Forum - Feedback - the importance of hands - Messages http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic568-the-importance-of-hands.aspx Forum - Feedback - the importance of hands - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:13:03 GMT Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:13:03 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic568-the-importance-of-hands.aspx Message from Neil ]]> Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:13:03 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic568-the-importance-of-hands.aspx Message from Dreeko Neil wrote:

Psst, Barry...

Just make some gibberish about textures and he'll leave you alone.


I heard that timeline dodger!]]> Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:10:33 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic568-the-importance-of-hands.aspx Message from Neil Dreeko wrote:
Dont you just love it when people ask for things without knowing exactly whats involved.....Once you've conquered all these things i would like a time machine and a pair of hover trousers to get to my work

Psst, Barry...

Just make some gibberish about textures and he'll leave you alone. ]]> Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:07:30 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic568-the-importance-of-hands.aspx Message from Dreeko toonarama wrote:
Barry
Could this be done in a simplistic way by having
a clench fist/open hand slider plus a hand rotator (like the head rotator) OR
having a distinct set of hand animations: clench fist, open hand, point etc

thanks

Toonarama


exactly what I was about to post!

slider, tick boxes, separate hand poses or a combination

must be a method in there somewhere


Dont you just love it when people ask for things without knowing exactly whats involved.....Once you've conquered all these things i would like a time machine and a pair of hover trousers to get to my work
if its not too much trouble!]]> Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:18:14 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic568-the-importance-of-hands.aspx Message from toonarama Could this be done in a simplistic way by having
a clench fist/open hand slider plus a hand rotator (like the head rotator) OR
having a distinct set of hand animations: clench fist, open hand, point etc

thanks

Toonarama]]> Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:03:33 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic568-the-importance-of-hands.aspx Message from barrys
The hands have the usual six axes of freedom enjoyed by most 3D objects. They can be moved and rotated in all crazy directions. On top of this is the control for each finger, how they bend, straighten, scrunch, relax, rotate and spread. I've not even mentioned grip style, IK or FK movement. The emotion imparted by hand movement needs all of these freedoms. This all amounts to a massive control headache that I'm unsure could be addressed by copying the head controls. I'm not sure how to achieve this without compromising Muvizu's ease of use. However, you've planted the seed so I'm sure it'll get pondered upon.

Perhaps if we went head-hunting at Cape Canaveral...

Barry]]> Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:33:27 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic568-the-importance-of-hands.aspx Message from ghrenig A town called panic with plastic characters - no hand movements or facials



Makes me laugh anyway]]> Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:37:22 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic568-the-importance-of-hands.aspx Message from Dreeko Emily wrote:
I guess the problem is just how it's implemented and how we get all these different suggestions working together in a system that's simple enough to use, yet specific enough to provide all the desired control.

Answers on a postcard please...


the way the head is animated with the ball in the head shape that is moved around

Couldnt we do the same for each hand? (ball in hand shape)

sorry i didnt have a postcard handy ]]> Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:59:03 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic568-the-importance-of-hands.aspx Message from Emily
Hands are indeed very expressive and relay a lot of emotion.
It would be good if we could get more control over this. I guess the problem is just how it's implemented and how we get all these different suggestions working together in a system that's simple enough to use, yet specific enough to provide all the desired control.

Answers on a postcard please...]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:33:10 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic568-the-importance-of-hands.aspx Message from Dreeko







and there are some great use of eyebrow movements too (hint hint)]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2010 11:48:43 GMT