Contributors

Review the 'Tin Woodman of Oz' Animation Direction Notes.

Script

- “Tin Woodman of Oz” – Adapted from a book by L. Frank Baum

- Martin Hash

- Robert Taylor

- Sydney Cuthbert

- Peter Shafer

• Read the Script

Design

Alain Desrochers

Fabrice Fave

Jim Talbot

Robert Taylor

William Sutton

• Review the Design Process

Animatics

Robert Taylor

Robert Holmen

Rodney Baker

• View the Animatics

Project Management

Martin Hash

Rhett Jackson

David Higgins

• DotProject

Layout

Martin Hash

Holmes Bryant

Rhett Jackson

Robert Taylor

Robert Holmen

Alain Desrochers

Jody Krivohlavek

• View Scene Layouts

Animation

??Erik or Arron P?? - Logrus

Alain Desrochers – alweb

Alan Selby - ajs007

Alonso Soriano

Bob Croucher

Caroline Begbie - caroline

Cody Guy Claasen - CCshonen

Cory Collins – cory

David Crowther - Shirushi

David Higgins – higginsdj

David Horbach – Dee Jay

David Seymour – dagooos

Dhar Jabouri – Dhar

Ed Lynch – mediaho

Ethan Ledden – dre4mer

Gary Neal – gaz

George Dugas – Jeetman

goodguy20k – Daniel Hagen

Greg Schumsky – gschumsky

Heath Hash

Heather H

Holmes Bryant – HomeSlice

James Hash

James Pappas – jpappas

Jason Simonds

Jim Beery - jbeery

Jody Krivohlavek – MMZ_Timelord

John Kuepper – kuep

Ken Baer

Ken Heslip – KenH

Leo Mitchell – Leo73

Lloyd Moore Jr – Ilidrake

Mark Allan – PF_Mark

Mark Jackson - Soltek

Mark Weller – Taco Ball Z

Marshall Hash

Martin Hash

Michel Giguère – Animus

Nancy Gormezano

Nima Anvar

Noel Pickering

Paul Daley – pdaley

Paula Waslen – pwaslen

Ralf Kampp - Raffi

Rhett Jackson – jandals

Rich Jackson – entity

Richard Creel – racreel

Roger Christenson - spacecomics

Ryan Sand - Lost_Loot

Satyajit Chakraborty - satyajit2000

Steve George - Tunames

Stephen Goodstein - crcheifton

Stephen Wolke – smwolke

Steve Sappington

Steve Shelton - shelton

Steve Sylvander - steves

Steve Wooster - swooster

Stian Ervik Wahlvaag - agep

Toby Kamp – thekamps

Torsten Thuenen – Russel_Nash

Ulrika B-Linden - Ullis

Will Pickering

Yves Poissant

• Animation

• Animation

Composers

Chris Caouette

Niels de Gooier – CGrid

Robert Holmen – robcat2075

• Listen to the Soundtrack

Character Modellers

Stian Ervik Wahlvaag Tin Woodsman, Tin Owl

Kevin Waldron Ku-Klip
Rick Hutchison Scarecrow

Jeff Bolle Tin Servant, Thin Farmhand, Loons

Ken Heslip Hyppogyraf, Straw Bear, Mrs. Yoop, Woot’s Mom.

Jim Talbot Nimee Amee, Tin Girl

Mark Strohbehn Chopfyt

David Walker Woot, Fat Farmhand

Robert Lazzarini Cowardly Lion, Demons

Jesus Marino Yoop Castle Statue, Horse-headed Demon

Colin Freeman Witch

• Meet TWO's cast of Characters

Texturers

Nancy Gormezano Woot, Tin Woodman, Scarecrow, Tin Owl, Straw Bear, Mrs. Yoop, Tin Girl, Chief Loon, King Bal, Generic Loons, Green Monkey Yoop, Witch

Patason Brooks Tin Servant

Kevin Waldron Green Monkey

William Sutton Hippogyraf

Jeff Bolle Woot’s Mom, Skinny Farmhand, Fat Farmhand

Marcel Brickman Nimmie Amee

Lee Anderson Nick Chopper, Chopfyt

• Texturing

Model Riggers

Mark Skodacek – mtpeak2

David Simmons – itsjustme

Mark Strohbehn

• Test the Rigging tools: (SquetchRig, FACE and Hand Gizmo)

