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english training

mikepoplawski — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:59:30 GMT

i am starting a NPO in japan as a community effort for the japanese people to learn English. For whatever reason, English is mandatory in the public schools for 6 years but less than 10% of the 18-22 age group can speak conversation English.

In Japan, there are entrance examinations to pass from one grade level/school to the next. In America, we have no concept of this form of education but it is common in parts of Europe and Asia. English grammar is stressed, not conversation.

I think animation, using crazy talk 6, would get the kids excited and make learning a fun, enthusiastic activity.

I think Crazy talk 6 is the perfect solution but there are a plethora of Reallusion products to consider.

Can any of you provide recommendations or suggestions about which products would best be suited for this type of activity. The groups of children will participate in the activity by creating sketches or drawings that will eventually become characters in the animation.

All ideas and suggestions are welcome.

RealIllusion Products for E-learning

daferras — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:56:49 GMT

The Reallusion products look great! What I'd like to do is to use the products to create simulated conversations that occur in the workplace. In an online course, learners would view these conversations and then answer questions about them.

Will the products work for my intended purpose?
Which products do I need?

Any suggestions, tips, resources you would recommend?

Thanks in advance!

Educational Content - Campus Vol 1: Classroom

Peter Edwards — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:51:23 GMT

Now available in the Content Store is Filmset & Props - Campus Vol 1: Classroom

Perfect for use in an educational setting, the pack features everything you need to create that virtual classroom. Includes desks, chairs, blackboard, projector and much more. Start with an empty classroom and set it up just the way you want it. Have fun recreating your very own classroom or design that perfect teaching space.

Click below to view the product page and see sample images of the pack.

iClone and Crazytalk in History Class

TechGal13 — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:32:35 GMT

I use iClone and CrazyTalk for my History lessons at school.

My first video I made was the teachers singing a song about Henry VIII and his Six Wives. I used photos of the teachers and used CrazyTalk to animate them. The other students and my Teacher found it very amusing and they were glued to the screen throughout the video. My teacher says that we will be watching it again for revision soon.

Then we watched another video which I had made on iClone. I used the Hundred Years War pack and I made a movie with Teachers fighting each other! Again, the other students really enjoyed the video (except a girl who dislikes blood).

If you are a Student or a Teacher, I really recommend making a video for your class because the Students really enjoy watching videos instead of writing all of time.

8 year old using Crazytalk

Popeye — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:15:55 GMT

Just had a group of eight year olds in the Learning Centre today. These were a mixed ability group. In four hours and them seeing Crazytalk for the first time they produced these examples.

They did there own little poems to put on the script. Used SFX, Puppetering and modification of images/text. I was pretty impressed by the way the kids picked this up in such a a short time.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zY5HKD71lhM
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BItfKHPI3Ls
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bVqHcC5iuyI

St Cuthberts Primary, Newcastle

New Education Website Launched

Peter Edwards — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:00:40 GMT

A brand new Education Website has been launched by Reallusion this week. The new website covers products, resources and community related news for all levels of education.

To check out the new site please click the link below:

http://education.reallusion.com/default.asp:

General Question of Educational use

co1e — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:15:45 GMT

Forgive me if I ask dumb questions that may seem obvious to everyone.I'm looking to attempt to use some form of 3d annimation for special needs kids. I downloaded the trail version Iclone 3. It may be more than I really need. I'm just looking to give these kids some visual representation of how to correctly do things. Simple things like use a fork for your food, wash your hands after bathroom. I think the teachers call this stuff video modeling, using videos of real kids showing the correct way of doing something. It helps some of the special kids learn. Well it's not easy finding real videos of sit on the potty.Am I looking at the right software with the clone 3?Am I going to have to break the wallet out every time I need a prop such as fork, plate, glass, bathroom sink?If I do purchase the clone 3 are more props included when you upgade to full user or am I limited to just what I've seen so far? Only spent a couple hours with it but the trail seems to be lacking props.How helpful is the forum with new users? Guess I'll find that out soon enough. LOL Thanks in advance for any help.Mark

Education Packs

Popeye — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:51:30 GMT

Education packs available from here:

http://www.iclones2go.com/index.php?_a=viewCat&catId=11

Further Characters and content can be found here:

http://www.iclones2go.com/index.php?_a=viewCat&catId=45

Hope this meets the teacher's approval :P

iclone classroom

tkubal2 — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:08:56 GMT

Has anyone produced an education set for iclone? I think i could build it, but i'm wondering if its already been done. i'm wondering what are the limits for voice/action tracks? i'm using the expensive version of iclone 3, and a decent computer/card setup(HD4600,2.5ghz,3gb ram). Also, can I inset powerpoint lectures, microsoft word outlines, or animated gifs into my animation scenes?any help would be greatly appreciated.

