Good entries already and the deadline's not until the 30th.

Danimal wrote:



Yeah, you could do it that way pretty easily but you'd be stuck with 0% or 100% transparency. The point of the object import method is that you could have some of the tarnished sections with 70% transparency, others with 30% transparency, other areas with 100% transparency so you could mix it up a bit more for the look you were going for, as in my screen shot example, the image I've used only had 0% or 100% transparency and you'd probably want to tone it done quite a bit for use in a scene - with backdrops or camera over lays you wouldn't be able to do that.

Hey Eff,
I'm really sorry you miss out on the announcements - we try to announce them and update as frequently as possible across the forum, the twitter feed and facebook. We will make it a point to update any forum threads on competitions as often as possible and increase the cross promotion over the various channels to make sure people don't miss out. We really do want everyone to take part - it gives us more goodies to look at!

I know this doesn't help you right now but we'll work harder on making these challenges more obvious throughout the site.

Hi Ernie,

You can find them here:

Prepare - Sound effects;
Click on any of the sounds that are queued - A new window will appear;
Click on the "Choose..." button and browse to the impacts category;

I hope this helps.

Cheers,
Marco
edited by Marco_D on 24/10/2012

Yeah, you'll have to use the same version you created the set in to be able to even open it, let alone rescue it. Guess you'll have to download every version, then try loading them up one by one... oh dear

Also, I would recommend you never use favourites - save your characters/models/whatever as a set file, then copy and paste them into your working set file. Favourites don't survive version changes, and Muvizu changes versions very frequently (relatively speaking ). I've never used the favourites for this very reason, and have had an easier time of it because of that. Good luck with the sets - we feel for ya!

Here's a thought - since you've used the extreme versions in the past without keeping them seperate from the stable versions, maybe you could solve some of the problems with the sets by loading them up in 0.22b, select everything, copy, create a new set, then paste it all back in. Now when you save the set, it should contain only stable items. Should, I say I've had to do this myself, and it's a bit of a pain to get to a point in the set where you can successfully paste, and then you've got to 'drop' everything to stop it floating in the air...but it's worth a go if all else isn't helping.

@Jamie, in this instance, I didn't create an elaborate set, I just saved a plain set with the 2 characters I created so i could go back to them easily (I was still at the nursing home at the time); Now since the latest Muvizu update. I guess maybe that as the issue? I dunno. I don't really wanna go back to an earlier version though. I guess I would just have to do it all over again, but is this going to happen to ALL my old set files? because that would really be a NIGHTMARE and really make me turn green (and not in a good way!).
Jamie wrote:

EEF,

Are you on .22b ? I have had all the issues you mention on previous versions but not the latest. I have not had Muvizu crash on me for a couple of months and I really, really push it. The missing characters used to happen in 0.20b (not sure about .21b) so any sets saved from previous versions in that state will be a problem. If you choose view>set window and look at the characters you will probably find the character is still there, just in a parallel black universe that he can never escape. You may be able to select him, cntl-C, select something else to get back to the real world then cntrl-V to get him back - not sure if this will work though.

Ziggy is right. At some point you will have to engage with Sketchup in order to progress your Muvi making. I resigned myself to this in the spring and now have a few basic skills, creating shapes and adding textures as well as amending existing models for my needs. As Zig says, 50% don't work and you will spend an age making sets, but if you want to move ahead then Sketchup is your man.

EEfilmz, I didn't see your message on my set file - you have to remember that Muvizu doesn't message you when someone posts a comment on any assets you upload. Unless you check every one of your uploaded items every day, there's no way to keep tabs if someone asks a question. Anyway, the 'object too small' message is quite common with 0.22b, and isn't anything to worry about (I use a lot of imported objects, and Muvizu objects )

As for Sketchup, I'd advise trying again. Really, if you want the whole Movie thing to happen, you've got to take the initiative. True, over half the objects you try wont work with Muvizu, but the other half will and they'll make your film work. There's no substitute for the laborious tedium of sifting through dozens of different models to find that perfect one that just works, and Muvizu likes. It's all worth it, trust me!

Google Warehouse for Sketchup. Tons of stuff like this on there, download it, import it, job done. Waiting for Team Muvizu to leap into (rendered) action on a specific themed request is not really a viable option considering that they have a thousand other options to sort out too Learn to use Sketchup (it's dead easy, really, if you only want to use it for importing) and Muvizu becomes less inhibiting in it's limitations. Highly, highly recommend it.

Google Warehouse for Sketchup. Tons of stuff like this on there, download it, import it, job done. Waiting for Team Muvizu to leap into (rendered) action on a specific themed request is not really a viable option considering that they have a thousand other options to sort out too Learn to use Sketchup (it's dead easy, really, if you only want to use it for importing) and Muvizu becomes less inhibiting in it's limitations. Highly, highly recommend it.