Shy

I use mist / fog almost without exceptin in all my work, inside and out. Its not a direct effect on the lights re: diffuse and etc, but rather an artificial shadowing be it white-out or black-out, gradiently speaking.
Think of it as putting in a 3 dimensional coloured glass sand  box of controlled density. It either dulls or smooths out the BG as a means to better "light" (enhance / focus attention to) the foreground content.
Fog woks better in this repsect than it does on large sets, thats for sure. :P

Theoretically speaking...
If I was to sit and rethink a way of controlling the grid shadowed lighting I would do this differently.
I dont have any issues with passing light through transparentised objects.
But what I'd do is take the characters and get rid of the background and props altogether and video that seperately.
Create a grid of 3D objects or a cross-screen.
Throw the light through that onto the characters from below which leaves me in total control to create the illusion of lighting through the floor.
Chroma key their background out and add them to the footage of the actual set video layer without the characters in.
And the result would be grid lit people however that would turn out.
45 degrees to their faces form floor level for best effect rather than directly below. Depends on the grid at hand.

Just dont do it by the book, That's what everyone else does. iClone is a case of "Question evrything. You dont always need to buy it."

There are some very good quality book pulishers online and some you download the software, add your words and pictures like a desktop publication, and then finished, it uploads.

Choices include leather bound, feather interleaved (tissue paper between sheets) prints on paper, printed paper, glossy finish (Best. Deeper blacks and colours) and so on. I am in the backburner process of one which I will publish five of, and manually take therm round to bookstores and publishers to group-book the sales and then have the whole done as a batch. I did this with calendars and it worked a treat.

Just takes conviction.

:cool: Silly but fun!!!

Brilliantly executed. So many very clever attitudes and angles to its creation.

I expect it will evolve and develop both in plot and tactical creativity but I enjoyed this secondly because I wanted to see if iClone really could hold its own as a tool to wholly develop a stortyline.
The commercial I'm working on needs a high degree of fluency. Seeing this  confirmed that Iclone can pack an impact.

This was very intrigueing. Mostly because of very satisfying altidue with the camera and different angles. Well done.

:angry:

Ive just read through your Comic Strip Shaky... That's a lot of very good work in there. I spent some time putting together several pages using SIouxieSioux.com as the vehicle to promote iClones ComicStrip power.

Its good to see some people actually taking it on board and learning progressively as they work.

Your strip is excelling. Lots of sharp colour, good lighting, though not very extreme as it might be. I would like to see more perspective done with focal length of the lenses in use, though I suspect restrictions are in place from intervening walls on set. DOF could be deployed!!! And iClone now has the power to really "extremise" facial expressions and eye lids CAN be used for sneaky glances and thoughtful poise.

The pace I thought was excellent and the intervening speech balloons crossed previous takes with good taste. The uniforms and pleasant and the talk of descriptive social rank and stature was nice to see; regarding you having thought that far ahead to pre-structure an order of society for the sake of the storyline.

I look forwards to future endeavours as this kind of work isn't easy, it DOES take time and a lot of forethought regarding what part of a take is going to be covered with a speech balloon without damaging the visual data of precious takes or drowning out current relevant corroborative imagery in the actual take.

Very good.

We cant share a room as well. I work odd hours, obsessively, and I never lose unless I die or am left for dead. Lifes options are WIN or die in my book. Sometimes I'm face to face with an Angel with her hand out but I am not ready yet.
Animation takes dedication. Your comic strip is of a length that displays this so I expect good things in the future.

I thought this was impressive. Particles are very powerful. Flames are a flickering element and particles should really handle them quite well.
Good stamina.

Armstrong.

.. to make the following attachments....

I can create props like this.
Anyone new to iClone will have to realise that with a little patience and imagination very much of what you need is right in your lap.

Just wish there were more hours in the day!!!

Armstrong.

Hi Pete...Yes, it's an undeclared asset to iClone and one not really promoted enough.
My Wishing well (one of the many two pieces I have available for animators :) :D )  was made the same. I also made a working Jaguar straight six petrol piston engine complete with piston rings and roller bearings but it died when my last machine bit the binary_Dust. :crying:

Armstrong.

Chinese Riverside Market Expansion Pack.

I don't know what else to call it. That will do!
These last two days Ive been Bridging and I wasnt happy with a single bridge. I wanted something , as per usual, Modular.

What this means is that we effectively split the Bridge down the middle. Add a platform if we want one to extend it. *** a central harnessing platform and ring it with fenced edges and THEN add the steps.

Pushing trhis to extremes we can now imagine something and create it.

Personally I wanted a Marketplace that was either over a floating garden or an ornate Chinese Garden.

It doesnt matter if there's no water, the Chinese would have a bridge simply to lift you up and increase the view.

Heres a modular glimpse.

As you can see the freedom is complete.

And here's a simple sketch of a Market in the making. No people or plants yet, so still alot of impact to be gained.
Hope you like it.

Chinese Riverside Village Expansion Pack!

