Cine-machine

That’s odd ? ? ?

After reworking Episode 2, I’ve realized its the Motion Director that is causing me hell, to say the least. I’m not sure why it is doing this, but I believe it is tied to whether or not the character(s) in a scene have the MD applied to it. I realize this program plugin is not […]

2022-12-27

3D, Animation, Character Creator 4, Cinemachine LLC, film, Film Festival, iClone 8, Lip Sync, science fiction, tBd Movie, the Angora Bell, The Bell Dimension, Tucson
Reworking Episode 2 . . .

I am in the process of fixing Episode 2, which just hangs and locks up my PC, so I’m removing the background building. It is being replaced with an Abbey and hopefully this will not crash. pencil989

2022-12-26

3D, Animation, Character Creator 4, Cinemachine LLC, film, Film Festival, iClone 8, Lip Sync, Motion Director, ShotCut Video Editor, tBd Movie, the Angora Bell, The Bell Dimension, Tucson
3 Episodes – YouTube!

Almost 3 episodes have been uploaded, but a few of them I’m waiting on voice overs, so they will be replaced as that happens. I reworked the audio as I felt that the Sonic Pi files might have been the culprit to audio copyright issues, so I dumped that file and replaced it with Theremin […]

2022-12-22

3D, 4K, Animation, Character Creator 4, Cinemachine LLC, film, Film Festival, iClone 8, Lip Sync, Motion Director, PopVideo, ShotCut Video Editor, story, story development, tBd Movie, the Angora Bell, The Bell Dimension
8 Episodes . . . now Part 2

I’ve finished with Part I and those episodes are here for you to view. It’s around 30 mins. Now, I will begin redoing Part 2, which will take a little while to complete. Eventually, these will be uploaded to a streaming service at some point, but I’ll let you know where then end up. My […]

2022-12-08

3D, Animation, Character Creator 4, Cinemachine LLC, Clip Studio Paint, Comicbook, Consulting, film, Film Festival, iClone 8, Lip Sync, Motion Director, ShotCut Video Editor, story, story development, tBd Movie, the Angora Bell, The Bell Dimension, The Bell Dimension Deux, Training, Tucson, YouTube
off to YouTube . . .

I will be slowly uploading all 8 episodes to YouTube. pencil989

2022-11-29

3D, Animation, Character Creator 4, iClone 8, Lip Sync, Motion Director, Pawsitive Pet Pamering, Scruffy 2 Fluffy, tBd Movie, the Angora Bell, The Bell Dimension
All public now . . .

It is going to take me longer than I thought to get advertisers and that’s probably because of the time of year. I haven’t gotten out for a few days and now it’s Thanksgiving so the ads will appear “slowly”. pencil989

2022-11-21

3D, Animation, Character Creator 4, Cinemachine LLC, Film Festival, iClone 8, Lip Sync, Pawsitive Pet Pamering, Scruffy 2 Fluffy, story, tBd Movie, the Angora Bell, The Bell Dimension, The Bell Dimension Deux, Training, Tucson
1a-d & 2a-c now Public!

I finally uploaded the 2nd ad so now these are available for viewing. Others to be public as I add advertisers to clip. Yes, I know, 2 ads for dog groomers. pencil989

2022-11-18

3D, Animation, Character Creator 4, Cinemachine LLC, Film Festival, iClone 8, Lip Sync, Pawsitive Pet Pamering, Scruffy 2 Fluffy, tBd Movie, the Angora Bell, The Bell Dimension, Training, Tucson
1a, 1b, 1c & 1d . . .

I just finished uploading clips with an ad. Links only from Home page as the other pages have not been updated just yet. pencil989

2022-11-18

3D, Animation, Character Creator 4, Cinemachine LLC, Film Festival, iClone 8, Lip Sync, tBd Movie, the Angora Bell, The Bell Dimension, Training, Tucson
iClone 8 baking?

There’s an update to iC8 (8.12) and CC4 (4.12). A very aggravating day as I’m working on Part 2, first scene with 7 characters and a minimal background. I kept crashing on one particular character that I sent back to CC4 to figure out why the Expressions were not working. I was able to apply […]

2022-11-17

3D, Animation, Character Creator 4, Cinemachine LLC, Film Festival, iClone 8, Lip Sync, Motion Director, the Angora Bell, The Bell Dimension, The Bell Dimension Deux, Training, Tucson
Almost ready . . .

