Forum - Feedback - The newest Muvizu release... - Messages http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Forum - Feedback - The newest Muvizu release... - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:10:50 GMT Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:10:50 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from pyrrho ukBerty wrote:


Can I campaign to have a new release sooner than later to resolve at least the lighting if not the 64 bit issues

Berty


I'd like to campaign for more Beware the Pie-style comedy. :-)]]> Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:10:50 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from mcmillan-ra ukBerty wrote:
Can I campaign to have a new release sooner than later to resolve at least the lighting if not the 64 bit issues as it's all getting a bit messy.

Whinge, whinge, whinge.........
Berty


The next release will be out towards the end of next month, and will have Dave's shadow intensity slider and will fix the 64-bit performance thing too. Honest.

Also, don't think of it as whinging, more as providing valuable feedback. ]]> Mon, 20 Jun 2011 10:38:51 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from ukBerty
I'm afraid I now have 3 versions of Muvizu on my machine :-

New 64 bit - I never use this as it's too slow
New 32 bit - I use this for most scenes
Old 32 bit - I had had to re-install this to make any scenes during daylight. Unfortunately the shadows produced by the new version are so weak they are almost not there and consequently the output lacks depth. I have had to us the "spotdark" light in a couple of scenes to create shadows myself on the new version!

Obviously I lose access to the new animations and the .set files aren't backwards compatible. The main thing I miss is the anti-aliasing.

Can I campaign to have a new release sooner than later to resolve at least the lighting if not the 64 bit issues as it's all getting a bit messy.

Whinge, whinge, whinge.........

Berty]]> Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:14:28 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from Danimal toonarama wrote:
Has the time come for 2 versions of Muvizu?


With a little luck, such a day will never come.]]> Fri, 17 Jun 2011 22:21:35 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from toonarama A simple free one to encourage younger and newer users to use it and
A paid for one (not too much though!) which is more complex to use but which can incorporate some more advanced features?

Just a thought.]]> Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:55:45 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from Dreeko
The positioning of the character on the set should not affect how you see them when in edit mode.]]> Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:48:40 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from ukBerty .......

This one is a new phenomena - but I'm not sure when it came in.

Sometimes when you right mouse on a character to edit them (nice long swoop down !) you end up in their chest. You can pivot around but can never actually see their head.

Again, I'm trying to work out the rules, but moving the character somewhere else to edit them normally sorts the issue out, but then you have to reposition them.

I'll send in a .set next time it happens (which is quite often).

Cheers

Berty]]> Fri, 17 Jun 2011 06:12:40 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from Danimal CrazyDave wrote:
it will be in the next release Thumbs Up


WOOHOO! Applause]]> Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:43:26 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from Marco_D
Thanks for letting us know.
We have spotted a problem with the 64 bit after a few reports and we will make sure it's fixed in the next release.

Cheers,
M]]> Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:43:22 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from Dreeko Everything fine now though!

D]]> Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:18:31 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from CrazyDave Danimal wrote:
Well Dave, my apologies as it looks like I sent you on a wild goose chase.


No problem, just glad to get clarity on the issue!

I've been busy this week and have submitted a "shadow intensity slider" to our testing devils. Unless they can find something hideously wrong with it, it will be in the next release Thumbs Up]]> Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:13:52 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from Dreeko freakmoomin wrote:
yeah i must admit, the shadows being so light is a bit of a problem.....an intensity shadow slider would be great but even just having the shadow darker by default like before is better than the way it is just now.

its pretty hard to get any depth in a scene without good shadows.


Agreed. The new version with it's New found smoothness really needs decent shadows to make the most of it]]> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:23:29 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from freakmoomin
its pretty hard to get any depth in a scene without good shadows.]]> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:03:36 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from Danimal
Logic]]> Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:58:23 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from CrazyDave Danimal wrote:
I just checked this again and it's definitely the reverse: Individual Shadows made the shadow sit in one spot without respect to where the light or object was. Non Individual Shadow works more accurately.



Hi Danimal, I'm having trouble understanding what you mean, but I'm interested to know!

I took screenshots to illustrate what I am trying to describe.

In the non-individual (default) shadow, the shadow is smaller and restricted to an area that is mostly below the object. Interestingly, if the light was below the object then the shadow would still be cast downwards (this is the bug that is now fixed at my end).

