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DemoReel

2007-11-11T04:35:08Z

Zelig: /* Animations */

=== Goal ===
Produce a demo reel for display on Youtube, revver, etc to showcase the capabilities of Synfig, and generate interest in the community of artists and coders to use and improve Synfig. Ideally the whole video could be produced in Synfig (excluding audio).

=== Proposed screenplay ===
Unless otherwise stated the source is from the Synfig examples. There seems to be a recurring theme of 'eyes' here, so the tentative working title is 'The Eye's have it'.

==== Introduction ====
Open with
* handwritten 'synfig' by dooglus ([http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=djk4B_GiN-Q&NR=1 YouTube] | [[Media:Handwriting.sifz|sifz]])

then an animated figure synched to some speech - "Welcome to the Synfig Demo Reel" (I have something in the works for this one)

Either - Cover the basics - shapes, lines, filters, distortions, transforms, etc, or just launch straight into a slide show of still images

==== Stills ====

* Gradients.sif
* wallpaper/backdrop.sif
Some combination of zooming in and out on the eyes of the following to demonstrate that Synfig is vector based and looks good at any resolution:-
* Rore's Cat
* Tux
* prologuekid.sif
* pirate.sif
* Macwolfen.sif
* New Julia/newjulia2.sif

Transition to -

==== Animations ====
* mandelbrot.sif
* cells.sif
* noise.sif
* z_depth test.sif
* warpcube.sif
* Preamble taffy.sif
* Rotating gears by dooglus http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ljmQARJccYk
* underwater by Ulrik http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=j7fO-1V_IFA
* plant growing by Ulrik http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=UqeUOrAoziE
* room by Ulrik http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=UWxj9NenDTE
* eye.sif http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nAYdf-CJwPo
* Eyes (by Madsen - he already gave us permission to use it in a demo reel)
* Synfig trailer by StephanMorin http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7q2jN3qcOcM
* Sy'n'fig by Zelig http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bySt14ufRmU
* boot.sif by pxegeek - Call to action help stamp out bugs in Synfig

* Credits
* links to Prologue, Werewolf

==== Other thoughts ====
Need clearance from the copyright holders for the use of these works. Please comment if it's OK or if you don't want your work used.
: It's OK to use any of my animations -- [[User:Dooglus|dooglus]] 04:12, 30 October 2007 (EDT)
: It's ok to use any of my animations and music at [http://www.musikboden.se/mymusic/mymusic.html my site] -- [[User:Ulrik|ulrik]] 05:29, 30 October 2007 (EDT)
: It's OK to use Sy 'n' Fig. That's why I created it; to promote Synfig! -- [[User:Zelig|zelig]] 20:28, 10 November 2007 (PST)
Music? If some of the more musical amongst us are willing to share their music -
* Madsen has some funky music that I can't begin to describe, and some nice electronic stuff also (e.g. http://laxness101.lillesvin.net/strg/lax-Lay.mp3).
* Ulrik has some accordian music that may not be to everyone's taste ;) and some great piano music at http://www.musikboden.se/mymusic/solopiano/solopiano.html (yes, I'm biased - I only try to play piano).
* If we want to go up tempo, Ceox has some nice synth music that I think would work well. (Oxysphere?)
* I could make a new song for the reel by making a whole new song or making customized versions of older songs. Regards, Ceox
What did I miss?

DemoReel

2007-11-11T04:30:12Z

Zelig: /* Other thoughts */

=== Goal ===
Produce a demo reel for display on Youtube, revver, etc to showcase the capabilities of Synfig, and generate interest in the community of artists and coders to use and improve Synfig. Ideally the whole video could be produced in Synfig (excluding audio).

=== Proposed screenplay ===
Unless otherwise stated the source is from the Synfig examples. There seems to be a recurring theme of 'eyes' here, so the tentative working title is 'The Eye's have it'.

