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	<title type="html"><![CDATA[Forums - Bricks in Motion - Rubik's Cube Animation]]></title>
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	<updated>2010-06-27T13:30:49Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Rubik's Cube Animation]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[[quote=BGanimations] but as others said there was a little bit of light flicker that was kind of distracting to see.[/quote]

You're correct, and I will point out why. The stickers on the Rubik's Cube are many different colors (and are very shiny too) and each side is fairly big, so I had to work in a larger space with the lamps farther out of the shot. What happened was that, when the brighter colors (especially white) was facing partially or completely at the camera, it would cause the picture to be brighter. If I had time or if I wasn't so lazy, I could've gone back and slightly decreased the brightness of these pictures (I tried doing one part and it seemed to work out fairly well, but it took a while). The next time I make a Rubik's Cube animation, that'll be my next focus - decreasing light flicker. :) 

Thanks for the support Splodge! I'm very glad you enjoyed my film! :D]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[SpudNicStudios]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/871/</uri>
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			<updated>2010-06-27T13:30:49Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Rubik's Cube Animation]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Well I really enjoyed that. Yeah, there was some light flicker, but I didn't really see it. The animation was really good, and the voice of the Rubix Cube was hilarious. You had a great storyline, so for that I salute you! You're really going places, kid.]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[Splodge]]></name>
				<email><![CDATA[splodgepictures@bell.net]]></email>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/695/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2010-06-27T11:56:29Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Rubik's Cube Animation]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[I can only do a Rubix cube in about 3 or so minutes. Yes I am slow.

Anyways, moving right along, the animation seemed good, but as others said there was a little bit of light flicker that was kind of distracting to see.]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[BGanimations]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/841/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2010-06-23T23:54:49Z</updated>
			<id>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/148026/#p148026</id>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Rubik's Cube Animation]]></title>
			<link rel="alternate" href="https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/148022/#p148022"/>
			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Thanks for all the great feedback guys! I'm glad you enjoyed the film (and hope that I win)! :) 

[quote=UniLego]Although I hate when live action is turned into stop motion.[/quote]

Same here, it looks extremely choppy. The only reason I did this was because I wasn't quite sure if the entire video had to be stop-motion, so I "cheated" (and by "cheated" I mean I saved myself a lot time by not setting up a way to animate myself) and just used the program to add the stop-motion effect. Odds are, I probably wont do that again. 

[quote=NeXTCUBE]This is solved using the normal method.  I have done better than this (about 55 seconds once), but not timed by a stopwatch (and no, I did not cheat).  It is difficult using this method to get a time close to a minute, so good job SpudNic.[/quote]

Nice! And you're right, it is difficult to "speed cube" using this method (I plan on learning a faster method this summer). My personal record is 50 seconds (which I accomplished while I was sick, go figure). ;)]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[SpudNicStudios]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/871/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2010-06-23T23:14:48Z</updated>
			<id>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/148022/#p148022</id>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Rubik's Cube Animation]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Psh, I can solve a Rubik's cube in 90 seconds tops (I'm trying to stay around a minute) and solve one side in no less than 20 seconds.

Anyways, that was a fun little film. I liked the Rubik's cube assembling.]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[BertL]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/194/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2010-06-23T14:19:16Z</updated>
			<id>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/147871/#p147871</id>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Rubik's Cube Animation]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[I can't solve a Rubik's cube, but I can fling it at the wall in frustration in .5 seconds... :lol: 

I really enjoyed the film, although if I saw a cube solve itself I would run out of the room screaming, not just sit there looking amused and entertained.  It was very creative when you had the cube fall apart and put itself back together again.  Nice job, and I hope you win! :)]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[Brick7]]></name>
				<email><![CDATA[brick7seven@gmail.com]]></email>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/1329/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2010-06-23T04:39:18Z</updated>
			<id>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/147809/#p147809</id>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Rubik's Cube Animation]]></title>
			<link rel="alternate" href="https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/147771/#p147771"/>
			<content type="html"><![CDATA[I like the idea of the cube that always wants to stay solved.  There are some light flickers, but it's not very bad, just wait a second for the camera to adjust before you take the next frame.  I thought your expressions were pretty good, considering it is pretty much a habit now for you to solve the cube.  I thought it was done very well, and you had good originality.  I look forward to seeing you win this contest.


