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22/04/2012 15:50:05

DreekoMuvizu mogulExperimental user
Dreeko
Posts: 1257 		Hello Muviland!

All my tutorials are now in one playlist
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7993C5DECDB85561&feature=plcp

All new ones will be added too.

Hope they help some.

Cheers
D
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22/04/2012 20:26:36

DyllyMuvizu mogulExperimental user
Dylly
Posts: 555 		A request for a tutorial...could you broach the subject of codecs...which ones, where are they found, how to install and set them up please?
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23/04/2012 20:12:44

DreekoMuvizu mogulExperimental user
Dreeko
Posts: 1257 		Dylly wrote:
A request for a tutorial...could you broach the subject of codecs...which ones, where are they found, how to install and set them up please?


I'll see what I can do for you guvner. Getting the parts may be tricky. How does Wednesday suit you?
edited by Dreeko on 24/04/2012
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23/04/2012 22:13:24

HayManMarcExperimental user
HayManMarc
Posts: 128 		I'm willing to bet Wednesday after next would be glorious. I bet 1 beer. Any takers?
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01/05/2012 20:20:59

DreekoMuvizu mogulExperimental user
Dreeko
Posts: 1257 		Dylly wrote:
A request for a tutorial...could you broach the subject of codecs...which ones, where are they found, how to install and set them up please?


Right!.... Today I decided to try and make a codec tutorial for the community, so I thought I would start from downloading the appropriate codecs and installing in a step by step basis and then moving on to preferences settings in the software that I use. Now this meant I had to remove the codecs from my system.

This was at 09:30 this morning
It is now 20:09 and my system is only now beginning to behave like it did before...

..I have been un-installing re-installing, tweaking, downloading removal tools and codec packs, performing system restores, rendering videos, re-rendering videos, tearing hair out, shouting, kicking furniture, buying more furniture to kick, kicking that and weeping in the foetal position.

I hate codecs....

...and , as you may have guessed..there is no tutorial.

The next tutorial will be on projections and lighting



..This is of course if I can ever manage to successfully export a movie from Muvizu again.






I hate codecs
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01/05/2012 21:14:10

WozToonsExperimental user
WozToons
Posts: 494 		Well at least you tried, that's the main thing.
Look on the bright side, you have some new furniture and you know never to fiddle with codecs again.
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01/05/2012 22:29:20

DreekoMuvizu mogulExperimental user
Dreeko
Posts: 1257 		My main advise is ..If your codecs work and you are happy with them then leave them alone!

I'm only able to render successfully 50% of the time now.
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01/05/2012 23:18:53

mystoMuvizu mogulExperimental user
mysto
Posts: 471 		I hear ya Dreeko! About a month ago I made the mistake of "playing around" with the codecs on my system and had the same results as you. While things are pretty much back to normal now with my system it's not like it was before I messed with things.

If it aint broke don't fix it!!!
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02/05/2012 00:43:28

DyllyMuvizu mogulExperimental user
Dylly
Posts: 555 		Dreeko...I'm sorry! My Bad! I will refrain from asking for tuts, especially ones involving dismantling the pc and trips to Ikea!Pat on the head
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02/05/2012 07:08:25

DreekoMuvizu mogulExperimental user
Dreeko
Posts: 1257 		Dylly wrote:
Dreeko...I'm sorry! My Bad! I will refrain from asking for tuts, especially ones involving dismantling the pc and trips to Ikea!Pat on the head


No, no! Keep the requests coming folks. I enjoy making them despite the problems encountered
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02/05/2012 16:03:07

DreekoMuvizu mogulExperimental user
Dreeko
Posts: 1257 		New vid - A Rain of Crime (tutorial teaser)

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02/05/2012 16:11:38

ziggy72Muvizu mogulExperimental user
ziggy72
Posts: 1988 		Ooh, that's proper dark that is! Very nice, especially the projected text on the car, very effective.
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02/05/2012 19:57:46

DreekoMuvizu mogulExperimental user
Dreeko
Posts: 1257 		ziggy72 wrote:
Ooh, that's proper dark that is! Very nice, especially the projected text on the car, very effective.


Thanks Zig!

The projected text gets a mention in the tutorial too!
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03/05/2012 09:14:22

DreekoMuvizu mogulExperimental user
Dreeko
Posts: 1257 		And here it is!



Hope it's of help to some one

Cheers
D
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03/05/2012 09:59:41

docca3
docca3
Posts: 5 		Brilliant - will have to try it out when I get the chance
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03/05/2012 10:27:16

JamieMuvizu staff
Jamie
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Posts: 609 		Really useful tip Dreeko, and what a lovely looking scene it is. Now, how would you do puddles?

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Direct, don't animate!
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03/05/2012 11:10:42

Marco_D
Marco_D
Posts: 582 		A five stars tutorial, excellent tips

I'm definitely going to use this technique in a future video.
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03/05/2012 12:30:26

DyllyMuvizu mogulExperimental user
Dylly
Posts: 555 		Excellent Tutorial! A question though...you moved the car at the end and the lights moved with the car..headlamps and tail lights...how was that done?
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03/05/2012 13:44:39

DreekoMuvizu mogulExperimental user
Dreeko
Posts: 1257 		Dylly wrote:
Excellent Tutorial! A question though...you moved the car at the end and the lights moved with the car..headlamps and tail lights...how was that done?


The lights on the moving car are part of the car. No external lights were added. If you go to the object properties of the car you will see that the brightness of the lights can be adjusted. The lights which were added to the stationary car may have made your
mind think that the moving car had the same, but this was not the case.

Cheers
D
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03/05/2012 13:48:50

DreekoMuvizu mogulExperimental user
Dreeko
Posts: 1257 		Jamie wrote:
Really useful tip Dreeko, and what a lovely looking scene it is. Now, how would you do puddles?


