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<h1> What is Moviesandbox </h1> | <h1> What is Moviesandbox </h1> | ||
| - | MovieSandbox is | + | MovieSandbox is an open-source real-time animation and performance tool. |
| - | The original idea behind Moviesandbox was a graphical Machinima[http://www.machinimag.com/WhatIsMachinima.html] toolkit. Though, Moviesandbox | + | The original idea behind Moviesandbox was a graphical Machinima[http://www.machinimag.com/WhatIsMachinima.html] toolkit. Though, Moviesandbox also sports a Timeline, it's main focus is to link different Actions together in a Hypergraph-like fashion. |
| - | MovieSandbox is simple to use and | + | MovieSandbox's goal is to be simple to use and does not require any additional software to create content, meaning you can draw directly into your scene, create skeletons and characters and animate them directly from within. |
| - | + | Also, Moviesandbox is Open-Source, meaning that you can add and change things around following the [[Code Guidelines]]. | |
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| - | MovieSandbox is | + | MovieSandbox is cross-platform. It is designed to work for Linux, Mac and PC. |
| - | Though originally intended as a movie creation tool, MovieSandbox can also be used to script interactive sequences using either the Keyboard or data received by its UDP interface. | + | Though originally intended as a movie creation tool, MovieSandbox can also be used to script live performances and interactive sequences using either the Keyboard or data received by its UDP interface. |
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| - | <h1>The Interface</h1> | ||
| - | The user interface lets you spawn Actors, Props and Actions with a simple mouse interface. Once placed, you can move, rotate and scale the actors as you see fit. All Actors have their own property menu that you can access by simply clicking on them. | ||
| - | You can switch from Mouse-Mode to flying mode through clicking on the "fly" icon or by pressing the "Alt" key. | ||
| - | The Icons and the position and shape of the menu can be customised and you can assign hotkeys to every command. | ||
| - | Hitting the "Spacebar" Key starts or stops your script. | ||
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| - | <h1>Special Objects</h1> | ||
| - | <h3>Pawns</h3> | ||
| - | MovieSandbox Pawns come in two flavors - 3D and 2D. While the 3D Pawns is pretty much like the average unreal player Model, the 2D Pawn consists of textures or texture sequences. | ||
| - | Both Pawn types have Root-Boxes that enable you to control them by linking specific Actions to them. | ||
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| - | <h3>Actions</h3> | ||
| - | Actions are small Boxes that you can Link with your Pawns or Objects and that make them perform certain tasks, e.g. let them move to a certain point. | ||
| - | Actions are executed in a chronological order and can be linked to each other, so that you can draw your own queues and link them to a Pawn. | ||
| - | Actions can also be executed independent from Pawns using a ScriptRoot. | ||
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| - | <h3>Cameras</h3> | ||
| - | MovieSandbox has a special Camera that you can place in the Level. The camera has a realtime preview window when moved around, so you have an idea of what your shot compostion would look like. | ||
| - | You can assign a path to your camera by placing keypoints in your scene and Link them together. | ||
| - | Also, Cameras support Depth of Field. | ||
| - | When a focus object is selected, the Camera blurs all objects that are not in focus. | ||
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| - | <h3>Targets and other Helper Objects</h3> | ||
| - | Target Points can be placed in the Level for different purposes. For example, they can be assigned as Movetargets or Looktargets. | ||
| - | Other helper objects let you specify paths for Objects to move on or help you organise your scene. | ||
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What is Moviesandbox
MovieSandbox is an open-source real-time animation and performance tool. The original idea behind Moviesandbox was a graphical Machinima[1] toolkit. Though, Moviesandbox also sports a Timeline, it's main focus is to link different Actions together in a Hypergraph-like fashion.
MovieSandbox's goal is to be simple to use and does not require any additional software to create content, meaning you can draw directly into your scene, create skeletons and characters and animate them directly from within. Also, Moviesandbox is Open-Source, meaning that you can add and change things around following the Code Guidelines.
MovieSandbox is cross-platform. It is designed to work for Linux, Mac and PC.
Though originally intended as a movie creation tool, MovieSandbox can also be used to script live performances and interactive sequences using either the Keyboard or data received by its UDP interface.
