Forum - General Discussion - animation fans - Messages http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Forum - General Discussion - animation fans - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Wed, 06 Apr 2016 23:58:06 GMT Wed, 06 Apr 2016 23:58:06 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from drewi A vast collection, I'm very pleased with this find....hours of fun.]]> Wed, 06 Apr 2016 23:58:06 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from PatMarrNC drewi wrote:
Today only....Another interesting one from gaotd works as stand alone,... filterforge 4 pro ....art filters.....also works integrated into photo shop. maybe for other art packages.
one of the filters has a cartoony setting.....
edited by drewi on 06/04/2016


Drew, have you had time to mess with this yet? The built-in textures and effects that get installed are minimal, BUT...

there is a link on the top right corner of the program that leads to a place where you can download and automatically install literally thousands of additional texture sets and effects! Most of which are tilable (great for putting grass and clouds in the environment)

There are also lots of building textures, many of which have see thru alpha, like fences etc that would be simple to slap onto a backdrop instead of creating a model... I think this will be very useful! Thanks again for pointing it out to us!]]> Wed, 06 Apr 2016 18:56:03 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from PatMarrNC drewi wrote:
Today only....Another interesting one from gaotd works as stand alone,... filterforge 4 pro ....art filters.....also works integrated into photo shop. maybe for other art packages.
one of the filters has a cartoony setting.....
edited by drewi on 06/04/2016


that DOES look interesting Drew! Thanks for the heads-up!

Here's a youtube video showing the product being used:
]]> Wed, 06 Apr 2016 15:06:38 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from drewi stand alone,... filterforge 4 pro ....art filters.....also works integrated into photo shop. maybe for other art packages.
one of the filters has a cartoony setting.....
edited by drewi on 06/04/2016]]> Wed, 06 Apr 2016 12:33:19 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from PatMarrNC
http://www.thebest3d.com/archipelis/index.html

This would be great for people who don't know how to model, but they still want to create custom content for Muvizu!]]> Sun, 03 Apr 2016 01:37:06 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from PatMarrNC
I found out how to make the background transparent so foliage images can be used in MUVIZU and you can see through the foliage as characters walk behind a bush or tree!



This video is a tutorial for a sister product called Howler... Particle9 is a subset of Howler, so the menus won't be the same, but the concept will work in Particle 9, you may have to experiment with the brush tool settings

Speaking of Howler... in my opinion this is one of the most innovative software packages I've seen in a long time! It's very object oriented and rules based, and the user can create their own rule sets that define how foliage and brushes and 3D landscapes and virtually everything is created!

And they have a way of starting with a flat graphic of fractal noise, then adding peaks and valleys to it based on light and dark colors to produce 3D topography, which can be exported as a Wavefront OBJ file! That would be very useful with Muvizu!

Given my philosophy that finding software which plays well with other software is the preferred way to build a strong set of creative options and tools for your video-making toolbox, I rate this software very highly! It adds capability that Muvizu doesn't have natively, so used together the result is bigger than the sum of the parts]]> Sat, 02 Apr 2016 21:25:17 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from PatMarrNC
SO many interesting ways to use this software!]]> Fri, 01 Apr 2016 23:33:12 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from braj Fri, 01 Apr 2016 22:26:40 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from drewi Fri, 01 Apr 2016 22:19:33 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from PatMarrNC drewi wrote:
Pat... return to the Gaotd download page and read the users comments.it seems there are no layers in this version.
There are directions to an '8.2 dog waffle learning addition' which does have the plant particle brushes and may have layers. i don't know what restrictions it may have though.


I was planning to save foreground, Background and middle ground as separate graphics with transparent BG, then create distance between them by putting them on widescreen backdrops positioned at different Z depths... so for my purpose I don't need the program that generates the foliage to have its own layers.

I emailed the owner and he claims its possible to do what I want, but I didn't get a warm fuzzy feeling that it would be as easy to obtain a transparent BG as it is in most graphic programs.

The full blown program with layers and a whole lot more features that the particle generator costs $47.99 USD ( no upgrade available from the free version)... if I can figure out how to get the transparency I need, that's a no brainer.]]> Fri, 01 Apr 2016 21:48:36 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from blickfang
Someday I will get back to my music video.]]> Fri, 01 Apr 2016 20:59:20 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from drewi There are directions to an '8.2 dog waffle learning addition' which does have the plant particle brushes and may have layers. i don't know what restrictions it may have though.]]> Fri, 01 Apr 2016 20:55:51 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from PatMarrNC mysto wrote:
A great find PatMarrNC! I'll definitely get some use out of this one!