See the progressive stages and dozens of other Chinese Modules here!

Armstrong.

Alot of work has gone into this Character, "Tashy." 
I'm fighting with including / excluding / including / excluding the dragon as part of the overall brand. I think I may simply use it as an occassional element with "Tashy" as, in truth the character Tashy has been developed in grey to suit the psychologicaly balanced "informative" data; she's the "here and now" of potential.

Whereas the Dragon  is the vehicle that spans normality and imagination and after it's inclusion anything is permissible as it vehicles the viewer from standard to non standard impressions.

The dragon is an exceptionally complex creature to animate. Nothing wrong with that. You can use it with standard motions if you wish, but to stylise such poses as the above, time and patience rule.
(Reallusion, PLEASE put the positioning gizmo in a corner so that we see the "box" highlit as the segment for editing - and the gizmo offcentre and unobstructing. I know the programming for such requests is astronmical but I am always fighting time.)


The main element for this otherwise simple lighting, overlooked and unsung, is the light Multiplier upper right (below) in the lighting control panel.

This brilliantly allows superb degres of [key light v. ambient light] and also, by far, is a superior method of controlling the contrast and dominance of shadowing by allowing the overpowering of ambience.

Top marks for this inclusion. This is a good project. I can forward the animations now.

Armstrong.

Hopefully we'll see a Railway siding and Depot incorporated.

This will still fail miserably as it's missing major content, the Fog wont work properly, The trees fail on distance takes and there's no transport for the stock at hand.

We'll see. One day left to develop the finals. Personally I dont hold much hope. The streamlining of the concept works on the completd set but

Armstrong.

Hello! I have no idea without backtracking. I put in "space ship" in the online store search box and it presented me with bits. Superb.
So I picked some I thought I could use differently and created these. But this isnt the mothership.  There are ten carriers on the Mothership, 5 Scouts per Carrier. It looks stunning. As you carry the camera towards and past them the detail just keeps coming out and the scale of the Squadron gives the perfect impact I was after.

They're superb fun to play with. Personally I demand FAR more parts. Lots of money to be made there. I dont know what the entire kit consists of bt I could enjoy about 50 pieces if someone made them. Hangars, landing strips etc etc. if I had the time I would start modelling them with iClones architecture. But it's that Dragon time time time again.  

Setting: As the defence Secretary heartily assures the President that on NO account was ANY funding given to "Project StarField" we slowly cut to an orbit behind the moon and drag a delayed pan across where a fleet sits in moonshadow awaiting eventual assignment.  :cool:
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Is there another technology that will fix the issue in the next release of Iclone because I need to know if I'm working on small landmasses as pre v.4.x which were limited, but beautiful... or wether there's some new age algorythm writtne that gives us Godlike control on humidity presence?

Below is my own fog system using 50 layers at about 95% to 90% transparency. (The site isnt finished yet and the buttons are dems for now but this will suffice.)
What I really want is an easy solution. Are the Big "R" plotting repair or complete remake?

Many thanks...

Armstrong.

Basic interface for Iclonia.com pushing colour (Grey Orange) as per current social trend
and "fogging out" distractions (detail) with animated flash windows & complimentary graphics
on rollover.

Actually,. JustAViking send me a modified wheel which is as perfectly round as you can get. Ill post the repaired image of the Prince/Princess & the Dragon later.
Send him a PM and he may send you a copy.

I think in all seriousness isn't it about time we outgrew clunky chisel-edged octagonal wheels / circular props now?

Armstrong.

(For some reason, when I start a post with either HTML formatted content or a Quote I get this stupid message. )

The following error occurred...

The board administrator has requested that you must provide some message content within your post. You cannot post only HTML, Images, EmotIcons or IFCode.

Armstrong.

Here's my still. I saw this image in passing as the moment is only about three quarters of a second in motion and with, as per usual, extreme lighting, I thought it was cute. :kiss:

"Woodlander Nymphs can be seen at any time of year. As adults live to approximately ten times the lifespan of Humans, you can expect the mischievous Nymphs to play with anything shiny, anything that tastes good and always in sugar bowls where, for some reason, splashing about in the sweet substance makes them very hyper and the sugar will always be scattered over a large area. Harmless, as their Vampirical teeth only deliver a venom as adults, they can still deliver a stinging bite that feels like boiling water on the skin. "

I tried to rush out my Video v2 but I am so laboured with the worlds mostest rottenest cold I felt like Leprosy so I gave in and went to bed.  :P  You have no idea how un-animated I feel.  Grough! Still, all in a days work.  It'll all succeed one day despite the Devil looking on.

I just came in to post a Happy Christmas.

Armstrong.

A librarian, a Lamp, pair of skulls and all the lights.  This is a fun compilation showing dynamic lighting extremes, and contrasting sets v. lighting shapes / shadows.
I've been working on/studying lighting princpiles these last two months. Hopefully this 120 second clip will be worth the effort. Ill posta proto and then polish it later next week as its my Birthday on the 4th feb. So I'm being taken to London. :)

Anyway, this is actually a screen grab from the rendering footage. Not as crisp as per normal, but enough to maybe inspire someone else. I think iClone is incredible. For the sake of three weeks work this has been quite a little adventure making this one. :cool:

I placed an Omni light under the table which did three things.

