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08/02/2011 08:11:15

PinguinoStudios
PinguinoStudios
Posts: 13 		I'm still new to Muvizu and using it right now to work on a video blog-style animation. It's a great program for quickly producing cartoon-style animation and much faster than what I was using before (the Unity Game Engine), but one thing I have found a little frustrating is the lack of precise camera control, specifically so that I can line a character's eyes up so they are looking directly in to the camera. This is key to what I'm doing so I've spent a lot of time painstaking trying to line-up character's eyes and/or the camera properly.

I have a background in TV puppetry (like the Muppets) and in that medium one of the key elements in creating the illusion of a character's thought and focus is the ability to precisely and deliberately focus the puppet's gaze directly in to the camera, at another character, or another object. And while 3D animation is a different medium, I find that the same principle applies.

I think it would be extremely useful to have the ability to "lock" a character's gaze directly in to the camera, or lock it on an object or person so that they automatically follow its movement. There are scripts to this in other animation programs and I think it would fit nicely with Muvizu's "direct, don't animate" philosophy.

(oh and if there is already a way to do this that I have somehow missed, I'd love to know about it).
edited by PinguinoStudios on 08/02/2011
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08/02/2011 13:20:10

freakmoomin
freakmoomin
Posts: 272 		There currently isnt a way to do this at the moment......

BUT

I think its a great idea! Its something that has defo been disscussed in the past and its a feature that i think would work well in muvizu as long as we can make it simple to use and fit it into the current workflow
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08/02/2011 19:40:10

ziggy72Muvizu mogulExperimental user
ziggy72
Posts: 1988 		Yes, yes, yes! This feature would help speed up the process a lot, and would look great. Amazed I didn't suggest it myself! Nice one, Pinguino Studios.
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08/02/2011 19:44:30

mystoMuvizu mogulExperimental user
mysto
Posts: 471 		Excellent suggestion!
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