Crazy Talk 5

driscgai — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:36:28 GMT

I recently purchased a 5 license pack of Crazytalk 5 to try out at my school. While trying to learn this program, I was consistently connected to with what should have been very helpful tutorial videos. However, each tutorial I was brought to said "open Crazytalk5" and then .... My software did not have many of the buttons or features I was being led to. After many wasted hours and time spent online, I realize that I was being taken to tutorials for Crazytalk 5 Pro--althought not stated as such. I would like to be able to access help for my version: Crazytalk5 EDU only. Even the enclosed brochure that came with the program shows me a voice, lips face/facestrength etc. track screen. All I get are Voice and Motion clip tracks--and the motion clip track is barely visible at the bottom of the screen.

Help.

Should educational licenses have a cost?

Apparition — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:07:28 GMT

Certainly, education is one means to promote software usage and is a guaranteed way to popularize it. As an educator aI have the strong belief that software creators have the wrong approach to educational distribution.What you learn is what you will use. It is as simple as that. that is why pirated software somehow contributes to make a software package popular and usually will lead to an increase in sales. Why then relying on pirated software effectiveness when properly identified educational centers could be provided, free of charge, with special educational packages ?I still have not gotten reasonable explanation from ANY software vendor!Mike AparicioMediaLab director.Galileo University, Guatemala C.A.

Iclone 2 vs 2.5 question

huertaaj — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:18:22 GMT

I just purchased an academic version of Iclone 2.0 last week Feb. 8 2008 from Academic Superstore. I was under the impression that I was getting version 2.5 but unfortunately it was version 2.0. I would like to have version 2.5. I'm not sure how to upgrade since the Reallusion website is not clear about that and Academic Superstore does not mention iClone 2.5. Can anyone help?

Thanks,

huertaaj

CrazyTalk Case Study - School Kinder Round

Visconti — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:01:55 GMT

Dear All

CrazyTalk has provided school a creative way to introduce their facility and curriculum to the partners.
(By Tucson School District)

View the Video

[flashvideo]http://www.youtube.com/v/xeRBIHqrh1o&rel=1[/flashvideo]

Language Education and unicode

bald_barber2000 — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:19:03 GMT

I posted in another forum about this a few days ago. No answers, so maybe sb over here has some ideas. My company is looking for new applications for producing interactive language learning materials. CrazyTalk looks interesting (and iClone as well). The problem I see so far for Reallusion products is that unicode is not well supported. Maybe I'm missing sth, but with my regular applications I can copy and paste Chinese (or whatever) characters directly without worrying about missing fonts, strange symbols or anything else that gets in the way of production. So far, I have not been able to take a speech bubble and successfully enter Chinese into it with CrazyTalk. Without that function, it would be a waste of time for my company to invest time and money in CrazyTalk or other Reallusion products. The most frustrating part, however, is that so far I have been unable to get any feedback on this issue.

I would also expect that for the purposes of marketing globally, it would make sense for applications to be localized to other linguistic contexts. Anyway, these days, basic unicode support is fairly widespread. It looks like I will be researching products from competing companies that offer this function.

Reallusion in BETT

Visconti — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 09:06:04 GMT

Reallusion will be presented at BETT (UK) in Jan 2008.
Know more info in
http://forum.reallusion.com/Topic2064-15-1.aspx

iClone for LFA Specialised Courses

Visconti — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 03:30:14 GMT

iClone for LFA Specialised Courses

"...The student will then be introduced to few varied 3D approaches to generating pre-viz using commercial off the shelf products, Sketchup, iClone and Antics 3D, these are relatively new 3D applications that are now being specifically developed for the pre-visualization and machinima markets."

[img]http://www.reallusion.com/press/award/logo_londonfilm.jpg[/img]

Click here for more info
http://www.londonfilmacademy.com/courses/short_and_parttime_courses.asp?id=50

iClone in Machinima

Visconti — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:08:03 GMT

[img]http://forum.reallusion.com/image/2007.09.07_001.jpg[/img]

Machinima 101

iClone and CrazyTalk are Machinima tools designed to give total control over creating 2D and 3D characters. Characters speak and perform inside a total 3D real-time environment where actors, dialog, set design, special effects and music all combine.

http://www.machinima.com/channel/view&id=28