It lit the set locally to the attention.
It under-lit and so gave a sinister feel.
It created circular lighting from its spherical ambience which I didn't decay because this gives superb contrast or curvature to the overpowering vertical and horizontal shelves and bookcases.

This is fun because the lamp has an eye from the Monster Pack attached to it inside the Lamp Hood so it's fully animated through the Monster Avatar Controller.. Then I attached a Spot Light to the Eye. 
Now, where ever the map looks of course the light goes with it but where ever the eye focusses so does the lighting.

So now we have something that we can play with like a sub-storyline in the documentary. The Lamp already has a life its own but we, the viewer, can now see the Lamps attentions because it has an eye which is a better psychological point of focus for the viewer.
It works very well. Everywhere I felt something could go that made small movements I put something. Its a simple stage set inside the cathedral, but really I only wanted the bookcases predominant.

I'll post the proto tomorrow.  I hope this inspires someone new to iClone looking on. :)

Armstrong.

I need him to look absolutely shattered out, depleted (like the lazer rifle) and knackered, really really filthy, and exhausted. 
I love the armour, but I mostly Like the compatibility with iClone (re: motion) and interchangeability of everything.  I hate being locked into corners. (I know, Swoop, I'm learning.)

Reserve is right. Of course. My soldier is left and ready to drop.

What could it do to this?

Here I worked hard on lighting effects (Dragon image) where dark mist planes were utilised (7) to control and ghost-off unwanted illumination. I cannot go any further with the Archer unless I write her in as telepathic. She's mute. ;)

3 lights to the Archer. 1 Overhead spot no decay. 2 Omnidirectionals decayed / short falloff / increased to 3,8. Left forward, Right forward and Above forward to give impression of forelit.
1 light Omni behind Knights head. Decayed. Illumination increased to 2.5.
1 Omni in the face of the Dragon.
No ambient.
1 fixed light source on 100% luminance 80% shaded orange leaning yellow spectrum and several mist planes to try and lower contrast as HDR is used in a tiny way.

And for the first time I wish I had more than 8 lights.
I could do with another two Omni's.
I could also do with very round cart wheels. Anyone?

Also in theory it would be nice if you could have a light that SUBTRACTED illumination form its vicinity. That is, that it sucked out light from other sources so that areas of the grounds and its vicinity could be light-controlled. I wonder if that's possible.

Armstrong.

Timeslip back to the 1920's and study......... yes, you guessed it.... DISNEY!
He didn't have any lights, just had to paint them in cell by cell and HE made millions of $.

On a serious note, someone here posted a very sop-histicated method of layering video where each layer was a specific lighting technique and element that, once compiled and collectively layered together, the effect gave the impression of many lights.

I can just see Monkey, Piggy and Fish or the Water Margin stories in there.

LOL!!! is there any youngsters on this forum at all :) I think I was in my 20's back then and still haven't got any sense :hehe:

IMPORTANT UPDATE: I have released "Forgotten - Episode 1 - Uncovered Secret".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de3UB08EhdY&feature=player_embedded

Please enjoy and comment if you wish here or on Youtube.

Thanks for you patience and support

Capemedia (aka Colin) :D

Thanks, they were some G2's in that production but alas they have now been made redundant and will no longer play a part in my future productions.

Yes I know about the arm bands, but even "The Hobbit" has mistake :P

I'd like to showcase my little fun summer short "Shapes" :D

Thanks for watching

Capemedia (aka Colin)

Great work as always Mark.

@peterblood, love your toon team, can't wait for the film.

I noticed that the MP arm band is mirrowed on the left arm, instead of MP it's PM(backwards).

Mind blowing.

More please.

Love your Nelson work, did you use the Osprey books as a reference for the uniforms, or a work by Digby Smith?

Just finished my entry to the Starwars uncut project

I used iClone 5 and the toon shader.

All the models (apart from Lando and Leia) were done in 3dMax .

http://www.starwarsuncut.com/scene/5238

Lisa s

A blatant plug for my new book, Feathered: being a fairy tale, which is due out in December. But as the trailer was made using iClone, I thought I'd share.

Regards,

Tom Weston

www.tom-weston.com

The render is straight out of iClone - no post work.

Regards,

Tom

I wasn't knocking post-work, I couldn't live without it, and my iClone output will eventually get the full treatment. I was merely trying to demonstrate the image quality that can be achieved just with iClone, even before it gets to post.

I have the same issues as you regarding the final image - when I saw my work in the theatre on a 75 foot screen, with every flaw magnified accordingly, I was quite happy with how good it still looked, but I also knew the next effort could be better. It's a learning experience.

