MachinimaNation

Welcome to all new members.

Tried to paste a list of the names of all the members but it didn't work. Make sure you add your videos here. I am busy, made two new music videos just this week. Our members are: AuronGlace, ShadowwWolff, jbuck594, ViralExecution,TheOnlyIceman,LainyVoom,TheTond,Weedlz,Fulkster,Shakymonkey,tfddf,grouchobeer,equinoxx5,zsoverman,userjosh9874,thebongoman,Marykat,Jarvisondanet,shockwavepulsar00,fenderchick2010,forgetuk

Welcome to all the members of Machinimanation

Hi and welcome to everyone. Here is a list of our members: http://www.veoh.com/users/AuronGlace http://www.veoh.com/users/ShadowwWolff http://www.veoh.com/users/jbuck594 http://www.veoh.com/users/ViralExecution http://www.veoh.com/users/TheOnlyIceman http://www.veoh.com/users/LainyVoom http://www.veoh.com/users/TheTond http://www.veoh.com/users/Weedlz http://www.veoh.com/users/Fulkster http://www.veoh.com/users/shakymonkey http://www.veoh.com/users/tfddf http://www.veoh.com/users/grouchobeer http://www.veoh.com/users/equinoxx5 http://www.veoh.com/users/zsoverman http://www.veoh.com/users/userjosh9874 http://www.veoh.com/users/thebongoman http://www.veoh.com/users/Makykat http://www.veoh.com/users/Jarvisondanet http://www.veoh.com/users/shockwavepulsar00 http://www.veoh.com/users/fenderchick2010 http://www.veoh.com/users/forgeuk

Hi all

Hi Lucinda! Hi all! Lundinda, you have used a lot of games. Which one do you prefer in order to make machinima movies? I have tried The Movies, only. Thank you for adding me to your group!

Mainly I now use Moviestorm and I like it alot. I have used SIMS2 briefly - I was frustrated at trying to work the camera, however, since I now understand cameras and digital filmmaking a lot better, I intend to get back to SIMS2. Then The Movies came out and I was just amazed. I made several movies with The Movies, most that are still online here and elsewhere. Then last year I heard about Moviestorm which I really love. It solved all the problems I was facing with The Movies - inability to build custom sets, stock animations, rigid scene structure. With Moviestorm, you have complete freedom and complete customization. I have also used Antics3D (fairly easy to use), Houdini (hard to use), Iclone (hard to use) And I even tried Renderman (Pixar) which is really, really hard to learn.

I keep trying to reply to this topic. The Movies Game is the easiest program to use and is quite a lot of fun. And the modders have really added a lot that helps you overcome the limitations from stock scenes, sets and animations. Moviestorm is easy to use but you need to do the tutorials and put some time into learning the program. The Sims2 -- well all Sims games are very easy to use, but the camera work is hard to learn. Iclone seems pretty easy but it is expensive. Antics3D is not easy however they have great video interactive tutorials online and it is a free program with low cost addons. Houdini is difficult and the problem is with the $99 learning edition they put out, you can only save your movies in the Houdini codec that no other film editor can interpret.

Thanks a lot, Luncinda! All this information is very interesting to me! Thank you again, you're very kind.

Hi and Welcome to Machinimanation

Hi, all. I started this group because I am interested in all forms of machinima no matter what game or software is used. I haven't tried all of them. I have used Sims2, The Movies, Moviestorm, Antics3d, Iclone and Unreal Tournament III. I have also tried Frame Forge 3D and Houdini. I dabbled with Renderman - LOL, I tried to figure it out but couldn't get it to load. As a group we can make our presence known on VEOH and on the internet in general. And we all share a lot of common interests and problems, how to use and make 3D mods, how to market your video, film festivals - is it worth spending the money to submit a film, finding actors, using or making your own music, how to get the best sound. So I thought it would be a good idea to get everyone I could find interested in this medium to talk and share their tips and videos.

I am adding videos all of you have made to the group and I am impressed. I would love to know how you are doing the things you are doing. And Bongoman, how in the world did you do these videos? Amazing special effects.

Hi Lucinda - thanks for setting this group up - I still a novice at video making - which of the software you mentioned did you enjoy the most and which was the easiest to make movies with? Antics won't run on my machine so that one's out. I have Moviestorm - still a long way to go - Sims2 - need experience, Poser and Dazstudio which are powerful but slow to render multiple frames. IndodaMJB