Filmmaking: Craft, Technology, etc
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Re: Filmmaking: Craft, Technology, etc
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puns are the wurstBurtReynolds wrote:Please don't do this
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what can you offer in return?BurtReynolds wrote:Please don't do this
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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loltragabigzanda wrote:thanks durds, will watch this ASAPdurdencommatyler wrote:Here's something interesting for you, trag:
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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there's definitely something queer about ittragabigzanda wrote:there's nothing funny about my on-again/off-again bromance with joseph, leonardlennytheweedwhacker wrote:loltragabigzanda wrote:thanks durds, will watch this ASAPdurdencommatyler wrote:Here's something interesting for you, trag:
And they say that a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
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I know that project has been on the back burner for a while but I'd really like to revisit it.lennytheweedwhacker wrote:are we still going to make that doc about thodoks?washing machine wrote:I can't wait to see myself in all of the tipi footage, btw.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Re: Filmmaking: Craft, Technology, etc
Not trying to be a Debbie Downer, but...
Character Animator is fun, but it's only really useful for head and shoulders shots.
Puppeting the hands with your mouse is awkward.
It's good for ed-tech stuff for kids and maybe for a fun demo or live-stream, but I can't imagine why you'd want to learn it if your goal is working in TV/film.
Character Animator is fun, but it's only really useful for head and shoulders shots.
Puppeting the hands with your mouse is awkward.
It's good for ed-tech stuff for kids and maybe for a fun demo or live-stream, but I can't imagine why you'd want to learn it if your goal is working in TV/film.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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No.
I actually have very little experience with animation software, but recently used CA for a project where we designed a bunch of characters then rigged them up in CA.
In the end, we found full-body animation so awkward that we just did a lot of three-quarters and close-up/head and shoulders stuff.
That being said, I don't think CA is meant to be full-fledged animation software. It's really facial animation software like CrazyTalk.
I actually have very little experience with animation software, but recently used CA for a project where we designed a bunch of characters then rigged them up in CA.
In the end, we found full-body animation so awkward that we just did a lot of three-quarters and close-up/head and shoulders stuff.
That being said, I don't think CA is meant to be full-fledged animation software. It's really facial animation software like CrazyTalk.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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If you're having fun with it, go for it. 
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Re: Filmmaking: Craft, Technology, etc
You gotta plug the headphones in, trag.