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24/01/2012 21:22:18

Steven547
Steven547
Posts: 66 		Hi. Just a couple questions if I may.

How do I have a character in a sitting pose, hold the guitar? When I select the guitar pose, he (the dog) just sits there, and the guitar just "floats" in front of him.

Is there a way to have a spotlight turn on during an action or does it have to be on the entire time?

And can that light or a light, "follow" a character, like a spotlight? Is there a way to "lock" that light onto the character in other words...

Thanks!
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24/01/2012 22:54:08

mystoMuvizu mogulExperimental user
mysto
Posts: 471 		I have a fair bit of experience with the musical aspects of Muvizu so I'll try to help you as best I can.

Although I personally have never tried to have a character play a guitar in the sitting position, I don't think it's currently possible in Muvizu. With the exception of the keyboard player and drummer, characters can only "play" the instruments in the standing position. If I'm incorrect about this I'm sure someone will let me know.

You can have any of the lights turn on and off at any time during an animation. In my experience there are 2 ways to do this...

The first way is to have the color of the light set to black at the beginning of the animation and then when you want to turn it "on" you change it's color. You do this by right clicking on the light. This will bring up a box showing all of your options for that light. Click on the "colour" bar and this will bring up a pallet of colors for that light. Click the black color and exit out of the pallet box. Your light is now set to black, or "off".

When you are ready to "turn on" your light go to the place on the timeline where you want the light to come on and then "left click" on the light. This will "highlight" the light you want to come on. Then go to the top menu and click "prepare". Go down to where it says "object properties" and click. You'll see another box pop up called "prepare object properties".

Click the box that says "track" and select "colour". Then move down and click on the "animation" box. Select the "animate" option. As soon as you select the "animate" option you should see the box expand to show a pallet of colors available. Each of the colors shown can be changed to any color you want by clicking on it and then picking from the pallet shown.

When you are ready to "turn on" your light you'll notice at the bottom of the box there is a button called "direct". Click on that button. The "timeline recorder" box pops up. Click the record button on the lower left of the box. This starts the recorder. When the countdown is finished click on the color you want the light to be and then hit the "stop" button. Your light will now have changed from black or "off" to whatever color you want it to be. Now it's just a matter of moving the lights little box on the timeline to where ever you want it to turn on.

The second way to "turn on" a light is to use the slider bar. It's the same process as above except that after you hit the record button you move the "slider bar" for the light instead of clicking a color.

As for having the lights "follow" a character I don't think there's an "automatic" way of doing this yet. You will have to manually move the light to the movements of the characters and in my personal experience at this point in time it's not for the "faint of heart". It can be done but it's a rather complicated procedure trying to get the timing of the movements for everything "just right".

I hope this explanation helps you out. If you need to know more just let me know and I'll try to help out the best I can. I look forward to seeing what you come up with. Happy Muvizuing!
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25/01/2012 00:23:42

Steven547
Steven547
Posts: 66 		Thank you very much! I forgot one question though! Sorry, was at work and couldn't remember what it was....

On the TIMELINE, is there a way to view ALL the action of all the characters? Right now, you click a character, and it only shows that one characters actions. Is there a way to view them all?

Thanks again!

Steven
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25/01/2012 01:18:37

mystoMuvizu mogulExperimental user
mysto
Posts: 471 		Right now I believe you can only view the actions of one character at a time.
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