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02/11/2010 10:44:29

hugmyster
hugmyster
Posts: 107 		There are a lot of dance manoeuvres in the directing section (fun, fun, fun!) but they are all set to a specific music time.
Is there any way to speed up or slow down the a character so that they keep to the beat please?

Huggy
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02/11/2010 10:47:34

freakmoomin
freakmoomin
Posts: 272 		This is something that were hoping to get in soon, at some point in the future we might possibly have a speed setting for each animation.....

Thats the talk anyway but no promises as it could have some major impacts that we havnt anticipated and it may not get the go-ahead.
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02/11/2010 13:58:02

hugmyster
hugmyster
Posts: 107 		freakmoomin wrote:
Thats the talk anyway but no promises as it could have some major impacts that we havnt anticipated and it may not get the go-ahead.

OK, thanks Freakmoomin. I can very much understand that actually, and can appreciate it might well be a bit of a pig.
Many thanks though.
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03/11/2010 01:45:42

ghrenig
ghrenig
Posts: 39 		You could always change the speed of the music. Albeton live allows you to change the speed without changing the pitch. Do not know of any free software that does it, but you can download a thirty day trial of Albeton live.

What bpm are the dance sections set to.
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03/11/2010 09:43:51

Emily
Emily
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Posts: 346 		That's not a bad suggestion Ghrenig.
It depends on how fast/slow you need to go to fit with the animation though, the music might sound a bit mental! If you're looking for something free, Audacity has an effect which allows you to change the tempo without changing the pitch.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
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03/11/2010 10:02:00

hugmyster
hugmyster
Posts: 107 		ghrenig wrote:
You could always change the speed of the music...
What bpm are the dance sections set to.

That's a brilliant idea, but would it work in the cases where I use, say, hoe down and and breakdance? The timing for the dances are totally different.
Then if you can alter the speed of the characters (something else I need to look into), it might be a case of having the true tune as the background and the altered version as 'dialogue' for the characters!

OK, sounds crazy, but it might work...
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03/11/2010 17:07:36

inlimbo
inlimbo
Posts: 70 		Then there's also the third option of Muvizu creating 3 speeds to every animation (fast, medium, slow) installed into the package in the first place. This would not be customizable, so it might not perfectly fit everyone's needs.
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04/11/2010 13:17:23

hugmyster
hugmyster
Posts: 107 		inlimbo wrote:
Then there's also the third option of Muvizu creating 3 speeds to every animation (fast, medium, slow) installed into the package in the first place. This would not be customizable, so it might not perfectly fit everyone's needs.

Swings and roundabouts, as you say. People would keep in time for dancing (and even walking or marching) but everyone would only have the three speeds.
Personally, I think it sounds like a good idea, but that's just me.
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04/11/2010 13:28:52

Emily
Emily
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Posts: 346 		If you are animating a wedding dance, it might be more accurate to have everyone dancing at a completely different time to the music?
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04/11/2010 13:32:54

glasgowjim
glasgowjim
Posts: 698 		In order to do a wedding we would need to make the Moonwalk animation worse so that it looks more like a drunken uncle.......
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04/11/2010 13:59:14

Emily
Emily
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Posts: 346 		We don't have a drunk mood...yet...but we do have a thriller animation...


edited by Emily on 11/4/2010
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05/11/2010 11:05:54

hugmyster
hugmyster
Posts: 107 		Ideal!
Just get the band bladdered and I'm on to something here...

Buddies
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