Regards,

Tom

Thank you, Shygirl - looking forward to using your designs again for my characters :)

paulekert (2/5/2012)

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tom weston (1/27/2012)

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Working on preliminary sketches for the sequel to There be Monsters! - another iclone short calledDancing Daisy Day- This is the village at dusk, withthe Green Dragon Tavern on the right.

The render is straight out of iClone - no post work.

Regards,

Tom

Looks great!

The mountains in the background? 2D backdrop? And is the rest of the content on the market place or home made?

Got it in One! The content is from various packs from the marketplace. We'll probably replace them with unique models for the real thing - thanks for the comment.

There is a whole amount of wonderful rendered output appearing on this forum just now.

:D:D:D cloneman300 = moviemaker100 = Blocked Member :D:D:D

:)

@ Rampa...  wonderful landscape.

We have here really talented artists.

this my first video in iclone 5...

this is a scene from the dvd set ( hollywood camera works )

they did the staging of the scene and the voice overs ...i just wanted to recreate it in iclone 5

the only thing i did special was i used cloth to cover a person lying on the bed

steve

ps. nice work on the photo cards :)

And iv watched it 4 times .. just to check..:D

If you look at the top sky. it looks as though it's coming-down.

If you look at the clouds, they appeaer to be coming towards you, giving the effect of the boats sailing away from the stranded stag.

IMO, this is your best pic to date, due to the placement of the Objects,  composition & blue sky reflection giving it depth..

I think it was Landseer? who was the great Stag painter?  

I love pigs.

Maybe you could produce a virtual picture book with page turning, featuring of all of your animal creations?

Did I see an aged Peter O'Toole ;)

A request - Can you do larger "Crawling" Text Subtitles & maybe fewer Fade to Black Transitions? For those of us who's eyesight ain't wot it used to be;)

Well - You did ask for comments;) 

https://vimeo.com/42073303

Started in iC4. Finished in iC5, which prevented me from adding more stuff & ironing-out the many glitches, for a number of reasons:ermm: But you get the picture;)

I live not far from HMS Victory & have toured the inside. You can ignore the criticism;)

Since Mark's "Nit-picked";); There "appear" to be rather too-long black Transitions between Scenes where continuity was lost. Don't use them.

The above being said; everyone knows I ain't no iClone expert. However, from a viewer's point of view, Transitions can be distracting. Pro Film-makers don't use them.

Now; about your Crusaders Epic - Still on the back-burner, I hope;)

planetstardragon (10/7/2011)

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cover artwork!



now out on Juno Records, http://www.junodownload.com/products/1835899-02.htm coming soon to itunes and stores worldwide \ :w00t: /

Better than your Gargoyle;)

planetstardragon (10/7/2011)

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who, him ? he's a kitten, you just don't know him yet!! :Wow:

I hope that's not the London Eye in the background - He could be closer than I think:ermm:;)

Same applies with Videography White Balance, but a good Camera automatically adjusts that.

Going through Warlord's Tutorial, he gives tips re; that. However, it'll take me a while to get my head round it, for final Render.

BTW - What's happening re; your Crusades Video? 

Nicely-done.

I enjoyed it:)

IMO, you also need to a Post it in the other "Showcase your work" Thread, so that more people can view it. I don't think many people visit this Thread.

Good for a Poster, IMO.

I LOL at the flapping fish on the dinner plate.:D

The Forum's accredited Film-makers need to watch their backs, IMO;).

We have an outstanding true-to-life Film-maker here:)

This Clip deserves more views than it'll get in this Thread. Post it in the Showcase Yourself Thread, where it should get more.

....................and - even younger youngster, in mine:D

Takes me back to the 50s with Dan Dare Pilot Of The Future, in the Eagle Comic.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1024&bih=432&q=dan+dare+pilot+of+the+future&oq=dan+dare&gs_l=img.1.1.0l10.3550.7045.0.12860.8.8.0.0.0.0.69.476.8.8.0...0.0...1ac.1.12.img.k8mRosBAd4E

Thanks for the memories:)

BTW - My late Godfather's Brother wrote the talk bubbles for the Beano Comic. Starting back in the 30s (I think). 

Beginning to look really nice, Ken:)

Nice external Camera zooming into the flight deck, plus Cameras on Obama, Gwynn & Chuck.

I assume that's one Project / Scene, placed in Your Project's Containing Folder Sub-Folder. See my Screenshot of my Current Project's Containing Sub-folders, on My Desktop for quick access, as an example.

Screenshot:

Postfrosch (1/26/2013)

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Greets from Germany
Postfrosch

Beautifully crafted Characters & Props as usual, Werner:)

You're older than I thought;)

Go here for Full article & Pics: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2219810/Magnificent-model-HMS-Victory-complete-Lord-Nelson-Captain-Hardy-deck-took-pensioner-10-years-complete.html

Nice job, Pete:)

It gives me an idea for Pihead & Dobbin going-about their travels:D

You can Select to Remove Back Faces, which reduces the Poly Count.

However that doesn't always work, since you might need some of the Back Faces.

Finally got round to watching whole Clip, Pete.