The individual shadow however is larger and more spread out. Given the actual positions of light and object in my scene, this is "correct" behaviour.

Please let me know if I'm missing something here.

Cheers, Dave.
edited by CrazyDave on 01/06/2011]]> Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:31:34 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from Danimal CrazyDave wrote:
p.s. Setting "individual shadows" on your lights should give more correct shadow shape in the current public release.

I just checked this again and it's definitely the reverse: Individual Shadows made the shadow sit in one spot without respect to where the light or object was. Non Individual Shadow works more accurately.

I also agree on the shadow intensity slider. The shadows in the new version are practically undetectible, and it was the excellent use of shadows that made the program always look so great!]]> Wed, 01 Jun 2011 01:50:22 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from Dreeko CrazyDave wrote:
Cool, looks like we may need some kind of adjustable shadow darkness/intensity slider: one that would preferably work on both individual and non-individual shadows in a uniform way

Yes, yes and yes again!!!]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 21:54:41 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from CrazyDave Danimal wrote:
In other words, no matter where I moved the light or the object the shadow stayed directly below it.


Yeah, the non-individual shadows have always had this problem. It's now fixed internally and I expect it to be in the next release Big Grin

p.s. Setting "individual shadows" on your lights should give more correct shadow shape in the current public release.
edited by CrazyDave on 31/05/2011
edited by CrazyDave on 31/05/2011]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 18:00:25 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from CrazyDave ukBerty wrote:
Dave,

Thanks for coming back to me. The individual shadow used to give you a really dark shadow which you could use in bright sunlight scenes.

Here's the scene I'm just redoing at the moment. There is a single light a long way away with individual shadow turned on, to represent the sun.

http://www.imagebam.com/image/d32bec134636167

(I have changed the background, sky and codec in between old and new)

See the old one on the left - notice the car's shadow in particular. With the new version although the shadow is better defined it is much weaker and consequently does not look as good.

Cheers

Berty
edited by ukBerty on 31/05/2011



Cool, looks like we may need some kind of adjustable shadow darkness/intensity slider: one that would preferably work on both individual and non-individual shadows in a uniform way. I'll investigate the possibilities...

Thanks for the input :-)

Dave.]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 17:57:30 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from Danimal Dreeko wrote:
when we animate a character's actions and have them moving forward they still perform the actions as they travel.


I get it now, yes, you're stuck with the action of walking, nothing else for the arms to do. It's funny too because when I first saw the actions I thought "just what Dreeko wanted! Except no dragon!" I guess it wasn't.

As for the Individual Shadows, I have never used them before because they were too bold and distracting. I did try it just this morning though and noticed that the perspecitves seemed off. In other words, no matter where I moved the light or the object the shadow stayed directly below it. Again, not much of a concern for me as I always leave the box unticked, just thought I'd mention it.]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 17:55:18 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from ukBerty
Thanks for coming back to me. The individual shadow used to give you a really dark shadow which you could use in bright sunlight scenes.

Here's the scene I'm just redoing at the moment. There is a single light a long way away with individual shadow turned on, to represent the sun.

http://www.imagebam.com/image/4c7c39134635141

(I have changed the background, sky and codec in between old and new)

See the old one on the left - notice the car's shadow in particular. With the new version although the shadow is better defined it is much weaker and consequently does not look as good.

Cheers

Berty
edited by ukBerty on 31/05/2011]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 17:49:32 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from Dreeko
when we animate a character's actions and have them moving forward they still perform the actions as they travel. I still want to be able to do this but have the little guys moving on the spot when required.

cheers

D]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 17:03:07 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from CrazyDave ukBerty wrote:
Whilst we're talking lighting......

It appears that the "individual shadow" button now has virtually no effect - this is a real shame as scenes set in daylight are now looking a bit bland.

Berty



I'm not sure what you mean here. If you have one object and two lights then click "individual shadow" for both lights then it casts two separate shadows (like a football player under floodlights). With this option un-ticked for both lights, the shadows are combined into a single shadow (this helps a LOT with performance on sets with large numbers of lights and also stops the scene getting cluttered with many overlapping shadows).

Previously, the "individual shadow" option had an unwanted side-effect: the individual shadows appeared darker and somehow "granier" then the non-individual ones. This was a bug and has now been fixed: the shadows now look similar to each other in terms of colour and quality. This is the desired behaviour and any accidentally useful behaviour seen previously will be gone.

