Having 360 degree video ability is of short-lived interest, but I'd swap it for any single one of the above.

I'm sure the muvizu team have plans to add more actions.

Removal of the collision system and physics - they serve no function and in fact reduce usability.

The ability to keyframe character positions (if not actions).

The ability to copy and paste keyframes (especially for cameras).

The ability to keyframe object motions accurately e.g. to allow rotating wheels and helicopter blades.

Better transitions between actions - some "jump" in a very jarring manner.

Less exagerrated actions e.g. runs
Less exagerration of starting actions e.g. before a run.

Pop up screens which are context sensitive, i.e. when I edit a character his form appears, if I click on another character the form remains but applies to the new character or object.

The timeline to stop disappearing from the screen all the time.

The ability to have multiple dialogue clips for a character.

And by far the most important - the ability to stretch and compress actions on the timeline.

Having 360 degree video ability is of short-lived interest, but I'd swap it for any single one of the above.

So have I have missed the version of Muvizu which allows a character's actions to be keyframed?

However, I would certainly like to see what's currently in the works vs what's highest on the current to-do lists but, unfortunately, I doubt they'd release this information.

MrDrWho13 wrote:

we need to find a covert agent who lives in or near Glasgow to "drop in" and casually look at the bulletin board... then report back to the rest of us. ;-)
Know anybody? ;-)

speaking of which.. is the Muvizu headquarters open to visitors? If I ever travel to Scotland to research my ancestry, do they let wild-eyed foreigners inside to look around?

primaveranz wrote:

It's an add on - http://www.muvizu.com/Pack/18/Key-framing-expansion-pack

...and, I should clarify, it works for objects/cameras/lights/etc, but not character actions - character properties yes, but not actions.
edited by ziggy72 on 03/06/2016

speaking of which.. is the Muvizu headquarters open to visitors? If I ever travel to Scotland to research my ancestry, do they let wild-eyed foreigners inside to look around?

I hear it is beautiful and a great place to live

Rocque wrote:

Especially if you love rain! When I went up a few years ago, they informed me that it's only sunny one week per year if you're lucky.

Neither the tax or rain comments are actually correct, but I must admit I emigrated to in New Zealand where it is much warmer. And we even win at rugby more often than not

Well, to stay a bit on topic here, if this gets through to the developers at all.

a move, rotate and scale gizmo on selected objects.

keyframed movement and rotation of groups, of characters, of head and eye-movement and open / close mouth

import of 2D flash and gif animations in textures, camera overlay, ...

And another thing!
Being able to apply transparent textures to the body to mask out limbs etc. It would make Muvizu far more useful to me in the medical sphere.

primaveranz wrote:

You can do this with the 'new' characters (Mandy, Heroine, etc) but not the 'potato heads'. You just set their top to None, or legs, hands, etc.

"you can't remove the head?"

I do hope the staff answer about the possibility of an animation building tool.

Latest on my wish list - more "Begin" "Loop" and "End" animations
e.g. Begin using Mobile phone - Actor stays with phone to his ear, then you can use "Loop" to show some related natural movements and finally "End" when the call is over.
This ability to start and end animations would make up for the crucial missing functionality in Muvizu, to stretch or cut animation blocks on the timeline.

after beating my head against a wall for most of the weekend, I finally have a feature that I want added badly enough to make a pest of myself in order to get it: a snap function for backdrops.

In fact, there should be a toggle for it so snap can be turned off if you don't want it. But basically, if you get two backdrops within a certain distance from one another, I want the edges to connect and stay there.

I'd also like the backdrops to stop acting like a 4 year old who's being tickled when you try to move them.

And the snapping should have an option to align the walls in a straight line.

if a utility character can't be provided (one that can be invisible while its attachments are not, and which preferably has attachment points for all the major bones ..so we can attach models to thigh, lower leg, feet, forearm, upper arm etc)

... then the next best thing would be a new action that forces the characters arms against its body so they don't swing outside any attachments while walking. Ikes has already pointed out the OBJECT restricts the movement, but it still requires space and the arms could stick out of some attachments

PatMarrNC wrote:


Well, there is also the handcuffed action, wich puts his arms along the side. You can actually get quite some bizar (arm) movements, if you do certain actions before a walk. Try the falling or dancing actions. Quite funny.

primaveranz wrote:

This seems quite easy in my head, but the staff have yet to comment on if this is possible. Currently the little clips are keyframed in by the devs with set intervals between each tiny movement to build up the whole movement. It would need to be possible to have this as a variable timing.

I have already accomplished the turning wheel in key frame, in your modeling program you have to make sure you have the axis in the right position before you import it into muvizu, if we removed the physics from muvizu then we wouldn't have gravity which I myself find very useful,it saves us the time of animating a falling object and makes the job easier for all of us, the collision is useful also, what if we wanted something to impact with another object or when it falls and hit the ground, without collision the object will keep going, no impact, so at the point of collision that would be a cue point to animate or add an effect, and that's where your video editing software comes handy,but if I was to change anything for the collision, that would be to add a feature that will allow us to adjust the physic and collision, also you have to remember the purpose of muvizu, its was aimed at those who don't know much about animation, and gives a helpful push to those who always wanted to animated their own cartoon, you take that away from muvizu then you take away the ability to animate from those who needs it, so leave the actions in there, they are most needed, I'm sure the muvizu team have plans to add more actions, I have no problems with the timeline and see nothing that should be changed, for the dialogue to be multi, it is possible, i have done it in Alien grey, unless you want the character to say different thing at the same time, and for action in the time lines, not sure what you mean, but the further you place the key frames in the timeline the slower the animation will be, the closer the faster it will, if that's what you mean, i'm not trying to be a butt, but muvizu wasn't meant only for advance users, it was meant to help people do something that the always wanted to and didn't have the money to take learning classes, in fact muvizu is a class in it's self, so if muvizu isn't something that suits your needs then I would say look at toon Boom or some other advance animating software.

recent threads have made me want a new feature:
the ability to assign two (or more) different attachments to the same socket, then toggle between them with keyframes.

This would open a LOT of potential in ways too numerous to list

I agree wholeheartedly Clayster. Well put.

doby wrote:



Another very useful post from Doby...oh wait a minute ...he hasn't made any so far.



My spidey sense tingles and tells me that the only people who agree with Clayster these days, are him and his imaginary son who is still at "Collage" (sic) . But thanks for the post....Dobyster.

You are quite right Clayster, I apologise for doubting the existence of your son.
But I would suggest that you send his siblings to a better educational institution. Unless they are keen on learning craft-based hobbies .
edited by primaveranz on 03/03/2017

...But I would suggest that you send his siblings to a better educational institution...