"Winter/Ice" & "Medieval Village" Scenes visually stunning.

Nice "Natural/Human" Character Animations/Facial Animations.

The Storyline/Script has a sort of Mel Gibson style; Braveheart & Patriot; saving oppressed Families from the English.

It's a shame that after many month's hard work, very few post a comment. It can be discouraging waiting to see if you get any. Especially when iClone Storyline Editors are hard to come-by these days.

"They were well served."

:cool: pete

I always love doing a comic style version of my stills. I don't know why but it makes me giggle. :P

 I think it's because 30 years ago I'd spend hours inking and coloring, not to mention having to sketch the scene first....and now I don't. :hehe:

:cool: pete"

Like the cold blue look, Pete :)

I'm afraid of them :ermm:

Pretty effective, Dwayne)

Getting there. Each one better than the previous :)

I'm afraid of it :ermm:

A good "A Team" example of a Club Scene, with the dancers silhouetted & performers in the limelight.:)

I assume that's Reallusion's Rock Band. However; did you give the guitarists' left hand fingers some additional Animation, in time with the audio? 

BTW - One of the dancers looked a bit under-nourished :ermm:

Nicely-done fit of the Spiderman Image.:)

Looks like he freaked-out at the end :D

I liked the main Character's cool coat & Chef's hat.

BTW- You might attract more views (& comments), if you also Post your Clip in the Showcase yourself Forum: 

https://forum.reallusion.com/Forum36-1.aspx

Another BTW ;) I'm not on the Annual Pinhead Community Projects Committee, just an enthusiastic Supporter, Advertiser & Participant. However, I, like all the other Participants, like to see as many of those new to iClone joining us in submitting a Clip.

It's not as difficult as you might think & a good way of expanding your iClone skills, which is one of the aims of the Projects.

Help can be given in response to questions, in the current Project Thread:

https://forum.reallusion.com/Topic174029-13-1.aspx

Nice to see you Posting again, Brian, with one of your excellent Pics:)

I think the Forum's become fragmented now with work showcases in different Topiocs & Threads. IMO, we need one Pics Topic & one Video Topic. Each with separate User's Threads.

Hey, Brian

I was just posting a suggestion further to criticism of Reallusion having 2 Topics for posting your work that's been made before by others. Not criticsing you ;)

Cheers, Colour :)

That's why I & others suggest that there should be a separate Topic/Thread/Forum for those who specialize in producing Images, which are currently distributed in different places in the Forum.

Eg; Stuckon3D & hj have their own Threads in iClone General Forum.

Some are in Show your iC5 works Thread & some are in Showcase your Work Topic/Thread/Forum.

Warlord Posted some time-ago when praising your work, that he should visit that Thread more often. Very few people visit the Showcase your iC5 Work Thread.

BTW - If you lose a Character, Select it in Scene Manager & then the Home Toolbar Icon & then Link it to an Object in the Scene & then Un-link it, to bring it back into view. 

:D:D:D:D

Good one, Phoo. :)

I needed a good laugh to cheer me up while battling with iClone, here :ermm:

Shaky (8/14/2013)

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From Episode 7

Verrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyy nice,  Shaky :)

Excellent colo(u)rs, lighting, Props & fog effect :)

Ken

I've started a New Topic / Thread for you & have replied in that Thread.

https://forum.reallusion.com/Topic157482-281-1.aspx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_enBoNg6pQQ

Postfrosch (6/20/2013)

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Medieval-Soldiers

Hello friends,
after a long break I again made ​​a couple of times-A new middle-age soldiers is the new clip of me on this topic, in preparation
Greetings from Germany
Postfrosch

Hi, Werner.

Welcome back:)

Nice to see you again after your long break, with your usual beautiful historically accurate Medieval costumes & weapons:)

Very well-done & well-thought-out Star Trek style Clip, with a surprising  ending. :)

It had me guessing until the very end date. I'm not letting-on & hope that others get the significance of the date.

Here is a new one."

Keep 'em coming Shaky :)

Reminds me of the CERN Hadron Collider ;)

If you've got an on-going Project, Start your own Thread in the Showcase Your Work Forum (like others have done, which they update from time to time), where hopefully it'll get more views & encouragement to keep going..

Now we know where you got your English South London accent from, Igor :D

.................and - Since it's the 1940s, B & W Film. 

:)

Jen

http://www.youtube.com/embed/SNljRroC2kg

Your comments are welcome.

Here the link:

http://youtu.be/0_wv1gz9Uh4

anyone can tell me how to put directly the video on this page?

Thanks

I'm discovering the joys of iClone 5 and i'm new in this community...

Animagic,

Thanks a lot for your assistance. I 'm grateful. It's a real pleasure to be helped by nice people.

Sorry for my english... i'm french! and i try to do my best to translate my thoughts

Look at page 4 in this topic, animagic explain how to paste the video!

