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27/08/2011 09:42:35

pyrrho
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Posts: 123 		May I draw your attention to this news item. As well as announcing the target release date for the next Muvizu update, it also solicits suggestions for a video short competition for which AMD is giving away a Fusion-powered laptop. (There's info on Fusion APUs here: http://sites.amd.com/us/fusion/apu/Pages/fusion.aspx) As the item says, we fancy a free-for-all of 10-second clips on any subject, but what would you like?

Further, we're trying to encourage news and political satire and, again, are thinking about a competition, perhaps a weekly prize.

Last but not least, there's just over a month left to get your submissions to the Machinima Expo 2011 competition, details here.

So, check the news item and post your suggestions in the comment box.
edited by pyrrho on 27/08/2011
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01/09/2011 19:32:02

pyrrho
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Posts: 123 		Win an AMD Fusion-powered laptop

To celebrate our imminent release of the next version of Muvizu 3D animation software, we're running a video short competition and are delighted to announce that the chip-maker AMD is donating the first prize in the form of a laptop powered by the latest accelerated processing technology, the AMD A-Series APU. (We don't yet know what the second and third prizes will be.)

For all the official and technical information about AMD Fusion APUs - accelerated processing units - you should visit AMD's dedicated pages here: http://sites.amd.com/us/fusion/apu/Pages/fusion.aspx

This will tell you everything you could possibly want to know about the technology. In layman’s terms, though, Fusion APUs allow for absolutely brilliant graphics performance without the usual power overheads, so a Fusion APU-powered laptop makes perfect sense if you're going to be running apps such as Muvizu.

We're lucky enough to have been lent a Fusion laptop for evaluation and the verdict from Jamie, our lead QA, is that it runs Muvizu like a dream. It also gets his mark of excellence as a gaming machine. (Details of the machine he's using are here: http://www.muvizu.com/forum/topic1128-general-discussion.aspx#post6638 )

So, what can we tell you about the competition? Originally, we thought that we'd ask for 10-second Muvizu clips on any subject under the sun. We're still going to take clips about anything that you fancy making, but, given comments posted in response to a recent news item - http://www.muvizu.com/News/101/Release-countdown - and other feedback, we've decided to relax the time limit. We've now decided that your video must be a minimum of 10 seconds and a maximum of 30.

Full terms and conditions, with all the impenetrable legal spiel, will be posted on or soon after the Muvizu upgrade is released next week. In the meantime, you should know that:

- Entrants must be registered Muvizu users
- If you're not yet 13 years old, your Muvizu gatekeeper may submit entries on your behalf
- Videos submitted must be your original, unpublished work
- You may not use any copyrighted material - including audio, video, imagery, logos, text, dialogue and anything I've missed - without the written permission of the copyright holder. Really, it'd be easier just to avoid it and make your own stuff
- You may enter as many times as you fancy and each submission will be treated as a separate entry
- All animation must be created using Muvizu, but, naturally, you may import images, audio, video and other files created with other software into your Muvizu project; again, the earlier copyright caveat applies
- All entries are subject to the Muvizu 3D software terms and conditions, which we know you've all read thoroughly and with passionate interest

We're looking at a cut-off date for submissions of around the first week in November. We'll let you know the exact date and time, plus information on how to submit your entries (please hang on to any you create in the meantime, don't publish them anywhere), as soon as we've finalised all the details.

Best regards,
The Muvizu team
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