Set Modellers

Lee Anderson Nimmie Amee’s House Interior

Chris Wheeler Nimmie Amee’s House Exterior

David Higgins Nimmie Amee’s house

Bill Woelbeling Nimmie Amee’s House

Vernon Zehr Ku-Klips Workshop

Stian Ervik Wahlvaag Ku-Klips Workshop

David Walker Tin Woodman’s Castle Exterior

Jody Krivohlavek Tin Woodman’s Castle Exterior

Rodger Reynolds Tin Woodman’s Throne Room

Marcos Rezende Witch’s Cottage

Lee Anderson Yoop Castle Hall

Alain Desrochers Yoop Castle Exterior

Ken Heslip Yoop Castle Hall 2

Lloyd Moore Jr Scarecrow’s Bedroom, Tin Woodman’s Bedroom

Mark Skodacek Forest scenes

• See how Sets were modelled

Prop Modellers

Ken Heslip

Nancy Gormezano

Joseph Firestine

Paul Forwood

Scott Trautmann

Stian Ervik Wahlvaag

Jody Krivohlavek

Nancy Gormezano

James Glover

Mike Cossey

• View the Props

Effects

Ben de Leeuw

Lighting

Fabrice Fave

Kevin Waldron

Colin Freeman

Lee Anderson – jimmy_caushca

Stian Ervik Wahlvaag

• Lighting Process

Video Editing

Once you get beyond creating simple videos in Animation:Master, you will likely want to edit multiple videos together to form larger movies.

Non-Linear Video Editing

Here's a list.

VideoPad

VideoPad

Sony Movie Studio

Movie Studio.

Price: $139.95

Animation:Master

Animation:Master has some built-in video editing features. See [1].

Price: $79.99/year (A:M subscription)

Blender

Blender has built-in video editing features. Difficult to use, non-standard GUI idioms.

Price: Free (Open Source/Free Software)

Avidemux

Avidemux. Rather limited.

Supports: AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF

Price: Free.

Lightworks (beta)

Lightworks Beta, eventually Lightworks.

Forum discussion: here.

Requires registration and login onto their site from within the application, which may be a show-stopper for privacy-oriented people.

Jahshaka

Jahshaka, abandoned but attempts being made to revive it.

Price: ?Free/Open Source?

Cinelerra-cv

Cinelerra-cv, Linux-only.

Price: Free/Open Source

Video Transcoders

Handbrake

Handbrake - a video transcoder. Exports to MP4 and MKV containers, codecs H.264 (x264), MPEG-2 (FFmpeg) and MPEG-4 (FFmpeg)

Price: Free/Open Source

Sound Recording

Peter Shafer

Rhett Jackson

Martin Hash

Heath Hash

Angelo Panetta

Voice Actors

Rhett Jackson Tin Woodman

Robert Holmen Scarecrow

Teresa Nord Woot

Lora Wolke Tin Girl

Peter Shafer Tin Servant

Nancy Gormezano Mrs. Yoop

Greg Schumsky Hippogyraf

TDs

Noel Pickering Techinical Assistance (A:M, Dot Project, Svn, wiki)

Steven Cleary “Hand Gizmo”

David Simmons “Squetch Rig”

Mark Strohbehn “FACE”

• Technical Direction

Promotion

Ken Heslip

Hash Inc

Rodney Baker

Rendering

Jost Keller aka jakerupert

Thanks to all the Webrenderers

Rendering Times

Fuchur at Patchworks discusses speeding up renderings.

White Render Look

Method 1 - Basic Ambiance / Ambience Occlusion

The first method is just an AO render. This method only works when there are no textures on the model.

(source)

• Choreography
  • Property: Global Ambient Type = Global Color
    • Property: Ambiance Color = White (255, 255, 255)
    • Property: Ambiance Intensity = 80%
    • Property: Ambiance Occlusion = 80%
  • Lights - disable all but the rim light; position it, and make it white
  • Camera
    • Property: Background = White (255, 255, 255)
    • Render Options
      • Property: Ambient Occlusion = ON
        • Property: Occlusion Sampling = 20% (up to 70% for less noise)
      • Property: Multi-Pass = On
        • Property: Passes = 4 (or 16 for better)

Method 2 - AO plus Front-Projected Rotoscope

The second method builds on the AO method above by adding a rotoscope that is front-projected onto the model for its color. The benefit of this method is that it works even if you have already textured your model. The differences are highlighted in bold below. (source)

• Choreography
  • Property: Global Ambient Type = Global Color (Note: does not need to be set to an image. However, there are many other neat effects possible by using Image Based Lighting.)
    • Property: Ambiance Color = White (255, 255, 255)
    • Property: Ambiance Intensity = 80%
    • Property: Ambiance Occlusion = 80%
  • Lights - disable all but the rim light; position it, and make it white
  • Camera
    • Rotoscopes
      • White image rotoscope = a completely white image - IMPORTANT: This is on the Camera, not the Choreography
    • Property: Background = White (255, 255, 255)
    • Render Options
      • Property: Ambient Occlusion = ON
        • Property: Occlusion Sampling = 20% (up to 70% for less noise)
      • Property: Multi-Pass = On
        • Property: Passes = 4 (or 16 for better)
  • Object to display as white
    • Options
      • Property: Front Projection Target = ON

Sample Project

Uncategorized

Kelly Dip aka shamrock12