Freezy the Snowman loves DotEasy!

My very rushed entry into the DotEasy MacBook contest. I did this in two days with open source software. I probably wouldn't have attempted it if I'd known that JLipSync doesn't like the latest Ubuntu versions. Boy, does open source need lip sync software! Anyway, feel free to rate this up so I can win a MacBook Air. I'm up against kids and dogs, so I need all the help I can get. Thanks and Merry Christmas!

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• DotEasy
• free web hosting
• Christmas
• contest
• snowman
• Synfig
• Inkscape
• Blender
• Audacity
• open source
• cartoon
• animated

[Fael775]

Dude, that was awesome!

Would you mind telling us which software you used? (I'm guessing either Synfig or Pencil but I have no idea what you ended up using for LipSyncing and other stuff)

[mjthings]

@Fael775 Thanks for the kind words! As for software, this one was animated entirely in Synfig so I could take advantage of its auto-tweening. (I did this animation in two days to beat the contest deadline; without auto-tweening, I never could have finished in time.) I think I used Inkscape to make the check list that gets panned over in the last half of the clip. I may also have used Inkscape to make the background for the main shot. JLipSync wasn't working, so lip sync was guess & check!

[enisa4change]

Freezy rules!

[mjthings]

@enisa4change But he's a benevolent ruler and rules with a velvet mitten. Of course, the velvet mitten thing is a metaphor, 'cause Freezy doesn't actually wear mittens and, even if he did, he's not really a velvet kind of guy.

[copyrightprotector]

technically - great animation

content - ok

snow man - scary hand =P

[mjthings]

@copyrightprotector Thanks for the stopping by! On the content, I had a much funnier gag I wanted to do, but it would have required more time. I decided to go with the script that was more predictable and "corporate safe", but also much faster to animate.

[Fael775]

Thanks a lot for answering my question, man. This is definitely pro stuff. Two days? It would've taken me more like two decades to make something as cool as this. You should definitely work on this more, dude. Maybe full-time!

[thecreativelady]

Congratulations! I knew you would pull it off! From this point on, I will look at all snow men differently. I will hear "Freezy's" voice.

[mjthings]

@Genete Thanks, Genete!

[mjthings]

@thecreativelady That would be a nice future! Thanks for the kind words and best of luck to all of the contestants!