Me too, if I can figure out how to put the trees and bushes and grass on a transparent background... so far, nothing I've tried has worked. I know its got to be possible because they have tutorials on using the alpha channel, but they don't seem to have done agood job of keeping their documentation consistent with the current version, so the examples are almost all from previous versions, and the current version doesn't look that way!]]> Fri, 01 Apr 2016 19:15:42 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from mysto ]]> Fri, 01 Apr 2016 18:03:12 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from PatMarrNC
Many of the brushes are not just static patterns... they are animated algorithms that change every time you use them! So if you are using a nature brush to create trees or bushes, they all look different and unique! No rubber-stamped look like you see in many apps!

Also, I notice that many of the brushes are motion sensitive... meaning, if you draw faster, the pattern spreads out more, which creates a feathery look.. and again, always different!

The nature brushes alone are well worth the free download!

In the past I have used nature backgrounds that were screen captured from the web, but that's really bad practice for a lot of reasons. With this tool, I should be able to rapidly create just about any background I need... and best of all... put the foreground, middle ground and background on separate layers in order to create a wide vista 3d effect as the camera pans the scene!

Can't speak for everyone, but for me this freebie is a keeper!]]> Fri, 01 Apr 2016 16:11:50 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from PatMarrNC
I'm hoping that after registering particle 9 that the other app is available at substantial savings. It's list price is already fairly low, well under $100 USD
edited by PatMarrNC on 01/04/2016]]> Fri, 01 Apr 2016 13:34:44 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from ziggy72 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 11:36:27 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from PatMarrNC
One of today's freebees is called PARTICLE 9, and it looks like it would be a useful tool for creating backgrounds in MUVIZU! Based on its demo video, it has a 3d terrain creator, brushes for painting foliage on alpha and a lot of tools for making general painting very fast

The ability to create foliage on foreground layers that characters can walk behind and still be seen partially through the leaves really opens up a lot of possibilities. I'd guess that using layered graphics on multiple backdrops to achieve a 3d look would be a lot less demanding on your computer than filling up a large scene with 3d objects. Plus, you don't need to know how to model if you take this route.

These videos show a background scene being created with Particle 9. It's free today. 'Nuff said.








and here's the link for the Freebie, in case you aren't on their mailing list:
https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/particle-9/

as always, freebee expires after today (4-1-2016)
edited by PatMarrNC on 01/04/2016]]> Fri, 01 Apr 2016 11:15:07 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from braj
When I try to go to the Renderdigimania website, it asks for user login and password.

http://renderdigimania.com/renderdigimania/]]> Mon, 14 Mar 2016 01:08:41 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from ziggy72 urbanlamb wrote:
Yes and dont get the indigo renderer its meant for still shots LOL.

So it is - it's so confusing, there's so many bits they sell!]]> Mon, 14 Mar 2016 01:00:25 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from braj
This is where I stand right now: I think I'm going to be focussing on learning Poser more, it is really great fun to manually animate, even doing stuff like animating my own water effects is pretty rewarding, and I will try and learn how to integrate that content with Muvizu. I didn't see a way to export animations from iClone with transparency or in image sequence layers, so I don't think I'll get much out of it unless I upgrade. Right now it shows Pro for only $120 in my account, if I had the funds I likely would impulse buy it. But that might be a mistake anyhow, damn my focus gets pulled away from my todo list constantly. Do I really need to invest in learning another platform? I think learning HitFilm would be more appropriate, and many of the animated effects I appreciate in iClone are likely much better created in HitFilm I think, and I could incrementally build up whatever tool kit I need with no upfront cost just to get started.]]> Sun, 13 Mar 2016 20:07:37 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from PatMarrNC ziggy72 wrote:
I think it was only for that one day.


ah, bummer!

They'll do it again, I suppose you just gotta look out for it.

yeah, I guess that's what I'll do...

basically everything that everyone always requests for Muvizu is already in iclone.

yeah, reading through their ads, they seem to have all bases covered... it's undoubtedly a good product with a lot of built-in potential!


As an animation hobbyist who just needs a semi-modifiable vehicle for fleshing out ideas, Muvizu is absolutely perfect for me. My productions are mostly intended to be ridiculous, so if I have to create new characters with head attachments instead of morphs, I feel like it adds to the silliness that I'm trying to achieve, and doesn't detract at all. Sure, I would appreciate any new features, and I expect that the new asset store concept will be helping that to happen; but I still have a lot to learn about what's already possible with Muvizu.

