mark (1/8/2020)

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As I remember in the beginning they would just use the basic computer voice (text to speech) that came with iClone. When I did my clips I did my bad Wallace Shawn voice for Walter.:P
As far as I was concerned anything goes as far as Walter's voice is concerned.:D

animagic (1/8/2020)

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The voice of Pinhead is Australian Lee (now marketed by Nuance). In the U.S. he is available through NextUp (https://nextup.com/nuance.html).

I can supply Pinhead via my Market Place store. I will post here when that is done (kind of busy right now).

Just like Mark (and others), I did a number of Pinhead movies (see my YouTube channel), but I am not planning to do another one at the moment. I just counted, I did 11 or so!  :crazy:

animagic (1/8/2020)

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I started using a better quality voice at one point, which is explained here by Pinhead 2.0 to the older G5 Pinhead. It doesn't go very well...:unsure:

Hey, where did you post your clips, or do you have any posted anywhere in particular for viewing? :) LW

mark (1/9/2020)

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Well... if you're clever... you could click on the bottom of this post the images/graphic where it says...Click here to go to my YouTube Channel filled with iClone Tutes and Silly Stuff
that is my main YouTube channel....and then you can scroll down to the "Shorts" section, click on that to see all the shorts... Pinhead included!

But whatever you do don't watch anything else on that channel!!!!:P:P:P:P

LogicalWarrior (1/8/2020)

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 LOL! :) So, this is the new voice that you were talking about? The one that is being advertised at the nextup site you mentioned? 
LW

animagic (1/9/2020)

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No, the voice of the "old" Pinhead is the voice of Australian Lee. The voice of the 'new" Pinhead is from Acapela, I believe it's Peter(UK English). 

wires (1/9/2020)

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Here's a pic of part of my Pinhead collection going back to the very first 2D version used.

mark (1/9/2020)

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Well... if you're clever... you could click on the bottom of this post the images/graphic where it says...Click here to go to my YouTube Channel filled with iClone Tutes and Silly Stuff
that is my main YouTube channel....and then you can scroll down to the "Shorts" section, click on that to see all the shorts... Pinhead included!

But whatever you do don't watch anything else on that channel!!!!:P:P:P:P

toystorylab (1/9/2020)

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Here my short "Pinhead Halloween Special" (2017):

mark (1/9/2020)

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Thanks for the kind words! You are very wise not to click on links for sure.... especially mine!!!:P:P:P
I do get a kick out of doing my "voices" ...a frustrated old "radio" guy I guess!! :P

And yes...You really need to study Rene's work!!! He's one of the very best!!!!;)

mark (1/11/2020)

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Well I think it's a great idea to get old Walter up and at it again for sure!!! Keep us posted!!!:P:P:P

mark (1/12/2020)

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:P:P Well ya know Walter is a ..."fly by the seat of his pants kinda guy!" Whether he has the right tools or not!!!:P:P:P:P Can't wait!!!:D:D

animagic (1/12/2020)

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I did some more work on Walter to make him look his best (which is a challenge...:P)

While I prepare him for uploading (I haven't done that in a while), here is a little test video to enjoy:

Alley (1/17/2020)

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Hello people - it's Alley.  Sorry, this is going to be a long post.

I'm usually so busy working the stores backends that I rarely read the forum anymore and thankfully GrannyJ directed me to this thread.

For those that don't know, PInhead was originally drawn as a 2D character by my husband "Walter".  Which is why his first name is Walter.  He was created for my friends on the Pinnacle Studio Video Forum - a bunch of people all over the world who decided they would like to do a group video project.  There was much discussion on what the actual project would be and decided we would each do a little video about where were were from.  But we needed something to tie everything together - a common element.  We discussed including a Garden Gnome or something like that but someone brought up the Flat Stanley project - in any case, we decided to create a cartoon character and my hubby drew it for us.  So people could either make actual cutouts of Pinhead and include them in their video, or they could use him as an overlay participating in some way.  The winner would be able to do the final edit stitching all the movies together.  The movies were not posted on youtube - they were embedded on our website and Longcross created the website, which is no longer active.  I believe I still have all the videos somewhere - I know as I live near Toronto, we took the kids to the CN Tower, along with our Pinhead cutouts, and Pinhead travelled with us for the day.  I must admit, people looked at us funny with these silly cutouts but we had a lot of fun - my kids were in elementary school at the time.  As they are now 24 and 23, it tells you PInhead has been around for some time.

One of the original members had a copy of Crazy Talk and he gave me the software as he didn't use it.  We were able to give Pinhead a voice (Australian Lee) and how exciting that Pinhead could actually communicate with his fans.  We started a series of 2D contests on various themes and I would source prizes - the committee were all members of the PInnacle forum.  Brian from California, Kayla from Minnesota, Paul from Pennsylvania, Joe from Chicago and early on Gerry from Germany (originally Ireland).   But...people move on - and Crazy Talk led me to iClone and I was hooked!

And so, the PInhead projects started to accept 3D entries, as well as 2D.    Joe, myself, Gerry and Brian became the committee from here on.  Only Gerry and I actually use iClone.  Brian and Joe briefly dabbled in earlier versions.  I was the lead on the committee, so I would manage the website once we let the original one go, do the story animation openings with assistance from Gerry, source prizes, set the ground rules and prepare the final awards ceremony after a community vote decided who the winners would be.  It was extremely time consuming and there was some internal disagreements about how things should be so I walked away.  But, I have always thought we would resurrect the projects after a hiatus.

The focus of these projects, while technical achievement was always important, was mostly on story.  We wanted Pinhead to be a tool for new users to help them learn to animate.  Essentially give people a reason to make a video story.  So the winners were not always the most technically advances users, a video with some mistakes, but a good story, would potentially win over the technically perfect video with weak story.  Prizes were awarded by Committe vote and the "Golden Pinhead Awards" were based by a vote of participants.

Pinhead was originally created as a "Tech Support" kind of guy who worked at Pinnacle.  He was a bit of a looser in life, but somehow always came out a winner.  He is naive, clumsey but completely loveable.  He is not particularly handsome, has bad hair, a pasty complexion, a bit of a ponch - you can see from Gerry's post the evolution of his character.  He falls into situations quite innocently and despite the predicaments, he always seems to stumble through a winner at the end.  As Viking says, at times he is portrayed a little different in videos and we sort of bite our lips hoping that everyone will understand the essence of his character and his history.  I could go on an on but enough for now.

The group did have an idea for a 10 year anniversary project.  It never materialized but I have always thought we would do it eventually if there was enough interest.  I think the idea might have been a suggestion by Viking if I am not mistaken.  Whether we would move forward would depend on how people feel and whether the committee is even interested or not.

Anyway, let me know your thoughts.  Maybe people would rather just stick to doing a video starring Pinhead when they feel like it - that's fine but try to remember who he is.  As Viking said, he is a very dear character to a lot of us who have been with him from Day 1.