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First tutorial on my blog

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 2:13 am
by GCharb
Hello everyone, I have finally put a first video tutorial on my blog.

It is full HD and has English captions, French ones are in the works.

I am looking forward to comments or suggestions.

Edit: For those who have not figured it out, this is an electronic voice, thought I'd give it a try! :)

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 4:24 am
by funksmaname
nice start Gilles - but i'm not sure about the robot voice... I think i'd rather hear your voice, even if you have a frenchy accent :D (it probably takes you way longer to type all the text for the robot to speak and syncing it??

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 5:01 am
by ruscular3d
funksmaname wrote:nice start Gilles - but i'm not sure about the robot voice... I think i'd rather hear your voice, even if you have a frenchy accent :D (it probably takes you way longer to type all the text for the robot to speak and syncing it??
Being 80% deaf, I really appreciate the text added. I think its the first time I ever see a tutorial with text in any animation video! I was able to follow along and accomplish what you just did!

Very good!

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:08 am
by Bold Radish
I learned a lot from this. Thank you! (I like the robot voice.)

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:29 am
by funksmaname
ruscular3d wrote:
funksmaname wrote:nice start Gilles - but i'm not sure about the robot voice... I think i'd rather hear your voice, even if you have a frenchy accent :D (it probably takes you way longer to type all the text for the robot to speak and syncing it??
Being 80% deaf, I really appreciate the text added. I think its the first time I ever see a tutorial with text in any animation video! I was able to follow along and accomplish what you just did!
Very good point - by all means include the text (which I didn't see) but personally, I prefer human voice over robotic one :)

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:34 am
by Riziam
awwww i thought it was your blend morph tutorial. :?

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:50 am
by paulcopeland
Hey Gilles.

Thank you for a very easy to understand tutorial on masking.

From my senior's position, masking is a very complex subject and the more tutorials the better.

Best wishes and keep up the great work.

Paul.

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:55 am
by AmigaMan
A very well thought out and clear tutorial. I too thought the voice was fine.

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 7:03 am
by InfoCentral
I was really quite impressed by how well the voice sounded. I guess text to speech has come a long way.

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 1:05 pm
by GCharb
Hello every one and thanks a bunch for the comments.

There will be closed captions on all my future tutorials, in french and english.

I too find the voice ok, and yes i has come a long way since the early 90's electronic voices.

You can actually add emotions, like laughter and crying now, and put emphasis on words.

The syncing does not take too long, as I use the closed caption text, which comes first in the development of the tutorial.

I will have a go at my own voice today, just to see, but I want no complains about it! ;)

Tutorials

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 1:21 pm
by Brooke
I just created a tutorial on creating 3d looking objects/images in scenes- I hope it will help others - perhaps you can recommend an area on this forum where others can use it - if its suitable or indeed helpful please feel free to link it on your blog :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9qhZHcJ ... ideo_title

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 1:40 pm
by jonbo
Excellent work Brooke, this should be in the tips & techniques section so people can find it easier. BTW, if gilles doesn't go with the computer voice or his own, he should hire you to do it. I could listen to you all day, you have a very nice voice. I'm a sucker for a British accent :wink:

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 1:41 pm
by GCharb
Pretty cool brooke, I saved the link, gave me an idea for a page on my blog for tutorial links, yours will be the first! ;)

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 1:42 pm
by GCharb
jonbo wrote:Excellent work Brooke, this should be in the tips & techniques section so people can find it easier. BTW, if gilles doesn't go with the computer voice or his own, he should hire you to do it. I could listen to you all day, you have a very nice voice. I'm a sucker for a British accent :wink:
I could use a british accent electronic voice, there is a female voice that gives me goose bumps! ;)

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 4:08 pm
by ruscular3d
GCharb wrote:
jonbo wrote:Excellent work Brooke, this should be in the tips & techniques section so people can find it easier. BTW, if gilles doesn't go with the computer voice or his own, he should hire you to do it. I could listen to you all day, you have a very nice voice. I'm a sucker for a British accent :wink:
I could use a british accent electronic voice, there is a female voice that gives me goose bumps! ;)
The female voice from "USS Enterprise" ship computer would be great!