Forum - Feedback - Direct Character Actions Pages - Messages http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic939-direct-character-actions-pages.aspx Forum - Feedback - Direct Character Actions Pages - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:16:15 GMT Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:16:15 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic939-direct-character-actions-pages.aspx Message from sirih lot of people find themselves wanting to do so much more. And for that the user needs finer control.Tricky one.
Despite my moaning, I really do like Muvizu!]]> Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:16:15 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic939-direct-character-actions-pages.aspx Message from Neil sirih wrote:
Meh. Not too sure about this approach, for me. Mapping from the numpad to what you see on the screen doesn't seem terribly easy to me. I think a big part of the problem for me is that too much stuff has to be done in real time - I just want to be able to slow things down a bit so I'm not stabbing away at the keyboard (or mouse) in the vague hope I'll get what I want. These frustrations are compounded - a lot - by the fact that so far I've been attempting to animate to a pre-existing dialogue rather than scripting to the animation.

I understand that the numpad approach doesn't suit everyone, but one of our driving principles is to keep Muvizu simple to use for newcomers to animation and in that way, I think it works. In a future release, I'm hoping to rework the directing windows so that they're more accommodating to advanced users such as yourself.

A very early release of Muvizu had a 1/2 speed button so that you could record at a slower pace. It was removed shortly afterwards, but after talking to the other devs, I think we can bring the concept back as a percentage slider so you can have fine control over the recording speed.

sirih wrote:
And oh, wouldn't it be fabulous to be able to, say, copy (or cut) and paste on the timeline...

Yes, it would. That's one of my goals for the new UI.]]> Mon, 07 Mar 2011 10:49:04 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic939-direct-character-actions-pages.aspx Message from sirih Meh. Not too sure about this approach, for me. Mapping from the numpad to what you see on the screen doesn't seem terribly easy to me. I think a big part of the problem for me is that too much stuff has to be done in real time - I just want to be able to slow things down a bit so I'm not stabbing away at the keyboard (or mouse) in the vague hope I'll get what I want. These frustrations are compounded - a lot - by the fact that so far I've been attempting to animate to a pre-existing dialogue rather than scripting to the animation.
And oh, wouldn't it be fabulous to be able to, say, copy (or cut) and paste on the timeline...]]> Mon, 07 Mar 2011 03:29:01 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic939-direct-character-actions-pages.aspx Message from mysto Sun, 06 Mar 2011 14:28:41 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic939-direct-character-actions-pages.aspx Message from Dreeko Neil wrote:
Dreeko wrote:
Always?

Always happy to listen, not guaranteed to like what I hear.


Good answer lol! ]]> Sun, 06 Mar 2011 12:18:16 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic939-direct-character-actions-pages.aspx Message from Neil Dreeko wrote:
Always?

Always happy to listen, not guaranteed to like what I hear. ]]> Sun, 06 Mar 2011 12:14:35 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic939-direct-character-actions-pages.aspx Message from Dreeko Neil wrote:
Sigh!

Always?]]> Sun, 06 Mar 2011 11:32:20 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic939-direct-character-actions-pages.aspx Message from Neil
The user interface is currently undergoing a complete revamp and will change radically over several releases, starting with the one after next. If you have any suggestions on how this feature can be improved, I'm always happy to listen.]]> Sun, 06 Mar 2011 10:55:04 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic939-direct-character-actions-pages.aspx Message from Dreeko I think that is the standard answer to this

Cheers

D]]> Sun, 06 Mar 2011 09:16:58 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic939-direct-character-actions-pages.aspx Message from sirih I love the ideas powering Muvizu and I know it's free, so feel crappy being so ungrateful - but. really, a readily usable interface is crucial and, now that I've been really trying to use it rather than just tinkering around, I'm getting pissed off. Just sayin'...]]> Sun, 06 Mar 2011 05:15:55 GMT