Benney, I'll send it over then.

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Originally posted by P_R7:
Benney, I'll send it over then.

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Man, I know how STF must feel with losing his flash drive. My sister (same one that bought the lappy) lost her flash drive. It had all her most important things on it, websites, school, personal projects, etc.

Another thing, I own A LOT of models because I do game design. I have something like, 700-900 models. Several things stood out when reading the the pages here, such things as:

Rocks,
Plants, (Grass, and other types of vegetation)
A medieval styled (wood) mug and bowl
Barrels (old wood ones)
Beds
Skeleton
Human Models (WW2, but they could probably be retextured. You would just need to take off the helmet and such)
Gold Bars
Chairs (Might need a retexture for this movie)
Etc, Etc...

The list goes on and on. The problem: most of these were made in MAX. But some (quite a few) were made in Anim8or. Another thing, I didn't make the models. I've received them from many people. Most people that gave me the models have said that I could use them royalty freem in any project. However, some of them I can't. So I'll have to trace most models back to their owners before I post them on the Anim8orMovieZone site. By the way, I still need to register there... oops
Welp, I better go. Tell me what you think about the models...

P.S. One more thing about the models. Even though I have... a lot of models, only like, fifty would apply to this project, and I could only use, like 25 because of copyright issues, and because some of them I am not allowed to use for public projects (as explained above), and because I think, as I believe others think, that most the models made for this project should be made useing Anim8or. Anyways, toodly pip, I must go
-Sunflash

EDIT: Lol, I joined the Yahoo group, but I didn't finish the message I was supposed to right for the moderator. I sent it in mid sentance, lol. So thats why it ends really odd...

Some models:
http://www.uploadfile.info/uploads/7ab10eff66.jpg

Some Terrain I made in thirty seconds for demonstartion purposes:
http://www.uploadfile.info/uploads/74cff63312.jpg

By "hair", I mean "mane", yes, I just didn't know what was it called and I wos to lazy to look in the dictionary lol, I knew you would get it

well... I made some concept art on princes Postula, It's on yahoo also but here it is in swf format (extremly low size in Kb and infinite quality )
Princes Postula blonde
Princes Postula red hair
Princes Postula dark-blue hair
[EDIT] And you can change the pic's resollutin in imageshack, if you think it's too small, couse default is 640x480, just click to higher res make it bigger [/Edit]

So tell me what you think, well .. It's anime and maybe has strange anatomy... but it's a concept art more for chlothes and hair

Hey sunflash... corect me if I'm wrong but I think that laptops usually have weaker audio cards than PC's... Check the quality of recorded audion on the lap and then see if you think it's satisfying...
Maybe we even could use *some* of the models you offer... if they'r good enough, for example that tree of yours is cool for being like at least 10 meters away from camera - but it wouldnt look very pritty in a close shot... couse It's >extremly< low poly.

About the terrain, I'm wondering how is it exporting - what happens to texture then? I dont think we'll be able to import it along with texture in anim8or - correct me if I'm wrong.
And can it export env cubes ? That would be usefull .. if the T.Ed has more than one env cube...

I'd like we stick as much as possible to anim8or but we might cheat here and there and use some other programs like ted - or like the models from max... but only a little bit!

We actually started making this movie to show the world how good anim8or actually is !
So I think at least 90% of stuff should purely be anim8or made.

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Hey sunflash... corect me if I'm wrong but I think that laptops usually have weaker audio cards than PC's... Check the quality of recorded audion on the lap and then see if you think it's satisfying...

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You are most likly right. I'm dreading that:-)

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By Mr. Smeagol:
for example that tree of yours is cool for being like at least 10 meters away from camera - but it wouldnt look very pritty in a close shot... couse It's >extremly< low poly.

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Yes, thats why I thought it best to use your trees for the close ups, and mine for the "trees in the distance" shots. They're low poly, so they'd be good in bunches, and you don't see exactly how low poly they really are when they're all put together. It looks better... I think. Plus, if the new version of the (Treemagik) program comes out, the trees made with it will be trillions times better... but yes, it's total cheating.

