Forum - Importing Assets - A good Muvizu werewolf? - Messages http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5519-a-good-muvizu-werewolf.aspx Forum - Importing Assets - A good Muvizu werewolf? - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Thu, 03 Mar 2016 18:19:31 GMT Thu, 03 Mar 2016 18:19:31 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5519-a-good-muvizu-werewolf.aspx Message from PatMarrNC
I've spent a lot of time thinking about the potential synergy among these apps. For speed, Muvizu is king... nobody else is even close. I think using Anime Studo or Poser for the occasional scene where you need to show something that you'd rather not merely imply... that can be done fairly easily without too much extra work (except for recreating the character and rigging it... but once you've done that (much like the creation of any other prop that will be resused in your production) you can pose the character or animate anything you want.

So I guess the point I'm hoping to make is that once you have your character created in multiple paradigms, the occasional 2 second closeup in a different program shouldn't affect production time nearly as much as dividing the animation sequences among the different programs.]]> Thu, 03 Mar 2016 18:19:31 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5519-a-good-muvizu-werewolf.aspx Message from PatMarrNC Thu, 03 Mar 2016 18:10:46 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5519-a-good-muvizu-werewolf.aspx Message from ziggy72 ]]> Thu, 03 Mar 2016 17:33:48 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5519-a-good-muvizu-werewolf.aspx Message from braj
I am going to try and make some things I can share, with my own textures, I just need to find the energy, I want to get some momentum on the little fantasy thing, that's why I decided to forgo using Poser for animating the werewolf, and now I feel encouraged to make some goblins or something, trolls under a bridge perhaps. I have the process down now, just import a screenshot of the needed character into Blender and start sculpting, and get the eyes to fit well. And now I understand hands too, I hadn't tried that but I can probably quickly make some insectoid props and stuff of I could share. I want to be a good citizen here :0 and see Muvizu thrive, so again, when I get a chance I'll be doing some original stuff, hopefully ok quality.Blender is really good for this I'm finding.
edited by braj on 03/03/2016]]> Thu, 03 Mar 2016 06:17:26 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5519-a-good-muvizu-werewolf.aspx Message from mindiflyth
If I was going to criticize Muvizu, I'd say that I'd like to see more customization options and less "finished" stuff. Characters like Mandy and the new Asian characters look great, but you've only got a few outfits to choose from for their look. I'd like to see more options for the existing characters, or new characters with more options. I used to do stuff on Xtranormal and it was a big frustration how you could hardly customize anything. Muvizu is much, much more customizable, but I see these new characters without a lot of options and I worry Muvizu may be moving in the wrong direction. I'd really like to see the superhero characters have just as many options as the other older characters, so you could easily give Beefy the dog head or bunny ears or whatever.]]> Thu, 03 Mar 2016 05:37:21 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5519-a-good-muvizu-werewolf.aspx Message from braj

edited by braj on 03/03/2016]]> Thu, 03 Mar 2016 05:12:16 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5519-a-good-muvizu-werewolf.aspx Message from braj
One thing that would be cool to see is what Anime Studio calls 'switch layers'. These are basically a folder with assets that has a switch, so you can move between assets and create an animation, it would make a opening/closing mouth possible, even two items that you could switch between as necessary would be enough to get the effects I want in one scene without having to change characters. Changing the head pieces are harder than just saving off a favorite character and using the two characters together, that's what I'll be doing anyhow. Now I need to figure out how to give him claws. I don't see that there are any way to do that except a simple texture with paint for nails, but it should look ok. If anyone has any suggestions... if Muvizu people are listening, claws for Beefy would be great.

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Oh, yeah, the environment is Muvizu.]]> Mon, 29 Feb 2016 04:55:57 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5519-a-good-muvizu-werewolf.aspx Message from mindiflyth
If it's a frozen head, I think you can get away with more if the mouth is closed or only open a little. If his mouth is wide open but not moving that kind of looks frozen, like a taxidermy head, but if his mouth is closed that could look more natural.

I'm kind of a noob myself and I don't have Muvizu open to check this, but could you make Beefy's real head invisible so it won't show through the wolf head?]]> Mon, 29 Feb 2016 04:48:26 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5519-a-good-muvizu-werewolf.aspx Message from braj Mon, 29 Feb 2016 04:25:34 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5519-a-good-muvizu-werewolf.aspx Message from braj
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9300947/wOLFTEST1.mp4]]> Mon, 29 Feb 2016 04:24:21 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5519-a-good-muvizu-werewolf.aspx Message from mindiflyth edited by mindiflyth on 29/02/2016]]> Mon, 29 Feb 2016 02:07:55 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5519-a-good-muvizu-werewolf.aspx Message from braj What is especially cool is that I can import AVI files so I can put the actual animated scene right next to my model while working, that is going to make the integration a lot nicer. I'm really loving Poser right now. I'm going to try and update to the pro version when I can, I was thinking of getting iClone but the cost to get to the point where I'm at in Muvizu alone would be more than I can afford, I'm disabled and have very limited means. I think iClone would be great eventually, or something else at that time perhaps, but for right now this pipeline of Muvizu>Poser>Sony Movie Studio seems pretty great. If anyone is interested I saw the version 9 standard that I have online for $30 the other day, it can be had cheap here and there. I think the rendering in that version works well enough with Muvizu, you can adjust the shaders etc so it is flexible. It has Collada export (no armature though) so if you find Poser models you like, you can easily export and convert them to FBX in Blender.]]> Tue, 23 Feb 2016 20:25:25 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5519-a-good-muvizu-werewolf.aspx Message from PatMarrNC
Poser also has a character designer and a surprisingly easy-to-use way of rigging 3D models that were created in other software. For somebody doing a series that requires a recurring character, it would be worth the effort to model the character and rig it in Poser. It would be perfect for creating any one-off pose or movement, which could then be spliced into the final version.

Poser also has completely rigged hands, which could be used for close-ups in which manipulation of an object is necessary.]]> Mon, 22 Feb 2016 14:03:19 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5519-a-good-muvizu-werewolf.aspx Message from braj That will make all the difference making this believable. I FINALLY after years of owning Poser but barely using it now know how to use the walk designer, it is stupid easy, so getting the character in Muvizu sets now will be easy. I'm so excited Now I really need to work on the script, no more excuses. The wolf is going to have way more of a prominent role now, before I was going to hide Beefy in the shadows so he didn't look too awful, now the wolf can shine. I better get some sleep now.]]> Mon, 22 Feb 2016 10:19:36 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5519-a-good-muvizu-werewolf.aspx Message from braj PatMarrNC wrote:
Looks kinda like the werewolf breeder neglected to have this one neutered.... ;-)


Haha, yeah, that is supposed to cover his privates, not look like his privates. Luckily that was removable. It doesn't look as bad in 'person' though ]]> Sun, 21 Feb 2016 18:32:40 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5519-a-good-muvizu-werewolf.aspx Message from PatMarrNC Sun, 21 Feb 2016 15:34:10 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5519-a-good-muvizu-werewolf.aspx Message from braj Sun, 21 Feb 2016 07:55:42 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5519-a-good-muvizu-werewolf.aspx Message from PatMarrNC
(Ba-boom! Tsh!) ;-)]]> Sun, 21 Feb 2016 07:53:06 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5519-a-good-muvizu-werewolf.aspx Message from braj
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