I hope this explains the situation from my end, but I'd be interested to know what it was about the old individual shadows that was useful when constructing your lighting (e.g you mention scenes set in daylight). It might be possible to re-introduce the desired behaviour as an extension to the current set up.


Cheers, David.
edited by CrazyDave on 31/05/2011]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 16:36:48 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from ukBerty
It appears that the "individual shadow" button now has virtually no effect - this is a real shame as scenes set in daylight are now looking a bit bland.

Let me know if I need to give an example movie as I'm sure it's not right.

Also, has anyone else had speed issues with the 64bit version - I've had to drop back to the new 32 bit version to get anything done ! Again do the devs want some .set files to have a look ?

Cheers

Berty]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 16:27:01 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from Marco_D
If you are having problems with the brightness, one of the things you can do is use the scene manager window to turn down the brightness of all the lights.
Of course if you have specific settings on one of the lights, this won't help much.

Press Ctrl+W and select the lights tab, select all the actors on that tab and click the edit button.
This way you will be able to use the brightness slider for all the lights.

I hope this helps a bit.

Cheers,
Marco]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 15:52:33 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from CrazyDave Dreeko wrote:

No probs Dave
It's all for the greater good I'm sure!



Yes it is! :-)]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 15:01:20 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from Dreeko CrazyDave wrote:
Hi Dreeko,

With regards the differences in the lighting engine... The code within the lighting engine has changed subtly with the Engine upgrade, and it turns out that subtle changes in the lighting engine can have un-subtle effects on the lighting of an entire scene. I was aware of this and tried to calibrate the lights in such a way that in general, lighting on most scenes is roughly the same as the previous version.

It was impossible to get this exactly right however and so a certain amount of tweaking will be necessary when loading old sets in order to get it "just right". It's the same for colour/contrast/brightness on camera post-process effects: as the calculation method has changed (and improved!) it introduces backward-compatibility issues that can be unfeasible to fix.

Cheers, Dave.


No probs Dave
It's all for the greater good I'm sure!]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 14:59:58 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from Dreeko Danimal wrote:
Dreeko wrote:
PS: Any chance of my ancient request for a walking on the spot mode making it into the next version?

There are two new actions in the update called "walk on the spot" and "run on the spot" under Themes -->Miscellaneous. I think this would do what you wanted as you could then have them in front of a moving background, yes?


Oooo never noticed I'll need to check it out later!
Thanks for pointing it out!

D]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 14:38:41 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from CrazyDave
With regards the differences in the lighting engine... The code within the lighting engine has changed subtly with the Engine upgrade, and it turns out that subtle changes in the lighting engine can have un-subtle effects on the lighting of an entire scene. I was aware of this and tried to calibrate the lights in such a way that in general, lighting on most scenes is roughly the same as the previous version.

It was impossible to get this exactly right however and so a certain amount of tweaking will be necessary when loading old sets in order to get it "just right". It's the same for colour/contrast/brightness on camera post-process effects: as the calculation method has changed (and improved!) it introduces backward-compatibility issues that can be unfeasible to fix.

Cheers, Dave.]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 13:00:13 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from Danimal Dreeko wrote:
PS: Any chance of my ancient request for a walking on the spot mode making it into the next version?

There are two new actions in the update called "walk on the spot" and "run on the spot" under Themes -->Miscellaneous. I think this would do what you wanted as you could then have them in front of a moving background, yes?]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 12:38:45 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from Dreeko
I've been pottering around with the new Muvizu (the 64 bit beasty)

Very Nice

I love the wobbly mode. Hats of to the animators on that one.
The swaying foliage is a bit odd looking though, it reminds me of the sit-on toys you see in kids play parks. you know the ones where the child sits on a seat which is supported by a spring (see below)


I aint seen any plants or grass that move around like that.


I have also experienced the same problems with the brightness of sets with the new version (see below)


I've got to adjust the brightness of all lights and environments on all sets which is a bit of a pain.

Also all my favourites have disappeared for characters etc which is probably due to the fact that i installed the new version in a different location from the old one. (something to keep i mind if you are thinking of doing the same.)

Great to see that animation options have been added to the brightness and colour of the environment. Maybe at some point when we animate lights/environments we could blend between colours over time rather than just 'click' blue, 'click' orange' etc

Texture on abstract objects will really make things easier, but I would have loved to see scaleable textures (uniform and non uniform) for backdrops.

