Machinima

Learn the tricks, tips and workarounds of making a film in a virtual space

fraps vs camtasia vs hypercam

25 June 2008 | 16:48 - By Mixin Pixel

Mixin looks at different ways to capture Second Life. Fraps is the most widely used, but some prefer camtasia or hypercam. What's it to be - fraps, camtasia or hypercam?


I spoke with Rod Maher from Beepa, creator of fraps who just happens to be down the road from the production office. He said "fraps uses uncompressed video - its raw footage" when I questioned the fraps codec he said "the compression is lossless"

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Lights, Camera, Action

16 June 2008 | 14:05 - By Mixin Pixel

Mixin Pixel will be giving updates of the real life filming of the documentary about Second Life that will be screened on SBS.

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This week, we finally started shooting CyberStars. This is a one hour mixed reality documentary that will profile three different people in their real life and their Second Life as they strive to achieve their virtual dreams.

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Flying with my SpaceNavigator

02 June 2008 | 12:03 - By Mixin Pixel

Emulating camera movement in a virtual setting is a challenge, but there are tools out there that can help, writes Mixin Pixel.


Today I finally got my SpaceNavigator - a must for anyone wanting to do smooth camera movement (as well as lots of other cool things). There are in-world cameras that can help to create camera tracking and crane shots, but the SpaceNavigator is by far the easiest and most effective tool to use.

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About this Blog

Machinima is basically filmmaking using a real-time 3D platform. Mixin Pixel is an avatar, who will blog on the minutiae of detail involved in creating a film in a virtual landscape, like Second Life.

Mixin Pixel Mixin Pixel is Shelley Matulick's pink-headed representative in the big wide world of Second Life. Mixin loves making machinima. And why not it's dead cheap and brain dead easy. This blog will hold your hand so you can make the best looking machimina you possibly can.

 
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