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RedForemanTM

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Sep 4, 2006

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Sep 4, 2006

About this user

I've always liked animation.

I Started reading about it and found that animation runs at minimum of 16 frames a second. Thats 960 frames/minute. Each character needs almost 1000 still pictures for just one minute. Scary. (American TV runs at 30/second and British TV at 24/second, if I remember right).

I found Gizmoz 'Talking Heads' (http://www.gizmoz.com/) and made a few animations. 'Talking Heads' is what it sounds like >> talking heads. It was simple and easy to use - it was a start.

I considered doing machinema (using a game engine to animate) but that limits you to the characters and scenery within the game.

Then I found DAZ/Studio (http://www.daz3d.com/)(you can also download it here http://www.download.com/DAZ-Studio/3000-6677_4-10717523.html?tag=lst-1).

It's FREE and lets you make just the 'key frames' while it fills in the frames in between the key frames (the technical term for those are 'tweeners' - impressive jargon, yes?). For anyone interested I should warn that DAZ/Studio has a steep learning curve but you only need to 'draw' 15 to 30 (or even 50) frames out of 1000 to 2000 per minute - it's worth it.

I'm just learning so please bear with me. As I gain experience I hope to amuse as well. Please be kind if you rate my videos, thanks.

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