Seems we are getting some excellent new contributers/contributions lately...:w00t:

And here I thought he was just hiding, not necessarily in the process of doing any "business"...:blush: Shows how innocent I am...:ermm:

Thirty years, so around 1983. That I find impressive. I'm glad you found a vehicle to express yourself.

Shaky, I just read the three episodes in order :w00t: ...instead of doing the dishes...:unsure:

Very entertaining and well-executed! I'll be anxiously awaiting the next episode...:crazy:

Larry, very engaging. I like your use of electronic music, it fits perfectly.

That would still make you a youngster in my book...:blink:

Anyway, this one conveniently is set in a radio studio, time period somewhere in the fifties. So I need to recreate a studio with equipment, etc. Fortunately, nowadays there are plenty of photos online, which give me an idea what things looked like.

I couldn't find the right audio mixer, so I modelled it myself using Sketchup. This will make some cringe, but I think it turned out well. Switches, lights, controls, and VU meter can all be animated.

The studio and control room I created using an architectural program, TurboFloorplan, which is a poor man's Envisioneer. Most other stuff comes from 3D Warehouse, with cleaning up where needed, including retexturing. The table lamps are from Reallusion.

Here is a still showing the control room, looking towards the studio:

I've been experimenting to get a night-time look with the toon shader:

I also put a short render on Youtube:

In YouTube, copy the embed code for your video. First click on Share, then on Embed. Copy the embed code that appears:

Now, in the RL forum message, note the tabs at the bottom of the message window. The one you usally work with is called "Design". Next to it is "HTML".

Click the HTML tab. Paste the embed code into the message at the position where you want the video to appear. I'm doing it now:

Thank you!

The Ford originates from 3D Warehouse. I retextured it and used the free iClone iCar workshop pack to make it animatable.  So when it moves forward the wheels turn.

Looks very good! I hope it's not from personal experience...:blink:

Thanks Jen, for mentioning that post... ;). I was about to start looking for it. Here is a direct link: https://forum.reallusion.com/FindPost98727.aspx.

I have Carrara, so I may look into getting your pack.

This clip illustrates what I keep saying: which is that in the right hands amazing scenes can be created with iClone, RIGHT NOW!

Imagine what these same hands will accomplish with iClone 6!

Walking without having sliding feet is a challenge in iClone, but with practice you can improve that. In the beginning the characters don't move forward enough for the movement of the feet, which is distracting.

If there is little action, you can still do a lot by just changing camera angles.

Another thing is that if you use pre-programmed motions, you want to make sure that hand and arm movements and such fit the dialog. I do that by splitting a motion on the timeline (using Break) and then move around the parts so that it looks OK. I know this sounds vague, so I hope it makes sense...:unsure:

Happy Holidays to you as well and good luck with your iClone endeavors in 2014! :)

The initial inspiration for this film came when RL published the Western Theme Pack, which provided the town, associated props and some of the characters. The horses, as well as the donkey are also from RL. 

Other characters are by the talented Mike Aparicio with clothing by the unsurpassed Alley. Equally talented developers (Popeye, Warlord) provided further buildings and props and various birds. The amazing Mythical Dragon took care of the blood...

I mention all these developers to express my appreciation for their work. They provide a broad range of products that help us with our movie-making and also form a source of inspiration: what could I do with that? 

Especially for Armstrong, it is published in 1920x1080. :D

Royal advisor

A Western Picture

Mountain-Man

A Westman

The Digger

Mountain-Man and Indians

Medieval-Soldiers

Excursion

Lonesome Cowboy

Saloon-Scene

Mexicanos

New in the Town

I really enjoyed your "Young Tesla" movie.  Excellent!!!

Awesome, beautiful work.

Thank you for sharing, and it will be great to see the video version.

Nice.  Your project is more ambitious than my projects.

I agree with what Mark said about tighter editing.  Pauses and "dead air" are common problems in many projects, but you laid an excellent foundation.

I noticed that.  I was distracted while watching the first time, so I rewound, thinking I'd missed something.  If you plan to make an updated copy of the video and still want a jack, PM me and I'll see what I can do for you.

Cool.

Sure, the music was nice, but the real highlight was the "Time in a Bottle" T-shirt.  :cool:

It's always nice to see a different style on display.

I agree.

At the time 5.5 was launched, it sort of made sense to have a place to showcase what you did with the new features.  But now that the 5.5 release is well established, it's redundant.

I suggest this "5.5 showcase" be locked and we have one "Showcase yourself" place.

Or maybe better yet, close out the Showcase in the Cafeteria, and have a "Showcase" section under each product - iClone, CrazyTalk, CrazyTalk Animator, and FaceFilter.

P.S.

@Animagic - Your clip is a very nice showcase of iClone's capabilities.

Me?  I made some blinking light bulbs from spheres, LOL.

Armstrong (12/10/2013)

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Armstrong.

(For some reason, when I start a post with either HTML formatted content or a Quote I get this stupid message. )

The following error occurred...

The board administrator has requested that you must provide some message content within your post. You cannot post only HTML, Images, EmotIcons or IFCode.