When I look at the amazing movies that have been made by the gurus here, it's evident that Muvizu's current potential is quite impressive, and the trend is in a positive direction. I might explore some other software, but I seriously doubt that I will abandon Muvizu. It's just too much fun!]]> Sun, 13 Mar 2016 17:31:10 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from urbanlamb
Anyhow so if you want more ability the solution is to be blunt; to pay for it

You also need to afford the hardware to run it. Animation is hard work though and in the end as your ambitions and ideas grow so will the price tag to get them to become real. Unless you decide to do everything inside blender and do it all yourself. ...which is a possibility but not for the feint of heart and what you trade of in cost off software you most certainly will be paying to assemble a renderfarm

so long story short you want to make pretty pictures beyond what is available in muvizu then its gonna cost ya in time and money or both. So at the end of the day its a question about how much you are invested as a person into this process which no matter how you slice it will never be straight forward or easy.
edited by urbanlamb on 13/03/2016]]> Sun, 13 Mar 2016 14:59:12 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from ziggy72 ]]> Sun, 13 Mar 2016 14:07:18 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from PatMarrNC Sat, 12 Mar 2016 22:58:00 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from braj Thu, 10 Mar 2016 05:03:27 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from PatMarrNC
There is actually an answer to the question that's more than just how one feels at the moment... it pertains to the result you want to achieve.]]> Wed, 09 Mar 2016 23:46:35 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from braj Wed, 09 Mar 2016 22:08:56 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from braj Wed, 09 Mar 2016 22:08:28 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from urbanlamb
I had a 660ti in my pc when i installed iclone 6 and it was not powerful enough so by new i mean very new like recently new

my currect pc which runs iclone 6 well is an new generation i7 with 6 quad cores, 16 gig of ram seems plenty although I guess if i added 32 it wouldnt hurt and my card is an nvidia 970. My previous system (the one that did not run it well had an older generation i7 , 12 gig of ram and an nvidia 660ti and it did not run iclone 6 well at all) so fair warning your pc has to be very modern

anyhow here is the feature matrix for the new iclone 6 and the 3d exchanges

http://www.reallusion.com/iclone/iclone_matrix.aspx

http://www.reallusion.com/iClone/3DXchange.html


It will run on lower end pc's but you wont be happy. So I say this so people understand you need to be able to afford a good pc or your gonna waste a lot of money and be complaining of crashes and bugs which are actually a result of the hardware your using. There are of course other bugs but iclone 6 is designed for up-to-date hardware.
edited by urbanlamb on 10/03/2016]]> Wed, 09 Mar 2016 21:58:30 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from braj
https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/]]> Wed, 09 Mar 2016 21:53:49 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from toonarama

https://www.reallusion.com/iclone5/iclone_matrix.aspx
edited by toonarama on 09/03/2016]]> Wed, 09 Mar 2016 21:38:19 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from braj Wed, 09 Mar 2016 21:02:26 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from PatMarrNC Wed, 09 Mar 2016 20:47:29 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from PatMarrNC
For those of you who like to make the Dreamworks -type animations, this is probably the right product for you. I'm basically a cartoonist looking for ways to animate my comic ideas, so the cartoonized actions and potato headed characters in Muvizu are perfect for my use.

It seems to me that for those who want more, the time saved in animation could easily get lost again in creating custom content. In contrast, there appears to be an abundance of relatively inexpensive and high quality content available for iClone. People who want to work in that environment might never need to make anything themselves.

But if they want to, they still can.

Bottom line, this is a no-brainer acquisition. Even at full price, Iclone seems to offer a pretty amazing cost / benefit ratio.

Damn. I'm too old for another software learning curve. Every time I think I'm ready to roll, something new comes along....]]> Wed, 09 Mar 2016 20:45:25 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from braj Wed, 09 Mar 2016 19:48:07 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from urbanlamb ziggy72 wrote:
On that page I'm shown as a CTA2TrialUser so the price is $199 for Pro - I'm not a proper member, apparently... but that's cool, it still gives me a chance to see how iclone works up close and personal like




did you register your iclone 5 and crap? along with that you fill in some account info and become a member.

The way to get the biggest bang for your buck is to purchase one piece of software from them like say crazytalk standard and then your automatically eligeable for lots of discounts unless you are watching for one of their huge specials which they have often. There is no reason to pay full price if you watch their sales lol.]]> Wed, 09 Mar 2016 19:43:17 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from braj Wed, 09 Mar 2016 19:16:42 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from ziggy72 ]]> Wed, 09 Mar 2016 18:23:39 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from urbanlamb
Members are redirected to this page http://www.reallusion.com/store/product.html?l=1&p=ic
for instance the member/upgrade price for me for iclone 6 pro is $119.00

I am assuming that this deal will make you an automatic member so that your eligeable for upgrade pricing and not paying the full wack. However if you want to use iclone and not be restricted your going to need to go for the iclone pro + 3dexchange pro package not just iclone which is just the engine and assets which you purchase and install. (well unless your not interested in importing anything then just get iclone pro)
edited by urbanlamb on 09/03/2016]]> Wed, 09 Mar 2016 17:34:04 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5585-animation-fans.aspx Message from ziggy72
Got it, installed it, everyone should do the same. It's free people!
edited by ziggy72 on 09/03/2016
Thanks Drewi!!
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