Puddles, hmmn.. I'll have a think about this one..
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03/05/2012 22:26:17

DreekoMuvizu mogulExperimental user
Dreeko
Posts: 1257 		Tutorials playlist updated.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7993C5DECDB85561&feature=plcp

Cheers
D
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04/05/2012 12:04:25

toonaramaMuvizu mogulExperimental user
toonarama
Posts: 661 		Fantastic tutorial and great effects - thank you very much
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04/05/2012 13:01:29

ScorpyX
ScorpyX
Posts: 17 		Really nice video and tutorial - good job
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04/05/2012 21:12:02

gimmick
gimmick
Posts: 179 		Very interesting tutorial and a very nice b&w thriller environment
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01/08/2012 16:43:25

DreekoMuvizu mogulExperimental user
Dreeko
Posts: 1257 		Another Tutorial Vid

As requested Lighting!

Part 1



Hope it's of use to someone.

Any further tutorial suggestions are always welcome!

Cheers
D
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01/08/2012 20:35:52

toonaramaMuvizu mogulExperimental user
toonarama
Posts: 661 		great tutorial dreeko - really appreciated. It is the additional touches like the use of a second light that make so much difference to the finished look. Thank you
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02/08/2012 16:21:23

DreekoMuvizu mogulExperimental user
Dreeko
Posts: 1257 		toonarama wrote:
great tutorial dreeko - really appreciated. It is the additional touches like the use of a second light that make so much difference to the finished look. Thank you



Thanks Toon!

As Mysto has said previously, sometime you just do something and don't think about it (like the second light) So I'm glad that these little things are helpful!

D
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02/08/2012 16:54:01

DreekoMuvizu mogulExperimental user
Dreeko
Posts: 1257 		Coming soon

Lighting tutorial part 2!

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02/08/2012 18:18:02

dwino
dwino
Posts: 56 		Thank you very much Dreeko!
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02/08/2012 18:30:39

MrDrWho13Muvizu mogulExperimental user
MrDrWho13
Posts: 2220 		I'm waiting for part 3...



Love the sneak preview of part 2!rock on
edited by MrDrWho13 on 02/08/2012
edited by MrDrWho13 on 02/08/2012
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02/08/2012 19:58:45

DyllyMuvizu mogulExperimental user
Dylly
Posts: 555 		Part 3? Ah yes but what series?

Great Tutorial Dreeko, lighting is one of my bugbears so I'm following these tutorials closely!
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02/08/2012 20:11:05

MrDrWho13Muvizu mogulExperimental user
MrDrWho13
Posts: 2220 		Dylly wrote:
Part 3? Ah yes but what series?



The lighting one!
edited by MrDrWho13 on 02/08/2012
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02/08/2012 21:22:25

ziggy72Muvizu mogulExperimental user
ziggy72
Posts: 1988 		Dreeko wrote:
Coming soon

Lighting tutorial part 2!





Aha! The dark! Now you've caught my interest...
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07/08/2012 11:03:01

DreekoMuvizu mogulExperimental user
Dreeko
Posts: 1257 		Lighting tutorial part 2



Hope it's of use to someone

D
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07/08/2012 11:49:35

MrDrWho13Muvizu mogulExperimental user
MrDrWho13
Posts: 2220 		WOW, Thanks again Dreeko!
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07/08/2012 12:21:46

Dozer
Dozer
Posts: 16 		thanks for the video...
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07/08/2012 22:35:23

DreekoMuvizu mogulExperimental user
Dreeko
Posts: 1257 		Dozer wrote:
thanks for the video...


No probs!
All suggestions for part 3 are more than welcome!
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08/08/2012 10:28:35

MrDrWho13Muvizu mogulExperimental user
MrDrWho13
Posts: 2220 		Dreeko wrote:
All suggestions for part 3 are more than welcome!



Can we have explosion lighting please? (possibly in use with the explosion effect?)
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08/08/2012 12:13:39

toonaramaMuvizu mogulExperimental user
toonarama
Posts: 661 		Another brilliant tutorial (thank you)
Must admit I have always assumed the directional light should be positioned at the light source but you are positioning it at the subject with much better effect. Is this the way it is meant to work?
Thanks
Mick
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08/08/2012 14:41:58

DreekoMuvizu mogulExperimental user
Dreeko
Posts: 1257 		Ah! Explosion lighting! Request noted..

Toonarama!
No the directional light can be positioned anywhere. It seems to have the same effect whether you place it on the ground or in the air. All you have to think about is the direction it points and the strength of the brightness you require.
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08/08/2012 16:29:56

MrDrWho13Muvizu mogulExperimental user
MrDrWho13
Posts: 2220 		Dreeko wrote:
Ah! Explosion lighting! Request noted..


Thanks!
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23/08/2012 09:47:29

JamieMuvizu staff
Jamie
(Account inactive)
Posts: 609 		Really nice work here Dreeko! Clearly and simply explained. Hope to see more, how about underwater light effects?

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Direct, don't animate!
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23/08/2012 13:52:14

DreekoMuvizu mogulExperimental user
Dreeko
Posts: 1257 		Jamie wrote:
Really nice work here Dreeko! Clearly and simply explained. Hope to see more, how about underwater light effects?


Thanks Jamie!
Underwater huh? What made you think of that one? I'm sure I could give it a bash.

...btw, has someone chained you to the forum today in some Saw style trap?
That's some amount of posts today matey!
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23/08/2012 13:59:35

WozToonsExperimental user
WozToons
Posts: 494 		Dreeko wrote:
...btw, has someone chained you to the forum today in some Saw style trap?
That's some amount of posts today matey!


Penance for going on holiday?
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