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About the terrain, I'm wondering how is it exporting - what happens to texture then? I dont think we'll be able to import it along with texture in anim8or - correct me if I'm wrong.
And can it export env cubes ? That would be usefull .. if the T.Ed has more than one env cube...

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Well, they can export into .X format (I can then convert to .3DS, and then to .An8)
while the texture will export to a "supersize" texture, which is basicly, if you didn't know, is when the texture has been shrunk. When it is applied to a very LARGE object (such as terrain) it can be stretched without loss of data. I don't know how you would ever apply it to the terrain, but I guess people do. It's used mostly to save space in 3D Games. But it would save scores of space for this project. Well I don't know. Maybe you guys know how those textures work. I still need to get a book on the matter.

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By Mr. Smeagol:
I'd like we stick as much as possible to anim8or but we might cheat here and there and use some other programs like ted - or like the models from max... but only a little bit!
We actually started making this movie to show the world how good anim8or actually is !
So I think at least 90% of stuff should purely be anim8or made.

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Yes, I feel the same way about this. So any donations I make, should be minimum (besides things made with Anim8or).
lol, but hey, it's not totally cheating, this could show the power of Anim8or's Import features. lol, we may even get funded by T.ed to put terrains in:-).
-Sunflash

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BTW, I've only read the first page of this topic...

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Read the rest... i know it's not 5 minute reading but read it and than start asking questions and giving suggestions...
well for example - if you read it all you'd know that we have the script and that it's almost finished - like 99,95% finished.
And so on...
Maybe you caould also be of some help - just read everything first ok ?

Sunflash - about the terrain textures, I think you'r reffering to seamless textures whaen texture seamlessly repeats itself, I used that on the bark of my tree for example, and there is no better way i can think of texturing anything big, especially landscape. The only problem i have is that there may only be one big seamles texture on one landscape, and if I, let's say, add anotherone, like when i want sandy area or road, I must mix all kind of seamles textures on the polygon base, and that's kind of tricky, I dont know how T.Ed does it... it probably has some sort of more advanced seamles texturing ability...
I don't really understand what you mean by "supersize" texture. Maybe you mean totaly big texture for whole landscape that's already uv-mapped by T.Ed, texture like 9000*9000 px... that big textures are veeery hard on ram / virtual memory of the PC, and also we should keep our models and everything small enough to be able to upload it to yahoo, or share it in any way with other members.
Is T.Ed exporting uv-mapped terrains? that would be cool!

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Sunflash - about the terrain textures, I think you'r reffering to seamless textures whaen texture seamlessly repeats itself, I used that on the bark of my tree for example, and there is no better way i can think of texturing anything big, especially landscape. The only problem i have is that there may only be one big seamles texture on one landscape, and if I, let's say, add anotherone, like when i want sandy area or road, I must mix all kind of seamles textures on the polygon base, and that's kind of tricky, I dont know how T.Ed does it... it probably has some sort of more advanced seamles texturing ability...
I don't really understand what you mean by "supersize" texture. Maybe you mean totaly big texture for whole landscape that's already uv-mapped by T.Ed, texture like 9000*9000 px... that big textures are veeery hard on ram / virtual memory of the PC, and also we should keep our models and everything small enough to be able to upload it to yahoo, or share it in any way with other members.
Is T.Ed exporting uv-mapped terrains? that would be cool!

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I stopped checking the board cause everyone was over here, and now my cookie died... I'll reply over there.

Sorry, I missed my deadline. The script is about 85% done, about half is rewritten. I might put it up just so you guys can see it.

Check my photo album for a new concept art. I forgot to tell anyone except benney.

I think our humans should be from scratch if that's possible.

Welcome, MimoMovieMaker! (May I cal you M? it's so much faster...) We're glad for everybody we get!

