |
| Bonus Offered: | Yes |
Where to Buy
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Publisher’s Description
The Easiest Way To Create Your Own 3D Animations With This 3D Studio Professional Program – 3D Max Maya Lightwave
- Creating Models of Human Faces & Cartoon Characters
- “Look Over My Shoulders” Video Modelling Guide
- Creating a soft body object (jelly-like)
- Learn to create a hillside environment
- Building a spiral staircase and a die
- Playing with lighting and area lights
- Creating Waves with Particle Engine
- Using Advanced Tools & Techniques
- Creating a realistic human face
- Basic modelling/Material/Light
User Reviews
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This software is Blender 3D in disguise, don´t get fooled you can downloadit for free at blender3d.org the whole pages are a scam!!!
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Man, this software looks a whole lot like the free open source Blender 3D program. Even some of the screenshots they use on their home page are from that program’s website.
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This scam program is just an outdated version of Blender. All of the stuff they are trying to sell you can be found legally, up to date, more powerful, and free at Blender3d.org, and the tutorials can be found at Blendernation.com. DON’T GET RIPPED OFF.
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Why would u call it a scam then give it 8 stars?
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Blender is an open source product. It is legal to recode, repackage and sell as long as you give credit to where you have recieved the code. (The Blender Foundation may have something else to say on the matter.) I have paid well over a hundred dollars on books, plus built a new computer to run Blender. If the interface has been reccoded and simplified, plus the tutorials are comprehensive and complete and not plagerised, then there is no ripoff. Either way, I’ll stick with Blender.
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Illusion Mage is stolen variation of the FREE open source software called Blender. It is a SCAM! If you do a Google search for Illusion Mage, you will see a whole bunch of fake “review” websites set up telling you how great this software is. The reviews (which are all closed to comments) are created either by the company/individual that is trying to scam you or one of it’s affiliate members. Don’t buy it. Don’t get ripped off!
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The first hint is the reviews are all done by the same people, same wording on all the different fake review sites. I hope that they get in trouble for selling free source material. If it is too good to be true, sadly it is .. Bright side!! Blender is free so if you did see this review you saved yourself from spending money!
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Thank you guys for saving me from getting ripped off. I was searching for a new 3d software. I currently use iclone but wanted something as user friendly but looks better.
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Its a bit of a scam and a no so bad product. It is misleading in the sense that the software use is open source and therefore, free to begin with. Mostly it’s a Blender tutorial. Blender is the top open source 3D software and tutorials can be found for free all over the place, in blender.org and YouTube. That being said, it was a good idea to bundle all together and sell it as a tutorial product… shame of you for letting people believe there was that much effort making it and charging so much for the delux product. If you would of tell the truth and price it accordingly, you could of make more money and build a better reputation… shame shame shame
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I’ve bought IllusionMage and I LOVE it. It is NOT a scam. It comes with hours and hours of video tutorials and it is a great way to get started with 3d animation.
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thanks for pointing out the copyright violations etc. Blender did post a reply under their “Press” section in January, i just found out. Mainly that it would cost too much to sue and that “sunlight is a good disinfectant” ie get the word out. as a total novice here, i did wonder if the interface is any simpler with the Illusionmage label or if its still what Blender has? and why are you still promoting its sale?
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This is a great product and it is NOT a scam. I’ve just bought it and it is different from Blender. The rendering is MUCH faster with a cleaner, easy to use interface and there are integrated video tutorials in the program. To call it “Blender” would be unfair.
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Faster or slower, cleaner or dirtier, it’s Blender in flesh and bones…if you don’t mind. So I wish you “happy blending”. Don’t worry, nobody will stop you loving IllusionMage or 3DMagix, not even the Blender Community, haha. It’s just about money, that’s all… I invite all IllusionMage (or 3DMagix) users to join Blender Artists and post their work there. Viva software libre!