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21/08/2010 23:01:35

Muvizu_grant
Muvizu_grant
Posts: 2 		Hi all
After seeing this program on BBC Click I knew I had to have a play and boy have I been enjoying it, However....The project I have created involves a lot of careful tweaking of the dialogue time line in order to achieve a fairly good lip sink to an existing music track. My first problem is that after stopping and altering the time line the animation has to be run from the beginning to avoid syncing problems. Is there anyway around this. Also would it be possible to have more transport controls and a digital readout of current position in thedirector time line. I don't want much just fast forward and rewind buttons. If you could throw in a way of marking sections for easy reference I wouldn't complain. The director time line can be quite a pain to grab and select so any improvements here would be much appreciated. Thanks for a great program
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22/08/2010 11:27:48

glasgowjim
glasgowjim
Posts: 698 		Hi Grant, and thanks for trying Muvizu.

The timeline has been changed quite a lot for the next release - I can't go into too much detail at the moment (as I am at home and don't have the latest version of the software in front of me) but it will be a lot easier to use.

When you say "More transport controls" - I am not sure what you mean - if you are referring to character movement, the Devs are looking into new movement controls, they probably won't be in for the next release but they are looking at them. If I have got the wrong end of the stick let me know .

If you have any other questions or suggestions please let us know.

Take care,
-Jim.
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22/08/2010 11:52:56

Muvizu_grant
Muvizu_grant
Posts: 2 		Hi Jim.
Am thoroughly hooked. Spent 7 hours trying to get a good lip sync. Found using the dialogue technique hard to control. The auto talk script worked against me. Never thought to look if there is a script for a finer mouth control. Any way

More transport buttons on the time line. Having access to a fast forward and rewind button would definitely make fine tuning the time line far easier That coupled with some seek-able markers to help to locate the specific parameter your tweaking.

Then again It's easy for me to tell you what I'd like I'm not coding it. Nice one chaps and thanks again

P.S. first effort
.7 Hours and only just scratched the surface. Bye Bye life
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22/08/2010 12:41:03

NeilExperimental userMuvizu staff
Neil
Posts: 396 		The new timeline will have "cue points"; little markers that you can place at certain points. The event blocks will snap to them, making it easier to synchronise things. The transport controls have been revamped with buttons to jump forwards and backwards to the cue points, and another set to jump to the beginning and end. There are also start and end markers in the timeline and director instead of just in the make video dialog. The current time marker has also been revamped, making it easier to jump around to a specific time. We think it's a huge improvement, but of course, let us know your thoughts once you've had chance to use it.
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