Forum - Characters - custom character and action , Muvizu style - Messages http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic6304-custom-character-and-action--muvizu-style.aspx Forum - Characters - custom character and action , Muvizu style - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Wed, 12 Apr 2017 03:50:33 GMT Wed, 12 Apr 2017 03:50:33 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic6304-custom-character-and-action--muvizu-style.aspx Message from drychalice Wed, 12 Apr 2017 03:50:33 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic6304-custom-character-and-action--muvizu-style.aspx Message from blickfang Tue, 11 Apr 2017 16:42:16 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic6304-custom-character-and-action--muvizu-style.aspx Message from drewi ]]> Mon, 10 Apr 2017 10:35:06 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic6304-custom-character-and-action--muvizu-style.aspx Message from Ammostro Mon, 10 Apr 2017 08:30:45 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic6304-custom-character-and-action--muvizu-style.aspx Message from ukBerty Mon, 10 Apr 2017 06:20:48 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic6304-custom-character-and-action--muvizu-style.aspx Message from PatMarrNC Rodrisilva wrote:
Amazing Pat !
Expertly made. If we want to change arms movements according music rythm, we only need to rework animated texture.
edited by Rodrisilva on 09/04/2017


exactly!

But if you just need generic movement that doesn't have to be perfect, this type of animation works like the guitar player loops. In fact, I made it follow a tempo of 120 beats per minute, which is the speed the standard muvizu musicians seem to use. As such, when you see a mixture of muvizu characters and my characters on the same stage, they look like they're in synch.

Especially if the song was recorded at 120 bpm

Hopefully I'll have a video featuring all 3 characters by the end of the month.]]> Mon, 10 Apr 2017 00:07:57 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic6304-custom-character-and-action--muvizu-style.aspx Message from PatMarrNC
1) when you make the animated textures from the individual arm textures, you might have to flip the images 180 degrees top-to-bottom. If you don't do that, the limbs and textures won't line up

2) Prior to UVmapping the arms, the whole static model should be triangulated. If the trangulation happens automatically, it can affect the alignment of the textures

Its a bit of work, but it illustrates that a framework exists for changing character appearance and even specific unsupported actions. Once you know how to do this, you can add any action your scene might require.

Notes:
1) Anime Studio /Moho creates AVI that Muvizu can use as a texture or on a backdrop

2) You don't have to use Poser to position your limbs. You can manually model everything or use a variety of other programs (like DAZ, Blender, Milkshape etc) that allow the posing of rigged characters. But if you have Poser, it works pretty well for ... um... posing.

Since Digimania and Smith Micro (parent company to both Poser and Moho) have collaboratively cross marketed their products recently, I thought it might be good to mention their products as being good companions to Muvizu.

;-)]]> Mon, 10 Apr 2017 00:01:01 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic6304-custom-character-and-action--muvizu-style.aspx Message from Rodrisilva Expertly made. If we want to change arms movements according music rythm, we only need to rework animated texture.
edited by Rodrisilva on 09/04/2017]]> Sun, 09 Apr 2017 23:58:14 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic6304-custom-character-and-action--muvizu-style.aspx Message from PatMarrNC
The following is a 2 minute video showing how I made the upright bass player, but they're all basically the same procedure. The video goes pretty fast, as I intended it to be a quick overview on what's possible. If you want to get more out of it (like a step by step understanding of how to duplicate the results, you might need to watch it multiple times and take notes.




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edited by PatMarrNC on 10/04/2017]]> Sun, 09 Apr 2017 23:40:25 GMT