I'd be glad for some help with the fight scene, but everything else I'd prefer to handle myself. Most of the collaboration in scriptwriting goes on during the early stages, which we've passed.
[qoute]I am also good at editing and would be more than happy to edit the movie. [/quote]
Wonderful! We don't have an do have a good internet connection fast enough to download the entire movie in pieces?

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I havn't read all the posts to this thread and so I'm not really sure what's going on but it seems you're waiting for version 1.0.

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I also think we need to have a "manager"/"Leader" or "Director" is the word i'm looking for! Then he can assign people to jobs and we can get movie making!

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This would mean we would need to communicate with an instant messenger or email maybe?

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Hope I will be of some use anyway!

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http://www.uploadfile.info/uploads/ba45d8d4b6.jpg

This gets stretched over a large terrain. As you can tell, this isn't a seamless/tileable texture. And just so you know, you can change the size of the image, this is just my default size.

Also, Valve (company that made Half-Life) used supertexures in Half-Life, so you can (if you own the game) look throught he texture directories and see the textures. And yes, the texture is properly mapped to the terrain, you just might have trouble getting it to work in Anim8or

Sure you can call me M (or MMM might be better to help distinguish)! I'm glad thescripts sorted but would have loved to have had a go at script writing! Not to worry! I'm sure I will do it for another project! I have been using Windows Movie Maker to edit movies for about 2 years now and have produced some pretty good outcomes! Don't think that using a free programme (yes WMM is free) for editing will make the final outcome look bad becuase i've really streched Movie Maker! I am starting to study XML code (this may make no sense to you)! which means I can create custom transitions, effects and titles (don't worry if you didn't understand that. it just means I can create some cool stuff)! I would be more than happy to edit the movie as I enjoy doing it!I'm not sure how good my internet speed is but it is broadband and I believe is quite fast. I suppose we'll worry about editing once the production stage is complete.

I have a few questions first.

What will the title of the movie be? Or is it Anim8or Movie?

What stage are you at production wise?

Have you covered lip sync as I hear that's hard!

and last of all do I get the part of editor?

Now for the Q:

How will i make the "puffy part" at the top of it ( i forget the name ) or is it even needed could i just make some branches sticking out?

Any other suggestions?

Nice concept art for the Princess i like the blonde and blue hair the best, the red doesn't really fit her character.

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tip for creating brick textures:
http://www.3d-rekonstruktionen.de/bricksntiles/
i found them accidentally by wandering trough the anim8or archive forum. I think they'll be a great addition to the castle and the dark tower.

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Wow, thats really helpful! it's really easy to use. I found a program to, It's called Dark Voices (I believe). I find a link...

http://darkbasicpro.thegamecreators.com/?f=dark_voices

It's used for lipsync. The only problem is, you would have to make some basic animation in each character, then use this program. It will then give you a .lipsync file. This contains all the data for the animation. So the question is, how can we get it to work properly in Anim8or.

Even if we can't get it to work in Anim8or, we could load the script files into it so we can see how the mouth would move, then we could do the lipsync better. Anyways, tell me what you all think.

I don't know what happened, I made this post yesterday, but it erased everything but a quote I had, so I finally got around to retyping it

Hey Theater375, I hope you get well soon, don't strain your voice either, your the only female we have to play the princess! lol,
anyways, get well soon,
-Sunflash

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Originally posted by monkeyboy:
When I Have Nothing to say,
I just say Hey!
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!,
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!.

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Okay Monkeyboy, put all that energy into making a rap advitisement for the Ugly Maiden Cosmetics commercial in the script (for inspiration see www.behindthemusik.com

Couldn't you just hear Theater375 singing that stuff? lol
-Sunflash

P.S. What about making the song's toon "Old Mcdonald Had A Farm". Then you could do something like:

Oh, there's zits over here,
an' zits over there,
zits here,
zits there,
zits everywhere,
by my stuff,
it looks like fluff,
a drop here an' a drop there,
a drop everywhere,
no more zits,
the zits are gone,
yes it works,
but not for long

The zits come back,
as a matter of fact,
a zit here,
a zit there,
zits here,
zits there,
zits everywhere.

