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List:       freedesktop-create
Subject:    [CREATE] text animation project using blender
From:       helen varley jamieson <helen () creative-catalyst ! com>
Date:       2016-09-14 9:04:51
Message-ID: d331ea88-692b-cd8b-5bd4-9311bce8a0db () creative-catalyst ! com
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hi everyone,

earlier this year i asked this list for advice about software for text
animation, & was recommended synfig, sozi and blender. i had a look at
them, & found that blender was the easiest to get my head around (a
pleasant surprise, as i'd been warned that blender would be a steep
learning curve; certainly it required quite a lot of time, but it was
easier than i'd anticipated).

as my final output of the text animations needed to be a looped video,
blender was good for this. and, after creating & presenting the
installation, i also used blender to edit some video documentation of
the project. you can see it here: https://vimeo.com/172102916

the text animations are projected onto mirror panels arranged at angles
in the space, & the audience enter a few people at a time & can move
around. unfortunately the mirror panels that i was able to use were a
bit degraded - the surfaces were no longer taut and were losing the
reflective coating, so i didn't manage to achieve the illusion of
infinite depth of space that i managed in an earlier version of this
idea. nevertheless, the audience at the festival where i presented it
really loved it, & i hope to be able to create it again with better
mirrors, & with the singer (helen chadwick) performing live along with
the animated text.

my longer term dream is to find an application that would allow me to
animate the text in real time. i think it could be possible with pure
data, but i haven't managed to master that yet ...

thanks to those of you who gave me advice,
h : )
-- 
helen varley jamieson
helen@creative-catalyst.com <mailto:helen@creative-catalyst.com>
http://www.creative-catalyst.com
http://www.upstage.org.nz

*Magdalena München - In Between - 14-16 October, München
<http://themagdalenaproject.org/en/content/magdalena-m%C3%BCnchen-between>*
/frauen - theater - performance/

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    <p>hi everyone, <br>
    </p>
    <p>earlier this year i asked this list for advice about software for
      text animation, &amp; was recommended synfig, sozi and blender. i
      had a look at them, &amp; found that blender was the easiest to
      get my head around (a pleasant surprise, as i'd been warned that
      blender would be a steep learning curve; certainly it required
      quite a lot of time, but it was easier than i'd anticipated). <br>
    </p>
    <p>as my final output of the text animations needed to be a looped
      video, blender was good for this. and, after creating &amp;
      presenting the installation, i also used blender to edit some
      video documentation of the project. you can see it here:
      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" \
href="https://vimeo.com/172102916">https://vimeo.com/172102916</a></p>  <p>the text \
animations are projected onto mirror panels arranged at  angles in the space, &amp; \
the audience enter a few people at a  time &amp; can move around. unfortunately the \
mirror panels that i  was able to use were a bit degraded - the surfaces were no \
longer  taut and were losing the reflective coating, so i didn't manage to
      achieve the illusion of infinite depth of space that i managed in
      an earlier version of this idea. nevertheless, the audience at the
      festival where i presented it really loved it, &amp; i hope to be
      able to create it again with better mirrors, &amp; with the singer
      (helen chadwick) performing live along with the animated text.</p>
    <p>my longer term dream is to find an application that would allow
      me to animate the text in real time. i think it could be possible
      with pure data, but i haven't managed to master that yet ...<br>
    </p>
    thanks to those of you who gave me advice,<br>
    h : )<br>
    <div class="moz-signature">-- <br>
      helen varley jamieson<br>
      <a href="mailto:helen@creative-catalyst.com">helen@creative-catalyst.com</a><br>

      <a href="http://www.creative-catalyst.com">http://www.creative-catalyst.com</a><br>
  <a href="http://www.upstage.org.nz">http://www.upstage.org.nz</a>
      <p align="center"><strong><a
href="http://themagdalenaproject.org/en/content/magdalena-m%C3%BCnchen-between">Magdalena

            München - In Between - 14-16 October, München</a></strong><br>
        <em>frauen - theater - performance</em></p>
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