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(...) It's a shame there isn't a bit more. How long did you spend on that, Mike? I tried to do some POV animation a while back, but the learning curve was a little too steep for what I wanted to do. (21 years ago, 2-Jan-04, to lugnet.animation)
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Usually people try to finish projects before they release them, but...got to make room for other projects, you know. So I stopped production of "Piano Player", which I started a few weeks ago while waiting for components to arrive for the next (...) (21 years ago, 23-Dec-03, to lugnet.animation)
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"Mike Thorn" <buachaille@neo.rr.com> schreef in bericht news:6.0.1.1.0.20031....rr.com... (...) feet (...) Uhm... maybe it IS just you ;) I, for example, would put on shoes in this case... and the key issue of animation is making photos of NEARLY (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-03, to lugnet.animation)
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Just a short announcement here... Spotted Cow Studios has just completed its 'Upcoming Films' page at the Studios' website: (URL) and click on "Upcoming Films." On this page you can see short progress reports and a short description of each (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-03, to lugnet.animation)
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Who do you know in their right mind that would stand in their stocking feet on a cold, hard cement floor in their basement for three straight hours endlessly clicking off over 650 photos of exactly the same thing?? We animators are a nutty lot. :) (...) (21 years ago, 13-Dec-03, to lugnet.animation)
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(...) Specifically, make sure you get one that does all the above in streaming webcam mode. The most valuable tool in stop-mo animation is onion-skinning. This generally only works in "webcam" mode, in my experience. I use a Logitech QuickCam Pro (...) (21 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.animation)
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Spotted Cow Studios is pleased to release a trailer for their latest project (pending copyright approval)... The Valley Of Dry Bones (URL) trailer includes some still shots of the scenes as well as some concept animation lovingly crafted by PoV-Ray. (...) (21 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.animation)
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(URL) mentioned somewhere: (URL) (21 years ago, 7-Dec-03, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) I don't have the Pro4K though I've heard great things about it. However, I would recommend that you spend a little more and go out and buy yourself a digital camera, somewhere in the 2+MP range. The reasons being that you will get excellent (...) (21 years ago, 5-Dec-03, to lugnet.animation)
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Up to this point I have been using a sony miniDV camcorder with firewire. But I want to switch to something USB. I have heard the QuickCam ro 400 is pretty good, anyone have experience with it? Or any other recommendations? Thanks, Rand (21 years ago, 5-Dec-03, to lugnet.animation)
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It's been a while since I contributed to my favorite group, so I thought I would post this... This afternoon while I was, uh...working hard, I happened to see one of my Technic figure seats laying around and it occurred to me that the backrest was (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-03, to lugnet.animation)
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(...) Thanks for the kind words! It was all luck. I started with a pic that had fortuitous lighting: (URL) initial thought was just to add a lens flare using PhotoImpact (www.ulead.com). After a lot of fiddling around I added lightning: (URL) then I (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.animation)
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(...) And of course how you created the zap effect. I can quite easily create the fireball (I did a smaller version in my film Glowing Orbs) but the lightning stumps me. You didn't draw each part by hand, did you?! ~Mike (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) really cool - to me - how the slowness of the effects actually makes the segment seem longer than it is. Most folks who would show off a clip that short would have something that just went ZIP! and you wouldn't really now what you'd seen. The (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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My paint program tweens! Woo hoo! (URL) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) Jeff - I don't have any specific advice to give about your problems but you might be able to get some help from the company that put together the LEGO Studios software - Pinnacle Systems. Their website is www.pinnaclesys.com. Maybe you can (...) (21 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.animation)
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i have windows me & had lego studios loaded & working successfully before. i tried loading th spiderman sounds, but the computer said it couldn't read a kernel file or something to that effect. ditto on the monster studios sounds. i then tried (...) (21 years ago, 22-Nov-03, to lugnet.animation)
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(...) At least when living in a cave you don't have to see commercials with things being made out of MegaBloks. ;) AB (21 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.build)
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(...) Ok, so living in a cave isn't all it's chalked up to be. I guess I really am behind the times. Carry on... ~Mike (21 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.build)
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(...) It was brougt up on OT clone-brands in mid October: (URL) (21 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.build)
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