All in, it's good to see new stuff added for us to play around with considering it is mainly an update to allow other updates.


Can't wait to see what the new UI brings to the party
All eyes on Neil now then eh?.....

Cheers

D


PS: Any chance of my ancient request for a walking on the spot mode making it into the next version?
edited by Dreeko on 31/05/2011]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 12:07:15 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from Luscan glasgowjim wrote:
Windproof houses! Pfft, I didn't even have a house - I used to live in a hole in 't' middle of road!


People might think Jim's joking here but I once asked him what street he grew up on in Glasgow he laughed mockingly and said "Street? Luscan, my boy, I grew up in the gutters and my mind refuses to leave!" ]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 10:47:59 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from ziggy72 glasgowjim wrote:
Windproof houses! Pfft, I didn't even have a house - I used to live in a hole in 't' middle of road!


We got evicted from our 'ole - there was 17 of us livin' in a shoebox. You try tellin' the young people today that - they won't believe you.

(actually, there is another Monty Python sketch I was thinking of Muvizu'ing...d'ya think the BBC would mind? )]]> Mon, 30 May 2011 23:17:32 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from glasgowjim Mon, 30 May 2011 18:12:12 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from toonarama ukBerty wrote:

I know it's windy up there, but surely not indoors?



depends what was eaten the night before...]]> Mon, 30 May 2011 17:41:10 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from ukBerty
When I load my sets up everything is blowing in a force 10 gale - even the indoor pot plants !

I know it's windy up there, but surely not indoors?

Berty
edited by ukBerty on 30/05/2011]]> Mon, 30 May 2011 17:04:10 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from ziggy72 .

One thing I did notice was that Muvizu still can't work out what resolution my desktop is in - it always defaults to some bizzare res like 984x738 when I'm running at 1024x768, and something different again when I'm running at 1280x768. It's always done this before, but it's not a big problem, just a bit annoying. And since it means I always have to change screen resolution, could this be a contributing factor in the overflow thing? Just a thought.]]> Fri, 27 May 2011 12:32:38 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from toonarama I wasn't aware of doing anything to prompt it to do so - the window i was using was the character features.
Also (and i only tried this with one character therefore it may be a one-off). A "favourite" character i created in the old 32 bit version refused to load up in the new 64 bit version
Thanks
Toonarama
edited by toonarama on 27/05/2011]]> Fri, 27 May 2011 08:56:51 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from mcmillan-ra ziggy72 wrote:
Okay, got another bug (stop groaning at the back! Neil, come away from the door...)

I load up a scene, and when I open the scene window, it says I've used 0% memory. None. I know 8Gb is quite a lot, but a scene still has to use something, don't it? Also, the object list just keeps going out of it's list box, across the grey bit, and down off the screen. Still works okay, but it looks a bit...wonky. Might want to fix that.

Oh, almost forgot, all the timelines also run off the edge of the screen (to the right) outside the timeline box. Again, they still work okay, but....
edited by ziggy72 on 26/05/2011


We might wanna, but - we might not.

No, only joking - we do - and when the new UI comes in that stuff will be fixed because it works in a completely different way.

Did it happen after you'd locked your screen? Or has it always been like that? Sometimes something weird happens when the screen gets locked or there are display changes - the UI rendering in the engine goes a bit bonkers - and things end up not being masked - so you get things hanging over the edges and the like. Restarting the app should get rid of it.

I'll check out the memory thing too.]]> Fri, 27 May 2011 08:47:13 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from 65Radius The new animations look funny and fluid. Thanks Muvizu!]]> Fri, 27 May 2011 03:29:36 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from ziggy72 )

I load up a scene, and when I open the scene window, it says I've used 0% memory. None. I know 8Gb is quite a lot, but a scene still has to use something, don't it? Also, the object list just keeps going out of it's list box, across the grey bit, and down off the screen. Still works okay, but it looks a bit...wonky. Might want to fix that.

