 | | Re: Moviemaker Set Video Clips (WAS: Lego review in US News & World Report)
|
|
(...) I had great help from Tech support with this problem. Once I convinced the guy that I knew what I was doing and I had already tried everything there was to try. I got the same patch that I told him SHOULD be on the website. The phone support (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Moviemaker Set Video Clips (WAS: Lego review in US News & World Report)
|
|
(...) I can't respond to the main thrust of this thread, but I do want to share my family's experience with tech support. My sons got LEGO Studio for Christmas. They installed the software on our Win98 machine. It kept GPF'ing. On Dec 27 (with a (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Moviemaker Set Video Clips (WAS: Lego review in US News & World Report)
|
|
(...) Are the cameras in Vision Command and LEGO Studio the same product? Does the Studio software do anything the Vision Command software doesn't? Steve (24 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Moviemaker Set Video Clips (WAS: Lego review in US News & World Report)
|
|
(...) ...That's partly a byproduct of MPGs. The sound does not necessarily sync with the video (depending on the client system (this is all IIRC, and YMMV)). (...) ...The cam can be had for $50ish or so (tho not with the cool LEGO studs on it). Its (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Moviemaker Set Video Clips (WAS: Lego review in US News & World Report)
|
|
(...) The issue here is not the quality of the cam per say. The Vision Command set is GREAT. For $139CDN you get parts, the cam, and some really neat software. The Vision recognition is cool but it comes with a camera control program that lets you (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Review: 7316 - Life On Mars: Excavation Searcher
|
|
(...) This purple is not the same as Belville lavender. I think it's the "sand" greyish version of purple. Frank (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.reviews)
|
| |
| | Re: Moviemaker Set Video Clips (WAS: Lego review in US News & World Report)
|
|
OK This is not the best thing out there but for some people STUDIOS is just fine. I dont think that LEGO intended for adults to by as many of these as we all did. You must remind your self that this is a first run program. There will be updates to (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Moviemaker Set Video Clips (WAS: Lego review in US News & World Report)
|
|
(...) The worst part is I got no answer from the tech support when I called or from the email I wrote. The only fix the guy on the phone gave me was to do what I had already done and that was not the fix I wanted. (...) is (...) This is the only (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Moviemaker Set Video Clips (WAS: Lego review in US News & World Report)
|
|
(...) track? (...) Not I. The three quick shows that I have done came out real nice. If you want to check em out you can find them here: (URL)This is all pretty disappointing. I was starting to get all fired up to do some (...) Studios (...) If you (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Review: 7316 - Life On Mars: Excavation Searcher
|
|
In lugnet.reviews, Karim Nassar writes an excellent, prescient review: (...) <snip> (...) Dude, how'd you *do* that? You wrote this, like, 4 years ago and you've been keeping it to yourself all this time?? Whoa. No fair. Mom, Karim's got a wayback (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
|
| |
| | Re: Moviemaker Set Video Clips (WAS: Lego review in US News & World Report)
|
|
(...) Have you run into a problem with syncing the sound track up with the video track? I seem to recall others reporting that. (...) This is all pretty disappointing. I was starting to get all fired up to do some LEGOmation, but it sounds like I'd (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Moviemaker Set Video Clips (WAS: Lego review in US News & World Report)
|
|
I can answer some of these... (...) show (...) graphics (...) I have never tried this, I only assumed it worked. That SUCKS. Generally, I have found the Studios software very buggy. I have had luck importing sounds, but never the overlays. (...) You (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Moviemaker Set Video Clips (WAS: Lego review in US News & World Report)
|
|
(...) Here are the things I mentioned in the email that I wrote them: 1. The binoculars with night vision. - I have used Photoshop to make my own image and saved it as a TGA (with alpha channel - I knew about this and it was a good thing since there (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Moviemaker Set Video Clips (WAS: Lego review in US News & World Report)
|
|
(...) Eh? I was thinking about getting the set...which features specifically are not present? And what sort of 'tips' do they give? J (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Moviemaker Set Video Clips (WAS: Lego review in US News & World Report)
|
|
If you are still looking for some example movies I have a few short clips that I did this week at the following URL: (URL) have been very disappointed with some of the missing features that I read about or that they mention in the tips section. I (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Life on Mars -- short and sweet reviews (7312 & 7314 )
|
|
(...) I had been calling it "mauve". I wouldn't want a whole tub of these pastel bricks, but they only use a small amount of it for highlighting, and it looks OK. I built this set <set:7314> yesterday, and I liked the design and piece selection. I (...) (24 years ago, 26-Dec-00, to lugnet.reviews)
|
| |
| | Review: 7316 - Life On Mars: Excavation Searcher
|
|
7316 Space/ Life on Mars Excavation Searcher Ages 7-12, 471 Pcs. (C)2001. 59 page manual: 3 models. Price Range: US$49 RATINGS (Scale: Must-Have Excellent Very-Good Good Fair Poor) Set: Very Good / Models: Good / Playability: Very Good DECALS? No (...) (24 years ago, 19-Dec-00, to lugnet.reviews)
|
| |
| | 8458 Silver Champion review
|
|
<set:8458 8450 Silver Champion> TECHNIC: Create 'N' Race Ages 11+, 1413 Pieces. Price: MSRP US$170, CN$250. Bought it at CN$170+15%tax (~US$129) Silver Champion - The set that make you say "wow' when you first look at it, and then a big "yawn" when (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.technic)
|
| |
| | Review of 8236 Bike Burner
|
|
<set:8236 Bike Burner> TECHNIC: Speed Slammers 60 pieces, $8.99 CDN PARTS: A good value. Some of the more interesting parts are two green 3-long flex-tube things, two green 2x4 peg right-angled beams, two green 4x4 peg obtuse-angled beams, two green (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.reviews)
|
| |
| | Re: LEGO Maniacs' guide on adequate.com
|
|
(...) No, I don't think that was it (I never was on rtl). I think it was just the fact that *I* hadn't been there for awhile, made me think for some reason that it was abondoned. But I was obviously wrong. :-) (...) <nod> I know what it's like to (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.publish)
|
