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Woohoo!!!

Ok, here is mine:




Good luck!

-Bill

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun.

1981, I believe.

-Bill

Hmm then...  Little Trouble in Big China?



See what I did there?   lol

Bill

For some reason I'm thinking Big Trouble in Little China.

Probably wrong, but that's the first thing that popped into my head.

-Bill

Bram Stoker's Dracula?

-Bill

It depends on what class you are:

Fighter - Ask to borrow Rakeesh's Paladin sword and fight as you would any other monster.
Wizard- Cast Flame Dart.
Thief- Get some Powder of Burning from the Apothecary and throw it at the monster.

Absolute best answer EVER!


QFG WIN

Bill

So you went from a screenie with Chess, to a screenie with Chest?

*Ba dum ching!*

-Bill

I can speed the animation up a bit to make it more fluid, and of course all the detail work needs to go into each frame

Also you could use a simple filter to interpolate each frame more smoothly. (e.g. insert an additional frame inbetween each frame. that new frame would contain both previous and next frames, just made half-tranpsarent)

:o

Oh my god I think you just blew my mind...  I am going to try that once all the detail work is done.

-Bill

Haters gonna hate, right?

Seriously though Grundy, I'm a huge fan of your games and love the rotoscoped look.  I hope mine end up looking 1/2 as good.

Bill

Whelp, I did some experimenting, and ended up with my first ever rotoscoped animation.

This animation goes in my new game where the main character is laying down, sits up.  Looks around, rubs his hand on his head  and pauses for a moment to look around.  Then stands up.

The initial frame and the end-frame are the actual sprite of the toon.  

All the animation sprites in between are roughly colored/detailed of me wearing my jeans and a jacket.  I wanted the feel of the coat swinging/flowing when the character moved, and I think I got the feel of it.

I can speed the animation up a bit to make it more fluid, and of course all the detail work needs to go into each frame.

Rotoscoping is FUN








Ponch : That link is amazing.  I can probably use a bunch of that and skip having to do a lot myself on-camera


Thanks,

-Bill

I am not using the video of walking.  I am doing the trace-over method with it, making my main character the person doing the movement.

I am in the middle of doing the "Stand up from a laying position" right now, and I am AMAZED at the results.  I am 10 frames in right now (it is a 30+ frame animation).  I will animate the gif when done and upload it here so people can see.  It is kinda cool.  Expect it in a few hours.

-Bill

My lovely wife will be moving the camera with me.  We'll put it on a piece of luggage with wheels, and she will set the camera on it, and slide the suitcase at the same speed as me walking.

Result (hopefully) will be me walking centered on the camera/phone without it moving and throwing off the perspective.

-Bill

The Monster Squad?

DING DING!!  We have a winner!!

Great movie from the 80s starring Ryan Lambert of Kids Incorporated fame


Eggie : If that is what you meant, I am sorry, but there is an actual Vincent Price movie called Monster Club.


-Bill

You know what the amazing thing is?

I wrote that original msg and this one sitting here on my smartphone.  Right after posting I realized my phone has a freakin' HD camera on it lol.

I just got finished capturing my first bit of video (standing up and looking around in confusion).  I am emailing it to myself and will look into processing it.

Amazing how I didn't even think of my phone...

Bill

Lol I have no idea what movie that is.  I am certain this isn't it

Bill

EDIT**  = I've done the rotoscope (or attempted it).  Image is below...



We are looking to do rotoscoped animation for the next Murran game instead of having Neil free-hand all the animations.  I saw how good it looks in the latest Ben Jordan promo video, and am excited about how it could look.

Since I don't have a video camera to use to capture green-screen footage, I was wondering if anyone knew of any online resources where I could download some free-to-use footage of people walking, waving, scratching their heads, crouching, standing up, sitting down, drinking, etc, etc.  Just normal everyday activities in case we need to use that kind of animation.  I don't want Neil to have to record all the video to use in the rotoscoping process.

Then again, maybe I should just suck it up and buy a camera that was made after the year 2000 that can record video...

-Bill

Nope, and nope.

I will upload a new image when I get into work to see if it helps.

-Bill

Retro - Also a movie I loved as a kid

Eggie - You are on the right track, but no, not Monster Club.

-Bill

Domino - Though it is an 80s movie, Fox is not in it.

Retro - Yes, the kids are the heroes

-Bill

Woohoo!  Yay!  Now I have all the power!  Muhohahah!

Lets see if anyone can get this one...  I have multiple screenies I can post if needed:



Good luck!

Bill