And this is why you see a lot of my posts with a row of pointless ===='s at the top. :D:P Stupid, yup! But I don't know another workaround to this age old forum failing.

UPDATE:  Success!  Setting "Compatibility" on for this site fixed the "one line" issue for me when posting on the forum.

Right now my text editing window only shows ONE LINE of text. Coincidentally(?) my computer upgraded to IE 11 overnight.  Now I can make long posts more easily again.  (And a collective GROAN emanates from everyone on the forum.)

Nicely done.

Good use of music and sound effects, too.

It reminds me of a Pixar short.  Similar to the famous "Luxor Jr." mini-film, where an inanimate object is given a personality and a story is told using very basic story elements.

Nicely done.

Wow.  Stunning.

You people amaze me.

Wow, that was VERY well done.

I liked the lighting on the island, and loved your excellent use of camera angles and editing.  Very nice.  Thanks for the mini-vacation on a chilly and rainy day here (much like in the movie).

I noticed the protagonist goes to the same hair stylist as Chuck, our favorite avatar.  :P

Really great work.  Music, editing, animation, everything.

Thanks for posting it.

Oh well, it entertained my and my son for half a minute so that made it all worthwhile, right?  :)

Even the static screenshot conveys a lot of action and adventure.

That was really great!

Thank you for sharing.

At least the description in YouTube says it was made in iClone.

So it's not like someone posted a link to some Blender or Unreal Engine video and called it iClone.

......

ADDED LATER...

After posting, I read the posts on the previous page.  It was funny I mentioned Blender, and so did PlanetStarDragon, but in different ways.

It would be nice to hear from the author of the video.

Another thing, which I know you already know, is that background music can make a huge difference.

Raw silent footage (even as beautiful as yours) can be dead and lifeless.  But when you add some music, it helps set a mood or help build anticipation.  Imagine if you heard the hoofbeats of the approaching horse, how different it would be.  Then add the sound of rustling leaves.  The finished product can be very appropriate.

Also, a video (especially one longer than 5 minutes) can really benefit from some change in pace.  You can't have mountains without valleys, right?

I know this because my last project has a lot of footage still waiting for said background music and ambient sound.

I trust you made the right choice, especially if it impacts the storyline as you said.

Thanks for sharing the little clip.

Wonderfully tragic and ironic story.

I hope they manage to connect the dots before their batteries run out.

Nice iClone work.

As a teaser, I feel a lot your "establishing" shots are too long.  For example, the pool at the reunion, with a long slow pulling back... the helicopter, seen from various angles... standing in the grass between the buildings after the mysterious phenomenon.

Nice sets and environments.  You might want to work on the lighting to improve the overall visual quality (it looks default ambient lighting, just like in my videos).

I believe the trick is to add your "floor" to the terrain.

That was GREAT!  Loved the concept and the execution of it.  Thank you for sharing it.

Cathy :hehe:

Check this out!

Gwynn skiing

Great lighting work. Cranking up the AO in the second image is very effective.

Brian

Brian

Anyway, here's another one I just created. It's a bit depressing but I have to put it out there.

Good question. First, animals are easier to pose realistically and don't require clone cloth. I'm not against clone cloth. Far from it. But I'd have to make my own garments for the scenes I create and I'm not into that aspect of the art. I have no motivation or interest to do so. The two scenes where I did include humans were simple pre-textured G1 characters and were not the real focus of the scene itself. There are some excellent "warrior" type avatars I could use but I have yet to pose them realistically. Believe me, I tried. I'm a big fan of Frank Frazetta and grew up with his art. It's simply amazing. I tried creating a few scenes to mimic his work but failed miserably. But you know what? For me, it all comes down to the "message" I'm trying to convey. I see these animals getting crowded out of their natural habitats and going extinct one by one. I simply wanted to capture the drama of their world before they disappear forever.

Brian

Totally agree. Iclone is amazing up to 1920x1080 on screen. That's what it was designed for. We're really pusing the limits of the program in terms of resolution when we export higher. I hope they will boost the output beyond 3000 x 3000 soon. Best to you.

Brian

Kindest regards,

Brian

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Brian

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Brian

You know what? It's humiliating to chase after digital characters who run away. Let her go, I say. There's more like her out there. :w00t:

Absolutely correct. I've used Vue and Daz but only with iClone do I feel like I have control of things. 3d art is not smoke and mirrors, it's light and shadows. Thanks for the kind words.

OK maybe I should be posting the pics elsewhere. No problemo. I'll just put ithem in a regular post and those that are interested could click on it. Sorry for putting it in the wrong place. Peace.

Okay, my turn!
Here is a two-minute "finished" iClone film.
I tried to be very professional with the animation, lighting, editing, dialog, sound and music.

This video has NO MOTION CAPTURE...
okay there is just a wee bit of mocap in one shot.

Jason

Will they be available for the rest of us to help fight the bad guys (and maybe some of those mean teachers) in our neck of the woods??

The Journey Promoclip 02 from Rene Jacob on Vimeo.

