Animated Parody of Donald Trump making a speech

This is another Muvizu animation I made:




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Animated Parody of Donald Trump making a speech

Version 1.3 of "Text to Speech for Video" is now available

I've released version 1.3 of my open source text-to-speech program, Text to Speech for Video. Several enhancements have been added to make working with the program easier and more productive, and the "Huckleberry" voice has been improved and expanded (word count now over 2300).

Below is a short video demonstrating what the current three voices (Huckleberry, Donna, and Eve) sound like:
 


The visual elements were created in Muvizu Play+ I've just started working with Play+, but I already like it a lot. I hope to post a more extensive review sometime later this year. *

Version 1.3 of "Text to Speech for Video" is now available

Animation Experiment using Daz Studio Pro 4.5 and an imported object

I rendered a short animation in Daz Studio, testing it with an imported object (the creature).  I created the creature in Sculptris and exported it in wavefront/obj format before importing it into Daz. All of the other objects in the scene came from the "Genesis Starter Essentials", which were included with Daz Studio.

Beauty vs Beast


The animation for the woman came from the "punch" animation included with the Genesis Starter Essentials.  As the creature in this case was just a static object with no rigging, its animation possibilities were more limited - I rotated it and moved it for a rough approximation of falling down.

related web sites: http://www.daz3d.com/, http://pixologic.com/sculptris/

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Animation Experiment using Daz Studio Pro 4.5 and an imported object

The Ink Monster Cometh

This video started out as an exercise to see what would result when I based a video on an abstract digital drawing I created a number of years ago:

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The Ink Monster Cometh

Sparrows vs Sparrows

Sparrows may be small, but that doesn't mean they are timid:

Clash of the Sparrows



Clash of the Sparrows 2


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Sparrows vs Sparrows

Sneak Peek: My Upcoming Humpty Dumpty Animation

I've been working on what I believe will be my most ambitious Humpty Dumpty video yet.  This time, our hero will be on a dungeon quest adventure.  Like all my preceding H.D. videos, the frames are being created primarily in POV-Ray, and the story will be told in an original rhyme.  Below is a very preliminary screen shot:

 

Currently I am estimating a completion date sometime in the first quarter of 2013, but I make no absolute promise - I'm trying to really take my time and raise the bar on quality.  One area in which I've been trying to improve is to give Humpty a better walk cycle than the rather jerky one he had in my previous Humpty Dumpty and the Candlestick video.  I found a couple of good online references here and here. I did take a few liberties with the advice offered, such as having Humpty keep his left arm rigid in "lantern holding" position, rather than swinging it, but basically I found the information very helpful.

Once I had his basic key frame positions down for walking (for which I stored the knee and foot position coordinates), I was happy to find that I could very easily average them together to get intermediate positions (and then average those to get even more intermediate positions, and so on). In other words, it's not too hard to compute a whole lot of frames and get as smooth a walk cycle as one wants with POV-Ray.

As I mentioned, the above screen shot is very preliminary. I'll probably add a number of additional objects to the dungeon, and outfit Humpty in some more appropriate adventurer garb.  How does it look to you so far?  Is it suitably dark for a dungeon, but not so dark that you can't make out most of the main details?  It looks about right on my monitor, but I know that can vary a lot, depending on what screen one is using.  Leave me a comment.

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Sneak Peek: My Upcoming Humpty Dumpty Animation

Rock'n Geese

Not all the geese got eaten on Thanksgiving, and the ones in this video seem pretty happy about having survived:



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Rock'n Geese

Saucer Launch Clip (CC license)

Well, I should have posted this many months ago, but I did finally complete my POV-Ray based clip of a flying saucer taking off:
 

 

 As I mentioned previously, it's available for re-use by other video creators at no charge under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.

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Saucer Launch Clip (CC license)

Sneak Peek - Saucer Launch

Recently, I've been working on a POV-Ray animation of flying saucer taking off from a launch bay. At right is what the launch bay looks like so far.

I might add or edit a few details, make some lighting changes, but I think it is pretty close the way I want it.

It will be short, but I am planning to release it under a Creative Commons license, so others will be able to incorporate it into their videos. *

Sneak Peek - Saucer Launch

Sitting in a tree, the Catbird utters the cry for which he is named. *

Sparrow Splash Party

Sparrows may be small, but they make up for it with enthusiasm:



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Sparrow Splash Party

Hummingbird Buzzes Cameraman

The Ruby-throated Hummingbird in this video decided she would fly in for a closer look at me as I was filming her:



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Hummingbird Buzzes Cameraman

Twas the Cat Before Christmas

Since the mice weren't stirring, the cat settled for going after the Christmas tree :)

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Twas the Cat Before Christmas

Robin Bird Bath Video

When this little guy bathes, he really puts his heart into it:

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Robin Bird Bath Video

Cat and Computer Desk

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Cat and Computer Desk

Geese on Film

A couple of videos I made featuring local  (West Michigan) geese/goslings:

Goose and Goslings Feeding:



Geese Family Closeup:



 related web site: http://videos.viewmyart.com
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Geese on Film

"Bad Luck Archer" (animation)

That third arrow didn't go as planned :)



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"Bad Luck Archer" (animation)

Train Crash Clip (cc license)

I took some silent footage of a staged train crash from the 1913 movie "California State Fair Highlights" (Progressive Film Producing Company of America) and added some sound effects and dramatic music. I'm offering free use of the resulting clip under a Creative Commons license (details available on the related page to which I've provided a link below the video):



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Train Crash Clip (cc license)

Humpty Dumpty and the Candlestick

The fourth video in my series featuring the famous egg:



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Humpty Dumpty and the Candlestick

"A Scary Walk through the Woods"

Just in time for Halloween, it's a mildly scary music video I made with POV-Ray.

A Scary Walk through the Woods


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"A Scary Walk through the Woods"