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| | | I don't know if anyone else has seen this, but in the gift buying guide in the November 27 issue of US News & World Report there is a review of the movie maker set: "Lego & Steven Spielberg MovieMaker Set ($180) - Kids can capture their (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Lego review in US News & World Report —Michael Gasperi
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| | | | "Greg Majewski" <citrusx__@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:G4t14B.yw@lugnet.com... (...) They must be kidding. It is only 320x200 and looks like a moving watercolor painting when your done. I wonder if they only looked at the examples provided on (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Lego review in US News & World Report —Brian J. Sayatovic
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| | | | Can someone post some example movies here, or on the web? -- ---...--- Brian J. Sayatovic mailto:trin@1.net (replace '1' with 'one') "Michael Gasperi" <gasperi@alynk.com> wrote in message news:G4uC74.M68@lugnet.com... (...) watercolor (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Lego review in US News & World Report —Dean Husby
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| | | | | (...) The ones I tried to do were SO SAD that I'm WAY to embarrassed to show... I've since purchased a Studio DC10Plus (from the flier that came in the case) and will try again. Did you see my review of the Lego Studio?/ Dean (...) -- Coin-Op's For (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Moviemaker Set Video Clips (WAS: Lego review in US News & World Report) —Ed Mayhall
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| | | | 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 (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Moviemaker Set Video Clips (WAS: Lego review in US News & World Report) —Jeff Johnston
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| | | | (...) Eh? I was thinking about getting the set...which features specifically are not present? And what sort of 'tips' do they give? J (23 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Moviemaker Set Video Clips (WAS: Lego review in US News & World Report) —Ed Mayhall
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| | | | (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Moviemaker Set Video Clips (WAS: Lego review in US News & World Report) —Jason Rowoldt
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| | | | 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 (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Moviemaker Set Video Clips (WAS: Lego review in US News & World Report) —Jeff Johnston
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| | | | | (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Moviemaker Set Video Clips (WAS: Lego review in US News & World Report) —Ed Mayhall
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| | | | | | | (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Moviemaker Set Video Clips (WAS: Lego review in US News & World Report) —Stephen F. Roberts
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| | | | | | (...) ...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 (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Moviemaker Set Video Clips (WAS: Lego review in US News & World Report) —Ed Mayhall
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| | | | | (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Moviemaker Set Video Clips (WAS: Lego review in US News & World Report) —Robert Thomas
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| | | | | | | 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 (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Moviemaker Set Video Clips (WAS: Lego review in US News & World Report) —Dean Husby
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| | | | | | | | (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Moviemaker Set Video Clips (WAS: Lego review in US News & World Report) —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | | (...) 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 (23 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Moviemaker Set Video Clips (WAS: Lego review in US News & World Report) —Dean Husby
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| | | | | | | | (...) The only thing different between the two cams is the colour. (...) Well yes, the Studio software allows you to edit your clips in far more detail. At confined resolutions. The VC cam lets you capture up to 640x480 with full control over the (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Moviemaker Set Video Clips (WAS: Lego review in US News & World Report) —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Moviemaker Set Video Clips (WAS: Lego review in US News & World Report) —Ed Mayhall
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| | | | | | (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Moviemaker Set Video Clips (WAS: Lego review in US News & World Report) —Stephen F. Roberts
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| | | | | | (...) ...There's a patch? The "online update" trick said everything was peachy... what did the patch cover? (I had no support issues (at least not yet)). Is the patch available through other channels? --- wubwub wubwub@wildlink.com www.sitcatsit.com (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Moviemaker Set Video Clips (WAS: Lego review in US News & World Report) —Ed Mayhall
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| | | | | | (...) what (...) patch (...) All I know is it kept me from getting a GPF everytime I tried to use the camera. I could get into the software with no problems but when I tried to record something it would poop out on me. The was no readme file so I do (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Moviemaker Set Video Clips (WAS: Lego review in US News & World Report) —Peter Vogel
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| | | | (...) have (...) people can (...) site, (...) false (...) Perhaps it's a recent addition because of this thread (I wouldn't know, this is the first time I've gone to the studios site) but beside each clip as it is playing are the following words: (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Moviemaker Set Video Clips (WAS: Lego review in US News & World Report) —Dean Husby
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| | | | (...) It is nowhere on the box, manual or anything else that comes with the package. They are guilty of FALSE ADVERTISING, no question about it. I've seen some works of art popping up on sites. They look like they took a lot of work and planning. (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Moviemaker Set Video Clips (WAS: Lego review in US News & World Report) —Ed Mayhall
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| | | | (...) lot (...) Hey now...Support told me that the image qualty was poor because I did not have the correct lighting. I need to go find some studio lights I guess and see if that makes the picture as crystal clear as theirs. :) I have actually (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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