First real animation

superlativecg

cosmicdawnseries said:

brought face mojo :) thanks guys but please feedback does it look good?

thanks :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTdMNg9wS2A

That looks nice!  Well done!

superlativecg

Kevin Sanderson said:

iPhone X or 11. You need facecap app and Face Mojo. I still haven't sprung for it. Bad time right now. They're working on one for unreal that's real time.

I wish they would make it work with the Xbox One Kinect.  Much less expensive than an iPhone.

Ivy

@cosmicdawnseries

I checked out all your animations on youtube. , very cool. it looks like you on a start to bigger things .. Keep up the nice work :)

WendyLuvsCatz

facerig looked so promising too

there is a plugin for 2D animation with that though using Live2Dcubism

cosmicdawnseries

Thanks, guys ???? and thanks a lot Ivy iv saw some of your work also I hope I can get to your level one day ????

Ivy

cosmicdawnseries said:

Thanks, guys ???? and thanks a lot Ivy iv saw some of your work also I hope I can get to your level one day ????

Thanks for the nice compliment.   I'm like you I do everything is daz studio. I have a hard enough time knowing one 3d software  let alone multiples..lol  Ive just been doing it much longer than you. If  you keep plugging along the more  animations you make the easier it becomes. I recommend you continue to grow your content library  which in time you will find yourself start to look for things just for kit bashing and trying to build themes of content. I also suggest using different hdd drives as well to organize your content, it makes  Asset gathers much easier.   But some things with daz studio  & working in animation you just have to put up with because they lack the technology.  & that is where Photoshop, BorisFX comes in. that will help grow your artistic skills. .Also it pays to get a good film editor I like hitfilm pro.  I am still using a older version of  Adobe premier cs6.  But you'll learn the film editor will become your friend..  Anyway I hope to see great things from you just keep plugging away :)

cosmicdawnseries

Thanks a lot Ivy yes I'll try particle illusion that looks fantastic I do use movie studio for video editing but would you recommend getting hit film ? Thanks for your help and kind words :)

Ivy

 

Hi sorry for the late reply

There are great film editors on the market.  like I had mentioned I am still using Adobe premiere pro cs6  But other film editors will work as well as long as you can add multiple tracks

The best one of course it Adobe Premiere but its rather costly  https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere.html

Adobe Premiere elements is a better choice  because it not cloud it has a stand alone license  for under a $100  and will pretty do everything the Premiere pro will do minus of the plugin functions.  https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere-elements.html

There are a lot of free windows based Flim editors  But I only recommend one and that is Hitfilm and Hitfilm pro up grade is not that much for unlock all the fx features. in a lot of ways hitfilm is better than Adobe premiere IMHO and if i were starting out & did not already own Premiere cs6 i would use hitfilm express .   But like I said its not that much to upgrade to the pro version that has alot more tools and plugin options if you are wanting to create VR  videos then I would use Hitfilm pro  But you can compare the 2 here. https://fxhome.com/compare/hitfilm

so you can decide for yourself what is best to use. Start out with the free version and when your ready you can upgrade to the pro. one of the reason I recommend Htifilm express.

I hope that helps :)

 

wolf359

On the matter of video editors I would highly reccommend the free version of Davinci Resolve 16

I used it for the final delivery edit of my feature length animated film.

I come from a background of Avid ,Adobe premeier,After Effects and Final Cut Pro and I have found the free Davinci suite to be an excellent FREE alternative to them all.

In addition to an excellent nonlinear video editor( with unlimtited video & Audio tracks) and many hollywood style Title overlay options the suite has completely separate color editor tab for color grading and adjusting with many built in professional film Color lookup tables(LUT's)

There is also a separate "Fusion" tab that has a very powerful node based compositor with many built in visual effects such as particles and the Dynamic lense flare effects I had thought I would have to leave behind as I retired my ancient Mac running Adobe After effects CS3.

Finally there is the "Fairlight" tab with pro level audio editing tools for vocal enhancment as well as many other tools and foley effects libraries. https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/

Sven Dullah

wolf359 said:

On the matter of video editors I would highly reccommend the free version of Davinci Resolve 16

I used it for the final delivery edit of my feature length animated film.

I come from a background of Avid ,Adobe premeier,After Effects and Final Cut Pro and I have found the free Davinci suite to be an excellent FREE alternative to them all.

In addition to an excellent nonlinear video editor( with unlimtited video & Audio tracks) and many hollywood style Title overlay options the suite has completely separate color editor tab for color grading and adjusting with many built in professional film Color lookup tables(LUT's)

There is also a separate "Fusion" tab that has a very powerful node based compositor with many built in visual effects such as particles and the Dynamic lense flare effects I had thought I would have to leave behind as I retired my ancient Mac running Adobe After effects CS3.

Finally there is the "Fairlight" tab with pro level audio editing tools for vocal enhancment as well as many other tools and foley effects libraries. https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/

Tks, this looks interesting! I've been looking all over to find a descent Mac compatible free editor. Often the advertised free versions turn out to be  free 30 day trials. Or limited functionality that render them useless (export options greyed out etc.). This one is fully functional?

wolf359

@Sven Dullah The Free version of the Davinci suite is fully functional but there are some of the high end 4K-8K editing&compositing features that are no available in the free version but you need to have serious hardware & storage to be working with 4-8k footage anyway. and even then the pro version is only around $300 USD for the entire suite

Black magic Design is actually a hardware company that makes their main revenue on uber$$high end Cameras$$ for the Live broadcast and Hollywood film industry.

Their software is very professional!!! I could never go back the Final Cut after using Resolve and the fusion node based VFX compositor has completely surprised me as replacement for my beloved, albeit aging, Adobe after effect CS.

Gordig

wolf359 said:

Black magic Design is actually a hardware company that makes their main revenue on uber$$high end Cameras$$ for the Live broadcast and Hollywood film industry.

By the standards of the professional video industry, Blackmagic equipment is actually very affordable. A $6K camera is nowhere near “Uber high end”. 

wolf359

It is in my budget :-(

Sven Dullah

wolf359 said:

@Sven Dullah The Free version of the Davinci suite is fully functional but there are some of the high end 4K-8K editing&compositing features that are no available in the free version but you need to have serious hardware & storage to be working with 4-8k footage anyway. and even then the pro version is only around $300 USD for the entire suite

Black magic Design is actually a hardware company that makes their main revenue on uber$$high end Cameras$$ for the Live broadcast and Hollywood film industry.

Their software is very professional!!! I could never go back the Final Cut after using Resolve and the fusion node based VFX compositor has completely surprised me as replacement for my beloved, albeit aging, Adobe after effect CS.

Great, tks!!