Topic: New guy with LOTS of questions
Hey everyone, I just transferred her from brickfilms.com, and I have questions I haven't gotten answered(or at least not clearly) . Ok, I have a QP 9000 and a Logitech Desktop Microphone for hardware. For software, I have Audacity for recording myself, Axogon Composer(not a clue how to use), SMA for capture, and WMM for putting sounds on my video. Question #1: Is Monkeyjam better for animating than SMA? I haven't used MJ before, and don't know its features, nor how to use it. With SMA, make one mistake, and you have to start over, and you can't edit separate frames. Question #2: What programs beside WMM can you use to add sound to your videos and do transitions,etc. DDclip doesn't work. Question #3: What programs will I need to do special effects like masking, fire, smoke, water, explosions, lightsabers,etc? I want them to be free and as easy as possible. Question#3: I don't know all the special effects you can add to a video, WMM has limited things it can do, like zoom in slowly, and that's it. What does Mindgame use? He's the best animator I've seen. Question #4: How do you do those camera movements like turn, up, down, follow a guy, or other things like that? Mindgame does that all the time, like when the stormtrooper was slammed into the wall by the Emperor's guard, or like in his Gears of Solace, when it follows the Drone's legs when he's running towards the soldier at 0:17, or 0:19-20 & 0:21? And(one last awesome example ), when the guy slams the car salesman into the car, or just simply rotating between two characters. I have many other questions, but I'll post them later.
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