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  • SapphireBlueSapphireBlue Posts: 1,241

    wsterdan said:

    SapphireBlue said:

    I finished my first full animation experiment/project in FilaToon. My 3080 is able to render this (~3200 frames) in about 3 hours (I wasn't keeping track too closely, because it was fast!). Since FilaToon is so versatile and fast, and toon styles more forgiving, this really opens up animation possibilities in DS that I wouldn't have considered before.

    FilaToon was a bit glitchy in this project but that kinda worked for this more stylized moody video. 3Diva gave me some tips on that, so hopefully I won't have those issues for a more regular story animation. A thank you to Emanuela1. Her theme "Dreams" for the Nov 2024 freebie challenge inspired this project, both the song and the scene that formed the basis for the music video. smiley

    Okay, I thought it was pretty good, until I found out you did the music and singing too, then it blew me away. How did you do the lip sync?
    Looking forward to much more...

    wsterdan Thanks heaps! heartThis was so much fun to make thanks to FilaToon and the fast rendering with Filament, and thanks to Face Mojo for G9 which is what I used for the face movement and lip sync. I've got to put that last one to use more and test things out more. smiley

    Thanks for sharing your animation tests with FilaToon and Willow - they're looking good! I'm glad to know it's fun and a relatively fast process for you - I agree!

  • Aki3dAki3d Posts: 173

    Can someone explane to me how to embed a video in the way all of you are doing it.

    I mean with a picture to click on and then it will lead to youtube for example. 

    when i put the url into a video link I get just the url as a text. 

    The forum search function was absolutely no help.

    thanks in advance.

  • SapphireBlueSapphireBlue Posts: 1,241
    edited May 1

    Aki3d I'm not sure why your "before the invasion" video in your previous post didn't embed. I just put my youtube url in a post and when the comment posts, it turns into an embedded video. Let me try with one of your videos. I remember coming across your videos some time ago and watching many of them, and will just say your skills are insanely impressive. Chapeau! I just went through them all again. Invasion, Hot Rod Holiday and Ghost Ship are great!

     

    This is Aki3D's fantastic "femme fatale (short film) 3d animation". Was this done with DAZ3D assets in Iray? Or was it rendered with some other engine?

     

    Hats of for the soundtrack and all the foley work. The storytelling, scene, camera work and editing is spectacular. I always enjoy reading about an artist's background, the why of a project and the journey. So if you're willing to share more, that'd be very interesting. smiley 

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  • Aki3dAki3d Posts: 173

    @SapphireBlue

    thank you for the nice words. "Femme Fatale" was rendered with DS (Iray) and Twinmotion (unreal engine) for the backgrounds (forest, streets etc)  and some vfx in post with After Effects.

    I've composed and played the score and made the foley. The idea behind the project was telling a quiet complex story without words. 

    The editing was very important for the story. It's about the last moments in the life of a man. Some scenes are real, some are memories and some are just near-death hallucinations.

    I've used some old school editing methods from the film noir era which I like alot. 

     

     

     

     

  • Aki3dAki3d Posts: 173
    edited May 5

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  • SapphireBlueSapphireBlue Posts: 1,241
    edited May 5

    Aki3d Thanks for sharing those details! I'm very partial to visual stories without words - the experience is very immersive and meaning comes at you from different pathways. It's a fantastic way of telling a story. Well done.

     

    So, don't use the insert link option, just paste the url in the post. (I tried it the first way - and that indeed doesn't seem to work.)

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  • Aki3dAki3d Posts: 173

    Invasion

    Now it works. Thank you @SapphireBlue

    In this video everything is rendered in DS. All the animations are handmade keyframe animations without any preset usage.

    The sky is a time-lapse recording I've made from my balcony.

    All these little micromovements from the soldier in the beginning have been very difficult without motion tracking. 

    A big challenge was also the interaction between the sky and the light which shines or not shines through the leaves

    which is done in big parts in post with After Effects blending two different renders, made in two different light situations.

    I found it the easiest way of making the timing of the light change realistic as possible.

  • KrevivalProduccionsKrevivalProduccions Posts: 4

    That's a lot of work, @Aki3d! Also, it's really cool that you did the music and foley yourself. In Femme Fatale, the arrangements fit the noir vibe so well — piano, strings... really nice! Lots of effort, haha! I think that kind of thing gives a project a lot of personality. I’ve also worked on a project myself — a short film — where I composed the music and did part of the foley too (some elements I recorded myself, others came from libraries), because of that I understand all the effort you did. And I read that @SapphireBlue did music too. This is nice! smiley

     

  • wsterdanwsterdan Posts: 2,733

    Aki3d said:

    Invasion

    Now it works. Thank you @SapphireBlue

    In this video everything is rendered in DS. All the animations are handmade keyframe animations without any preset usage.

    The sky is a time-lapse recording I've made from my balcony.

    All these little micromovements from the soldier in the beginning have been very difficult without motion tracking. 

    A big challenge was also the interaction between the sky and the light which shines or not shines through the leaves

    which is done in big parts in post with After Effects blending two different renders, made in two different light situations.

    I found it the easiest way of making the timing of the light change realistic as possible.