The Journey - Promoclip from Rene Jacob on Vimeo.

Reallusion Dance Contest 2012 - Change the way you kissed me from Rene Jacob on Vimeo.

The Journey_Promoclip 2014 from Rene Jacob on Vimeo.

A little something done with Iclone 5.

I know, a long way to go.

Yes all Iclone.

I took a look at your trailer. A lot of action, Nice.

I'm a comic book fan. Right down my alley.

Trying my hand at some scenic stills

Hope you like.

Thanks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP_rz5VRXck&feature=youtu.be

Much appreciated.

Thanks for looking

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX_JgEfCyAM&feature=youtu.be

Much appreciated

I having fun - hope you do too.

Dec 12th 2012 end of the world ?

My page is: http://www.youtube.com/FrankGarrett316

The YouTube link is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr4NOdivu4Y

And here is a still from the video:

Flying pigs! :w00t: Excuse me, I got a lot of people who owe me stuff now

Very nice. And I gotta say, I love the 50 ford

just did this video as a tester of iclone5. Just a simple test nothing more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPip8iVdRiE

Peace

Gerskey

Here's my latest using Iclone5 video with many mistakes.

So much to learn.

Peace

Gerskey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWg1L3aflGk

Can someone please tell me how to paste the video on this post?

Thanks Tim

Paul_Ekert (9/9/2012)

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The following pictures the iclone made ​​movie storyboards, which first iclone introduced into the film industry, in this movie production processes, iclone is easy to use and saves time.Also found that some of the problems of the iclone, for example, the camera keyframes can not be a smooth transition, imotion not constrained direction.I believe the Reallusion able to solve these problems, so iclone reached the requirements of industrial applications.

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WOW. Now that looks great! I take it this story board has had some treatment with Photoshop? Or perhaps filters in a comic program like Comic Life?

I know what you mean about keyframes between camera movements. They are difficult to smooth out and adding any kind of easy in and out does not appear to make it any better. They only way I have found of making the camera movements smooth is to add an end keyframe waayyyyyyyy down the timeline (in fact beyond when I am using the camera) in order to smooth out the transition between keyframes by elongating the duration between movement and final destination.

What's needed really is a keyframe editor, where you can go in and set the points movement on a graph. If you see what I mean.

But great job with the storyboard. Would really love to see how you did that.

Paul

Hellow,Paul, :)I understand what you mean.The camera can't create a Complex and smooth Movement.We very much need a camera keyframe editing system.

My camera keyframe method is ... cameras add a target object, and use Pach.But I think that's inefficient.

These pictures to the producer's demo from comic life, and after photoshop post-processing. My storyboard chart is usually in the office word, because need to add the action description, dialogue and comments,Office word is convenient.

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Well, vaRincewind, thank You very much.                                                             Effectively, i like the old Sean and his face, perfect, i think, for a king. But i like many others actors. The face of the monk, for exemple, is the one of Jan McKellen. And, if You will follow my work, You will find many of them in the next episode, as warriors or Nibelungen. The grass is a vertical image, installed on four A planes at different degrees of depth. Everythink will be more clear in the second episode. If You need more details, write me.

Thank You all again.

Guido

Thank You for the congratulations and good evening.

Guido.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Uqnbkv4vak

I hope You like it.

Guido

I am so tired to ear my serious characters to speek as Silvester the cat!

More than the microphone, probably is the audio card of my poor, old laptop.

But the substance does'nt change: i will do somethink for the audio track as soon as possible.

Thank You very much.

Guido

You give me the energy to film on.

Guido.

Sigfried.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPWuK6EVlGc

I hope You like it.

Guido

http://youtu.be/93lPTjca2LY

Don't know why, Youtube does not charge an HD version, so it is a few smaller than the other two, but i hope You like it.

Thank You for Your time.

Guido

And.... Merry Christmas!

Guido

I have seen Your interesting portfolio. Very suggestive.

Congratulations!

Guido

I am happy that You like it.

The wrong undertitles (too hight of a row: they were destined to be lower, in the black space)

is a my stupid mistake, that will be corrected in the film.

Thank You again.

Guido

Guido

Arthur Conan Doyle's THE LOST WORLD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZgANljpUJw

Thank You for Your time.

Guido

Reminds me of cyriak's popular youtube videos:

http://www.youtube.com/user/cyriak

I think he uses fruity loops for his music. Keep up the madness!

http://city.reallusion.com/ContentPreview.aspx?i=JIC3d09b08fe91529c18&g=

http://city.reallusion.com/store/aleksei luxury models

@colour

Here is another by request.

This is the same room.

Episode 5 is now released.

http://rrlyraeepisode5.comicdish.com/

Nice ship, can I use it in my graphic novel?:)

Check it out!

From Episode 7

Here is a new one.

That is a hope. I would like to intergrate my graphic novel with clips. But it is still just a hope. :-) 

Here is another image.

http://city.reallusion.com/ContentPreview.aspx?i=JIC7682772b87888a897