Oh, almost forgot, all the timelines also run off the edge of the screen (to the right) outside the timeline box. Again, they still work okay, but....
edited by ziggy72 on 26/05/2011]]> Thu, 26 May 2011 21:16:01 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from artpen It just crashes everytime, aaaaaaargh!!!]]> Thu, 26 May 2011 18:59:06 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from Emily toonarama wrote:
And you can have BAD moving hair on a stationary character!


edited by toonarama on 25/05/2011



Change the body to a browny-yellow colour and - voilà! - you have the perfect talking pineapple ]]> Thu, 26 May 2011 11:34:34 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from toonarama Luscan wrote:
]
That'll be it - many thanks!
edited by toonarama on 26/05/2011]]> Thu, 26 May 2011 11:23:59 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from Luscan toonarama wrote:
Noticed that all my codecs have disappeared when making video apart from 3


Hi toonarama.

If you've moved from using the 32 bit version of Muvizu to the 64 bit version of Muvizu you'll need to grab a 64 bit codec pack and install that too. I've put a link at the bottom of the post for the 64 bit KLite Codec pack.

Good luck, have fun and keep us posted

http://www.codecguide.com/klcp_64bit.htm]]> Thu, 26 May 2011 11:14:23 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from claireq ziggy72 wrote:
G
And then the inevitable request Shock No, no, not guns (again) but rather would it be possible to make the undercarriage on the jet removable, or be transparent, so it would look better in flight? Same with the UFO actually.



http://www.muvizu.com/forum/topic1076-new-objects.aspx?p=f#post5342

UFO and jet with no undercarriage]]> Thu, 26 May 2011 10:55:40 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from artpen Thu, 26 May 2011 10:44:20 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from claireq artpen wrote:
Hi team, great upgrade, just to note I downloaded the 32 bit and all that is not
Working is the import sound file for dialog?
It starts to import but muvizu just dissapears with a message saying " Muvizu has
Stopped working "
Any solutions oh great ones?
edited by artpen on 26/05/2011


Hi Artpen

if you have a look at this forum thread
http://www.muvizu.com/forum/topic1016-tech-help.aspx#post4862

try what is suggested there and see if that works

Claire]]> Thu, 26 May 2011 10:24:37 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from artpen Working is the import sound file for dialog?
It starts to import but muvizu just dissapears with a message saying " Muvizu has
Stopped working "
Any solutions oh great ones?
edited by artpen on 26/05/2011]]> Thu, 26 May 2011 10:16:17 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from rgrove Really enjoying the new additions. Great work, guys. I'm sure there will be some bugs here and there, but you'll squash em! Thank you.]]> Thu, 26 May 2011 06:25:30 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from Danimal
On the flip side, I love the new character movements. Simply awesome! FINALLY, we can have a character laying down. Whoops, hang on, I guess I have noticed a glitch then, which is the initial state overrides the preview, as Ziggy noted above. Also the previews last about a millisecond before returning to the idle stance, but it's nothing too bad.

And hey, even the forum is different because the posting window doesn't double space automatically when you hit enter. AND we've got a Facebook portal. So many great changes... sensory... overload...]]> Thu, 26 May 2011 02:56:08 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from artpen Oh no! when I import a sound file for prepare Dialog, Muvizu crashes......]]> Thu, 26 May 2011 00:59:01 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from toonarama Wed, 25 May 2011 23:01:43 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from toonarama Wed, 25 May 2011 22:52:28 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from toonarama


edited by toonarama on 25/05/2011
edited by toonarama on 27/05/2011]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 22:37:03 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from glasgowjim
Pixel shader 3.0 was introduced with the GeForce 6, ATI Radeon x1300 and Intel GMA x3000 so any card above that should be able to start Muvizu, but obviously the amount of memory it has and the more modern it is will make a difference to performance.]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 19:16:13 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from ccliffy Wed, 25 May 2011 18:59:36 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from glasgowjim Wed, 25 May 2011 18:50:07 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from ziggy72 Nice to see you got the black light working

Also liked the scrapyard stuff, the swaying foliage (very handy), the new vehicles, the camera Horizontal/vertical flip (or was that there already and I just never noticed?), the ability to just type stuff in Muvizu letters (why didn't we think of that sooner?! So bloody useful), the new zombie stuff, the helmets (Judge Dredd!! LOL!), and the Look At speed control (subtle, nice one). And the Muvizu flip seems to be gone! I put a clock up on a wall, and it didn't start doing the limbo.

The only problem I noticed is when doing the Actions previews, the character's Initial state overrides the emotion of whatever Action you're doing. Recorded okay, but previewed as happy/sad/angry or whatever I had the Initial state set to (e.g. so you can see him doing Angry actions with (Initail State) Sad face while previewing, but it just records as a standard Angry action and plays back okay. Odd).

