A bit of machinima from the world of Second Life.
A 100 word story that I wrote for a weekly challenge where the topic was, "Peas in a pod". I recorded my voice, added music, sound fx, and then recorded video to go along with it.
Learn how to read configuration files with Linden Scripting Language (LSL) in Second Life (SL). After viewing this tutorial, you will be able to:Create a scriptRead each line of a note cardSkip over commentsSkip blank linesNotify the owner of the lines with unknown settingsUnknown setting nameMissing delimiter (equal sign)Notify the owner of missing configuration note cardDetect when the notecard has been changedOffer case-insensitive settingsTrim white-space from name/value settingsInitialize...
I had an interview with the SLCN.TV folks for my gadget shop and they posted the resulting video on their website and played it on their shopping channel. Yxes Delacroix is the interviewer here, I am the interviewee, and Starr Sonic (who gave me permission to host video elseware) recorded the video.http://slcn.tv/dedric-mauriacs-gadgets Great selection of gadgets, RSS feeds (with video and links and music features). Great for video and music podcasts. Plus, security notifiers, and even X-Ray v...
I got a new toy today called a SpaceNavigator by 3Dconnexion - a type of 3D mouse. Enabling the Joystick FlyCam in Second Life, I was able to zoom around my workshop in woodbridge. The abilty to pan, rotate, and tilt is just amazing. It's a little hard to apply precision control, but I'm a bit new at it. The thing is just amazing. I am going to use it for some of my future machinima shots.
I'm working on a small trailer to append to my Machinima movies. Tell me what you think so far. I used Second Life, Fraps, Virtual Dub, and Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum.
One of the products demonstrated at the Second Life Community Convention (SLCC 2007) was CrazyTalk. I was impressed and finally bought into the product. I was really setting on the fence for a while trying to determine what package I should buy before I went to the conference. I settled with a Combo pack for CrazyTalk Media Studio Edition and CrazyTalk SFX Pack Volume 1. Just for good measure, I also purchased a backup cd to be mailed out to me. This is my first test with crazy talk trial vers...