Sooooooooo,
by my stuff,
it looks like fluff... (ect)

lol, it could go on forever. But it's not exactly rap

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Ok, M, it looks like you're the editor! I use ZS4 to edit since it's better quality and more options (like codecs and resolution and framerate) but it's a terror to learn and hard to just put to pieces of video together. Can you export from avi or mpg with WMM?
Broadband is plenty fast. By the way, you'd be surprised at how much people do understand. And if they don't they can always ask.

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Nice bricks.

Codfish, probably any leaves still attached would be dead, learn from Mr. Smeagol how to make detailed branches and then break them. Nice progress, you took advice and used it.

take care, theater!

Sunflash, your link doesn't show up on my computer but it sounds useful, at least for getting a look at things! Keep in mind that mouths are animated by phonemes, not letters, though. Phoneme Examples

I think the only communications we should have are this forum, the cabspace board, and email if needed. It's simpler.

Hey sunflash that's cool. Benney and I were working on the ad in addition to the Dark Rider Rap, but I don't like the second verse of my piece. So if you all could write in this rythm and meter:

If you're Anglo, Saxon, or Celtic
And you need a good cosmetic
then the answer's academic-
Get an Ugly Maiden Product- TODAY!

Written in the style of Canine Crunchies (101 Dalmations), but Benney thinks it will make a good Rap/House piece.

Lol, that's the second time Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has come up in this thread! I guess when you have 700+ posts all kinds of things come in...

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Can you export from avi or mpg with WMM?

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Nope, I wish you could though.
lol, those lyrics you have are so funny!

Hey, sorry for the double posting and weird things you may have noticed with my posts, the forum (or my computer) is messed up for me. It's doing the oddest things to my posts... or it could just be me getting used to thid forum
-Sunflash

EDIT: I had a name, but I completly forgot it! ugh! It was a good one too... I think. lol.

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at least in the colonial days, it was shameful for a woman to expose even her ankle, let alone that much leg. I'm pretty sure it was the same in the Middle Ages

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hehe - nice song sunflash.

Hey Codfish - put the model on yahoo or send it to my mail so I can take a closer look at it and tell you what to do

That brickmaking program is cool thx for the link very much

you can find it here:

http://www.acolytes-of-art.com/mp3d/ .

I am working on the Dragon and woof. My schduel is realy busy at the moment.If you want to find out who is doing what then go the website that was made just for these kinds of questions.

you can find what you are looking for here:

http://www.cabspace.com/forums/index.php?mforum=anim8or .

here is a picture of the dragon. The changes will be made when I have the time ..cool....

and a wireframe with edgeloops .

Ok gotta run.
MP3D

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Thanks for the suggestion, Sunflash, but I don't like it either. Keep trying.

Codfish, your human does need work- in fact it looks like you spent as much effort prettying up the screenshot as building the human. Also remember, until we get cloth-sim, it's best to model the clothes almost as part of the body. So pick which character you're trying to do early.

Mimo, Movie Maker comes on XP machines and I've needed to use it before- I personally don't like the WMV format. In my opinion it's better to keep your source files in high quality until you know what media you're going for, be it download or DVD. How good are you with ZS4 and those others?

I had heard that they had finished Orange. I thought they'd screened it already.

This probably isn't the time to bring this up. But it's just an Idea to chew on:-)

Another thing, when coming up with a name for movies, it's good to evaluate several things first:

1) Main Character(s)
2) Main Goal of the main Characters
3) Main Location

With this information, you could make many different names. However, for this movie, there really isn't a main character. Thats the hardest part. if that list above was filled out accordingly:

1) Prince Charlie
2) To Rescue Ugly Maiden
3) Ugly Maiden Cosmetics Castle

Then the following names might be orppropriete:

1) Prince Charlie and the search for the Ugly Maiden
2) Prince Charlie and the Ugly Maiden Cosmetics Company
3) Prince Charlie's Adventures