    Very impressive! Thanks for sharing. 

  • KrevivalProduccionsKrevivalProduccions Posts: 4
    edited May 22

    Hello! I made an animated short film called "Un Regal per l'Aina" (in catalan it means "A Gift for Aina"). The music is composed by me too. The short film is 20 minutes long, and I worked on it for two years. 

    It's not published yet but in case anyone wants to check it out, here's the link to the trailer ^^

    Trailer:

    Trailer de Un Regal per l'Aina

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  • FrankTheTankFrankTheTank Posts: 1,336

    Does anyone know are there mimic files for Daz Horse 2?

  • wsterdanwsterdan Posts: 2,733

    KrevivalProduccions said:

    Hello! I made an animated short film called "Un Regal per l'Aina" (in catalan it means "A Gift for Aina"). The music is composed by me too. The short film is 20 minutes long, and I worked on it for two years. 

    It's not published yet but in case anyone wants to check it out, here's the link to the trailer ^^

    Trailer:

    Trailer de Un Regal per l'Aina

    wow, very nice! Looking forward to the full release, thanks for sharing the trailer. What software did you use? 

  • wsterdanwsterdan Posts: 2,733

    FrankTheTank said:

    Does anyone know are there mimic files for Daz Horse 2?

    Not that I'm aware of. The DAZ Horse 2 doesn't have any phonemes, but you could take a Mimic .dmc file and edit it (it's a simple text file) to match some of the DAZ Horse's mouth morphs (there's "Open Lips", "Open Lips2", "Open Mouth", "Open Mouth 2", "Part Lips", different smiles (open and closed), etc..

    You can also use the same morph at different amounts (e.g. 50%, 100%) for different phonemes to have some variety.

    It'll take a little experimentationg, but it's pretty quick and easy to do. 

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 39,114
    edited June 10

    it works OK with the default mimic file

    I noticed Horse 3 needed a bespoke one though so whipped one up in Mimic Standalone

    but oddly it's not working in DAZ studio, I am puzzled

     

    on video you can see it works in Mimic

    it probably will on the Cr2 I exported too

    I can export a pz2 for it but missing many moves

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  • wsterdanwsterdan Posts: 2,733

    Thanks, Wendy, I never thought to just try the default file.

  • KrevivalProduccionsKrevivalProduccions Posts: 4

    wsterdan said:

    KrevivalProduccions said:

    Hello! I made an animated short film called "Un Regal per l'Aina" (in catalan it means "A Gift for Aina"). The music is composed by me too. The short film is 20 minutes long, and I worked on it for two years. 

    It's not published yet but in case anyone wants to check it out, here's the link to the trailer ^^

    Trailer:

    Trailer de Un Regal per l'Aina

    wow, very nice! Looking forward to the full release, thanks for sharing the trailer. What software did you use? 

    Hi wsterdan! I use Daz Studio for the scenes, animation (timeline) and render (Iray) and Blender for create my own morphs and custom assets. I also create my own textures and customize the ones from purchased assets. Thanks for your comment, in two weeks or less I will upload the entire short film :D

  • wsterdanwsterdan Posts: 2,733

    KrevivalProduccions said:

    wsterdan said:

    KrevivalProduccions said:

    Hello! I made an animated short film called "Un Regal per l'Aina" (in catalan it means "A Gift for Aina"). The music is composed by me too. The short film is 20 minutes long, and I worked on it for two years. 

    It's not published yet but in case anyone wants to check it out, here's the link to the trailer ^^

    Trailer:

    Trailer de Un Regal per l'Aina

    wow, very nice! Looking forward to the full release, thanks for sharing the trailer. What software did you use? 

    Hi wsterdan! I use Daz Studio for the scenes, animation (timeline) and render (Iray) and Blender for create my own morphs and custom assets. I also create my own textures and customize the ones from purchased assets. Thanks for your comment, in two weeks or less I will upload the entire short film :D

    Thanks for the info, looking forward to it!

     

  • FrankTheTankFrankTheTank Posts: 1,336

    @wsterdan, I never realized it was that easy to edit those mimic files, thanks for the tip.

    @WendyLuvsCatz, I'll try the default mimic file first and see how that goes, I should have thought to try that first, thanks.

  • wsterdanwsterdan Posts: 2,733

    FrankTheTank said:

    @wsterdan, I never realized it was that easy to edit those mimic files, thanks for the tip.

    @WendyLuvsCatz, I'll try the default mimic file first and see how that goes, I should have thought to try that first, thanks.

    Just to keep the record straight, *I* got that tip years ago from Wendy, she rocks! 

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 39,114

    wsterdan said:

    FrankTheTank said:

    @wsterdan, I never realized it was that easy to edit those mimic files, thanks for the tip.

    @WendyLuvsCatz, I'll try the default mimic file first and see how that goes, I should have thought to try that first, thanks.

    Just to keep the record straight, *I* got that tip years ago from Wendy, she rocks! 

    I got it from someone else but I don't recall who blush 

    I still find the Mimic standalone program much easier

    Horse 3 however like many things has the morphs scattered between head and body so a bit more complicated either way

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