==== Introduction ====
Open with
* handwritten 'synfig' by dooglus ([http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=djk4B_GiN-Q&NR=1 YouTube] | [[Media:Handwriting.sifz|sifz]])

then an animated figure synched to some speech - "Welcome to the Synfig Demo Reel" (I have something in the works for this one)

Either - Cover the basics - shapes, lines, filters, distortions, transforms, etc, or just launch straight into a slide show of still images

==== Stills ====

* Gradients.sif
* wallpaper/backdrop.sif
Some combination of zooming in and out on the eyes of the following to demonstrate that Synfig is vector based and looks good at any resolution:-
* Rore's Cat
* Tux
* prologuekid.sif
* pirate.sif
* Macwolfen.sif
* New Julia/newjulia2.sif

Transition to -

==== Animations ====
* mandelbrot.sif
* cells.sif
* noise.sif
* z_depth test.sif
* warpcube.sif
* Preamble taffy.sif
* Rotating gears by dooglus http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ljmQARJccYk
* underwater by Ulrik http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=j7fO-1V_IFA
* plant growing by Ulrik http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=UqeUOrAoziE
* room by Ulrik http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=UWxj9NenDTE
* eye.sif http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nAYdf-CJwPo
* Eyes (by Madsen - he already gave us permission to use it in a demo reel)
* Synfig trailer by StephanMorin http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7q2jN3qcOcM
* Sy'n'fig by Zelig
* boot.sif by pxegeek - Call to action help stamp out bugs in Synfig

* Credits
* links to Prologue, Werewolf

==== Other thoughts ====
Need clearance from the copyright holders for the use of these works. Please comment if it's OK or if you don't want your work used.
: It's OK to use any of my animations -- [[User:Dooglus|dooglus]] 04:12, 30 October 2007 (EDT)
: It's ok to use any of my animations and music at [http://www.musikboden.se/mymusic/mymusic.html my site] -- [[User:Ulrik|ulrik]] 05:29, 30 October 2007 (EDT)
: It's OK to use Sy 'n' Fig. That's why I created it; to promote Synfig! -- [[User:Zelig|zelig]] 20:28, 10 November 2007 (PST)
Music? If some of the more musical amongst us are willing to share their music -
* Madsen has some funky music that I can't begin to describe, and some nice electronic stuff also (e.g. http://laxness101.lillesvin.net/strg/lax-Lay.mp3).
* Ulrik has some accordian music that may not be to everyone's taste ;) and some great piano music at http://www.musikboden.se/mymusic/solopiano/solopiano.html (yes, I'm biased - I only try to play piano).
* If we want to go up tempo, Ceox has some nice synth music that I think would work well. (Oxysphere?)
* I could make a new song for the reel by making a whole new song or making customized versions of older songs. Regards, Ceox
What did I miss?

Doc talk:Flower Animation

2007-08-24T18:29:19Z

Zelig:

So, if this tutorial is correct, does it mean that ''any'' object created in an animation is going to be a part of the entire scene? There's no way to sgnify when an object is needed in a scene and not needed? Wouldn't that lead to jast having a lot of objects moved off the stage until needed? That might clutter up a lot of animations. Maybe a function needs to be made for this. An object could be designated as 'backstage' which means that it's just not there for those frames.

Also, in lieu of this, why not simply encapsulate all the petals in a layer, and then mask that layer when the petals aren't needed? Then you could remove the mask right when they are supposed to start appearing.

Doc talk:Flower Animation

2007-08-24T18:28:19Z

Zelig:

So, if this tutorial is correct, does it mean that ''any'' object created in an animation is going to be a part of the entire scene? There's no way to sgnify when an object is needed in a scene and not needed? Wouldn't that lead to jast having a lot of objects moved off the stage until needed? That might clutter up a lot of animations. Maybe a function needs to be made for this. An object could be designated as 'backstage' which means that it's just not there for those frames.

Also, in lieu of this, why not simply encapsulate all the petals, and then mask that layer when to petals aren't needed, removing the mask right when they are supposed to start appearing.