Read more: http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14299?DCMP=youtube
New software uses the sound of a voice to identify a person’s mood and can match the voice to an animated face .
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Sneeze-sensing software gives avatars a good laugh
‘Avatar’ is the best movie of the Year
Back in 1996, James Cameron announced that he would be creating a film called Avatar, a science-fiction epic that would feature photo-realistic, computer-generated characters.
He had a treatment for the film, which already defined many things, including the Na’vi a primitive alien race standing ten feet tall with shining blue skin, living in harmony with their jungle-covered planet Pandora.
Soon after, though, Avatar had to be shelved as the technology of the time could not satisfy the creative desires of the director.
Fast-forward to October 2009: Dan Lemmon, FX supervisor and Andy Jones, animation director at Weta Digital have about two weeks left of visual effects production for Avatar. The near-900 strong crew spanned across six locations are practically working around the clock to achieve what was deemed impossible a decade earlier.
Weta Digital, the New Zealand studio responsible for the groundbreaking visual effects in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and King Kong, is taking VFX to a new level of creative and technological excellence.
For Avatar, the studio has created over 1,800 stereoscopic, photo-realistic visual effects shots, many of them of the Na’vi as ‘hero’ characters. In addition to digital characters and environments are the machines, vehicles, equipment and everything else that help blur the line between imagination and reality.
“We’re not just talking about the environment, but the creatures, the machines and the vehicles that people use to get around. The whole world is unique and because of the way James Cameron approaches things, everything seems functional and believable. Compared to other sci-fi fantasy genre films there’s a certain level of realism just in the design that makes it very believable,” says VFX supervisor Dan Lemmon.
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Cool, fun animated avatar videos with fix8!
Check out fix8! It’s a new, FREE application I recently downloaded that mixes avatars, accessories, dressing up and more to create cool animated videos. It’s pretty sweet! I got it all set up in just a couple of minutes at www.fix8.com
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How to make an animated avatar for deviant art
this was requested by pokemonlover5673 (sorena) and i hope this helps
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Creating an Animated Gif using Photoshop
This is a brief video-tutorial I made to show others the very basics of creating animated gif image using Photoshop CS2 powered by Image Ready.
This tutorial is not narrated, but I did my best keep the video focused on the important steps, and made sure to go as slowly as possible without dragging on too much.
Good Luck on your gif. I hope this helps get you started making animated avatars, or whatever else you come up.
THE MUSIC IS BY RATATAT
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Animated Avatars Photoshop CS4 Tutorial
Creating nice animated border around your avatar in Photoshop CS4
Might do more detailed if ya’ll neebs can’t figure it out.
Created for FPSB, by FallDown
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Avatar: The Last Airbender – Waterbending
Waterbending is a mystical martial art featured within the fictional universe of the Nickelodeon animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender. A moiety of the Water Tribe, Waterbenders, as the practitioners are known, possess the hydrokinetic ability to control water, steam and ice.
Music: Avatar OST, Google may help you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterbending
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How to Flash – Animated .GIF Avatar
Basic Flash tutorial on creating an animated .GIF file in Macromedia / Adobe Flash! This particular example is sized down for use as a Forum Avatar!
Brought to you by zeke431!
Find more tutorials and info at http://www.dodisdodat.com!
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Avatar AMV – Last Resort – Papa Roach
I have recently uploaded the same video, but with the explicit version of the song. This video is attached to the one with the explicit version. I hope that all of you that want the explicit one are happy now. =)
I seriously, never in wildest dreams, that one of my videos would have ever gained this many views, but it did and I thank all of my viewers so much for watching this video. It truly amazes me that even a year after the avatar series ended, that there are still dedicated viewers who can still watch and appreciate avatar related movies. Thank you all very much for watching. It is much appreciated.
Song: Last Resort(clean, sadly)
Artist: Papa Roach
Software USed: Windows Movie Maker
Show Used: Avatar The Last Airbender
Made by: David Henderson
Pueblo West High School
It took me forever to get all these episodes. I used almost every single one I had in this AMV. Here’s a list of all of the episodes used in this AMV organized by book or season and then number or order they aired.
EPISODES USED:
Season or Book 1:
Episode 10 – Jet
Episode 13 – The Blue Spirit
Episode 16 – The Deserter
Episode 18 – The Waterbending Master
Episode 19 – Siege of the North, Part 1
Episode 20 – Siege of the North, Part 2
Season or Book 2:
Episode 1 – The Avatar State
Episode 3 – Return to Omashu
Episode 4 – The Swamp
Episode 6 – The Blind Bandit
Episode 8 – The Chase
Episode 9 – Bitter work
Episode 12 – The Serpent’s Pass
Episode 13 – The Drill
Episode 14 – City of Walls and Secrets
Episode 15 – The Tales of Ba Sing Se
Episode 17 – Lake Laogai
Episode 18 – The Earth King
Episode 19 – The Guru
Episode 20 – The Crossroads of Destiny
Season or Book 3:
Episode 7 – The Runaway
Episode 8 – The Puppetmaster
Episode 10 – The Day of Black Sun, Part 1
Episode 11 – The Day of Black Sun, Part 2
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A LOOK AT THE ANIMATION TECHNIQUES OF AVATAR
ReelzChannel Hollywood Dailies
For More Avatar Showtimes Clips and Trailers Go To:
http://www.reelzchannel.com/
A chat with Animation Supervisor Richard Baneham about working on Avatar.
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