And then the inevitable request Shock No, no, not guns (again) but rather would it be possible to make the undercarriage on the jet removable, or be transparent, so it would look better in flight? Same with the UFO actually.

Excellent stuff regardless, and I look forward to the inevitable wave of drunken zombie movies to come! ]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 17:05:41 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from Quoling mcmillan-ra wrote:

As Claire mentioned, we're doing a complete UI revamp for the next release. What do you want to happen, and we'll see what we can do (no promises)? Though - potentially there are problems depending on how your graphics card is setup.


No more than has already been suggested in the forums
mcmillan-ra wrote:

This release was only about updating the Unreal Engine, Morpheme, Scaleform and a few other bits and pieces. Which unfortunately took us a couple of months longer than anticipated. There are a few extra goodies in there - but this was really to allow us to improve the platform we're working on rather than add features.


Yes I realise that...not a problem..just thought the IDE things were being done as well

mcmillan-ra wrote:

Finally, just to repeat Claire, if you still have problems importing the car, then let us know - if you want - you can send it to bugs@muvizu.com and we can see why it's not importing - and hopefully fix it in the next release.


That could well just be me - I just tried without really doing anything and it didn't work, so I really do need to look at it again to make sure I didn't forget to do anything.]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 17:02:55 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from mcmillan-ra Quoling wrote:
Have got the 64 bit - must admit to being a little disapointed so far - I thought the "IDE" would be able to stretch across two screens - I have also just tried to import a simple sketchup model which crashed muvizu


Hi Quoling,

As Claire mentioned, we're doing a complete UI revamp for the next release. What do you want to happen, and we'll see what we can do (no promises)? Though - potentially there are problems depending on how your graphics card is setup.

This release was only about updating the Unreal Engine, Morpheme, Scaleform and a few other bits and pieces. Which unfortunately took us a couple of months longer than anticipated. There are a few extra goodies in there - but this was really to allow us to improve the platform we're working on rather than add features.

Finally, just to repeat Claire, if you still have problems importing the car, then let us know - if you want - you can send it to bugs@muvizu.com and we can see why it's not importing - and hopefully fix it in the next release.]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 16:55:39 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from claireq The engine upgrade should be able to handle a lot more in regards to 3d model imports so should the problem still continue once you have had a look at it, just send us the model again and we will see what we can do ]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 16:31:07 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from Quoling claireq wrote:
As for the sketchup model, it wouldn't happen to be the "queen stage"? We have tried so hard to get this to import, (whipping Dave in the corner didn't help either :abuse but the thing is HUGE! it really needs to be broken up into smaller pieces in order for it to work. Sorry


No it wasn't - that loaded fine (eventually) - although only the one I uploaded onto the site which is not as big as the final version - I did actually have an email stating that the stage loaded now due to a bug fix....

It was actually just a simple model of the General Lee from the Dukes of Hazzard - I will need to have another look when i get home.
edited by Quoling on 25/05/2011]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 16:23:18 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from claireq bigwally wrote:

I hope you meant "watchable video".


Yes watchable is a must of course!]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 16:18:34 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from claireq Quoling wrote:
Have got the 64 bit - must admit to being a little disapointed so far - I thought the "IDE" would be able to stretch across two screens - I have also just tried to import a simple sketchup model which crashed muvizu


The next release (which we are already working on) will have an update to the UI which should hopefully let you do that.
As for the sketchup model, it wouldn't happen to be the "queen stage"? We have tried so hard to get this to import, (whipping Dave in the corner didn't help either :abuse but the thing is HUGE! it really needs to be broken up into smaller pieces in order for it to work. Sorry ]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 16:17:52 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from bigwally claireq wrote:
Let's see who will be the first user to post a video using the new version! Big Grin


I hope you meant "watchable video".]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 16:15:42 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from claireq ]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 16:13:07 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from Quoling - I thought the "IDE" would be able to stretch across two screens - I have also just tried to import a simple sketchup model which crashed muvizu ]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 16:07:37 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from Danimal ]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 16:03:01 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from mysto Wed, 25 May 2011 15:51:54 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic1069-the-newest-muvizu-release.aspx Message from bigwally edited by bigwally on 25/05/2011]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 15:50:09 GMT