I have added links to all of the “a” Episodes for you to watch and let me know what you think. I will be adding a few advertisements for some local Tucson businesses. Hopefully, by Thanksgiving I’ll have more Episodes to watch. If you interesting in having your ad placed on this site, please contact […]

2022-11-14

3D, Animation, Character Creator 4, Cinemachine LLC, film, Film Festival, iClone 8, Lip Sync, Motion Director, ShotCut Video Editor, story development, tBd Book, tBd Movie, the Angora Bell, The Bell Dimension, Training, Tucson
Iratim conjures WOT . . .

The is a redo of a scene that just was not working. It took a little time to correct some issues, but it turned out pretty good. This scene introduces WOT or Waves of Time™, who is an ethereal creature living on the edge of the universe.

2022-11-08

3D, 4K, Animation, Character Creator 4, Cinemachine LLC, film, Film Festival, iClone 8, Lip Sync, Motion Director, ShotCut Video Editor, tBd Movie, The Bell Dimension, Tucson, Videos
Conversion complete . . .

I have just finished uploading Episode 7 and 8. Eight was a bit longer than I thought it would be. Suffice it to say, the whole project is about 25 mins in length and much easier than I thought to convert into iC8. I’ll be taking a vacation before I begin Part II. pencil989

2022-10-20

3D, 4K, Animation, Character Creator 4, Cinemachine LLC, film, Film Festival, iClone 7, iClone 8, Lip Sync, Motion Director, ShotCut Video Editor, story, story development, tBd Book, tBd Movie, the Angora Bell, The Bell Dimension, The Bell Dimension Deux, Training, Tucson, Videos
Episodes 5 & 6 . . .

I just finished uploading Episodes 5 & 6. Episodes 7 & 8 are the last two in Part I and are the longest in terms of scenes. These might take a while to re-work, but I’ve had no problems rendering in 4K at all. Pencil989

2022-10-12

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Episodes 3 & 4 in 4k . . .

I have finally uploaded the full 4k version of Episodes 3 and 4. I continue converting iC7 into iC8 . . . pencil989

2022-10-09

4K, Animation, Character Creator 4, Cinemachine LLC, film, iClone 7, iClone 8, Lip Sync, Motion Director, story, tBd Movie, the Angora Bell, The Bell Dimension, Tucson
Episodes 1 & 2 in 4k . . .

I have finally uploaded the full 4k version of Episodes 1 and 2. As I am just learning how to use Motion Director in iC8, I decided to release the episodes as I get them done, but some might look awkward and silly. I continue converting iC7 into iC8 . . . pencil989

2022-10-06

4K, Animation, Character Creator 4, Cinemachine LLC, film, iClone 7, iClone 8, Lip Sync, Motion Director, story, tBd Movie, the Angora Bell, The Bell Dimension, Tucson
Video output is black?

I have recently updated: Windows, 2 Nvidia (Broadcast & 3060) updates, and finally, iClone 8s. I go to render a scene I had just rendered earlier in the morning, but only partially as I was having problems with the 4k video “freezing” near the end of the scene. Every time I tried again the same […]

2022-10-02

3D, 4K, Animation, Cinemachine LLC, film, iClone 8, Motion Director, ShotCut Video Editor, story development, tBd Movie, the Angora Bell, The Bell Dimension, Tucson, Videos
Popcorn FX in iC8 . . .

I have run into a problem in iC8 when it renders a 4K scene using the Aura particle. I will get an error about some memory error message and then iC8 will crash. It is always the same frame where it gets stuck. Fortunately, I have an iC7 scene backup for such situations. I am […]

2022-09-24

Animation, Character Creator 4, Cinemachine LLC, error, film, iClone 8
4K versions now coming . . .

I am in the midst of rendering or re-rendering scenes in 4k, but they are much larger and require that I break them down into smaller chunks. You can see the first scene of the Episode, but you need to sign up in order to see the others. Sign up Thanks! pencil

2022-09-20

Animation, Character Creator 4, iClone 8, story development, the Angora Bell, The Bell Dimension, Training, Tucson, Videos
iClone 8 facial sample . . .

Amazing what you can now do with iC8!

2022-09-19

3D, Animation, Character Creator 4, Cinemachine LLC, iClone 8, Lip Sync, tBd Movie, the Angora Bell, The Bell Dimension, Training, Tucson
intro

The volunteers arrive at Bryn Mawr Manor located in an undisclosed location somewhere in Wales. It is 1943. The Angora Bell was recently discovered in the Giza Plateau and brought to the laboratory of Dr. Rolf Dyer, a prominent German physicist who escaped the Nazi regime. There is no know information about the bell other […]

2022-08-03

3D, Animation, Character Creator 3, Character Creator 4, Cinemachine LLC, Consulting, film, iClone 7, iClone 8, Lip Sync, Motion Director, ShotCut Video Editor, story, the Angora Bell, The Bell Dimension, Training, Tucson