animation

[Robert Hoogenraad]

I agree: it is cute, but pretends to do what is impossible, ie have 
someone appear to speak a language they don't actually speak. Much 
hype, and it was shown to the NT DEET Executive some years ago, who 
were mightily impressed. I will say no more.

Hoogie

At 8:00 PM +0800 18/1/10, colleen hattersley wrote:
>Hello All
>I would also be interested in the responses to this. Last year I 
>attended two 'training' courses for Marvin but I'm still not sure 
>it's worth the effort, cute as it is.  To get certain effects, eg NT 
>Uncle singing along with a few other guitarists I was advised it is 
>necessary to make multiple videos and import another character each 
>time.  And you lose the sync with the audio and actions doing this. 
>Also, other characters can't remain sitting while another is singing 
>etc.  I felt it was still a work in progress that I'd keep an eye 
>on.  A week or so ago it appeared that there have been some updates 
>but my email with some questions still remains unanswered.  A good 
>idea but frustrating in my book.
>Colleen Hattersley
>
>On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Nick Thieberger 
><<mailto:thien at unimelb.edu.au>thien at unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
>
>I'm interested in making some animated stories and wonder if anyone
>has had success with free or cheap animation software? I was pointed
>at Marvin (<http://www.marvin.com.au/>http://www.marvin.com.au/) but 
>it is Windows only and I
>would really like a Mac application if possible.
>
>thanks,
>
>Nick
>
>
>
>
>--
>Colleen
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