This is solved using the normal method.  I have done better than this (about 55 seconds once), but not timed by a stopwatch (and no, I did not cheat).  It is difficult using this method to get a time close to a minute, so good job SpudNic.

[img]http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/NeXTCube/StopMotionAnimation/ruby.jpg[/img]]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[NeXTCube]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/1833/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2010-06-23T02:41:20Z</updated>
			<id>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/147771/#p147771</id>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Rubik's Cube Animation]]></title>
			<link rel="alternate" href="https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/147757/#p147757"/>
			<content type="html"><![CDATA[T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-TW-TW-TW-TWO MINUTES! YOU GUYS MUST BE GENIUS THINGS! :o]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[Juggernaut Pictures]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/1880/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2010-06-23T01:53:20Z</updated>
			<id>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/147757/#p147757</id>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Rubik's Cube Animation]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[I can solve a Rubik's cube in about two minutes, and the animation was pretty good. Although I hate when live action is turned into stop motion.]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[UniLego]]></name>
				<email><![CDATA[unilegostudios@gmail.com]]></email>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/653/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2010-06-23T01:32:44Z</updated>
			<id>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/147746/#p147746</id>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Rubik's Cube Animation]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Nice! So...did anyone like the video? :) (Or at least, the animation?)]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[SpudNicStudios]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/871/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2010-06-23T01:22:46Z</updated>
			<id>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/147735/#p147735</id>
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		<entry>
			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Rubik's Cube Animation]]></title>
			<link rel="alternate" href="https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/147721/#p147721"/>
			<content type="html"><![CDATA[I can solve it in...uh...1 hour...or more.]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[MPfist0]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/452/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2010-06-23T00:49:01Z</updated>
			<id>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/147721/#p147721</id>
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		<entry>
			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Rubik's Cube Animation]]></title>
			<link rel="alternate" href="https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/147720/#p147720"/>
			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Without cheating, we can [u]both[/u] solve the rubix cube in about two minutes. :D]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[BuilderBrothers]]></name>
				<email><![CDATA[builderbrothers@gmail.com]]></email>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/1041/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2010-06-23T00:38:33Z</updated>
			<id>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/147720/#p147720</id>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Rubik's Cube Animation]]></title>
			<link rel="alternate" href="https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/147674/#p147674"/>
			<content type="html"><![CDATA[[quote=seaforce110]without cheating I can... MAKE IN A MINUTE 1 SURFACE TEH SAME COLOR XD ![/quote]

:D]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[SpudNicStudios]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/871/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2010-06-22T22:55:39Z</updated>
			<id>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/147674/#p147674</id>
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		<entry>
			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Rubik's Cube Animation]]></title>
			<link rel="alternate" href="https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/147476/#p147476"/>
			<content type="html"><![CDATA[without cheating I can... MAKE IN A MINUTE 1 SURFACE TEH SAME COLOR XD !]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[seaforce110]]></name>
				<email><![CDATA[seaforcemovies@hotmail.com]]></email>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/1367/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2010-06-22T06:09:29Z</updated>
			<id>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/147476/#p147476</id>
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		<entry>
			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Rubik's Cube Animation]]></title>
			<link rel="alternate" href="https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/147420/#p147420"/>
			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Watch it HERE: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUafbEupF7Q&playnext_from=TL&videos=2L0UFpacQgI&feature=sub[/url]

I made this for a contest on Youtube (no word on the winners yet) and the theme was stop-motion animation. I decided to make a silly video involving an extremely annoying Rubik's Cube that prefers to stay solved. Watch it and you'll understand what I mean. ;)  

The main reason i'm posting this here is to get feedback on the animation (I realize there is a lot of light-flicker, so i'm gonna blame it on the shiny stickers of the Rubik's Cube). :P Let me know what you guys think! (And expect a LEGO animation sometime soon...I hope)  

-Spud-Nic Studios

(Also, I can solve the Rubik's Cube, [u]without cheating[/u], in about a minute - can any of you guys?)]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[SpudNicStudios]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/871/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2010-06-21T21:53:48Z</updated>
			<id>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/147420/#p147420</id>
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