* Posts by luxaeternam

2 publicly visible posts • joined 31 Dec 2010

Daily Telegraph punishes expats with paywall

luxaeternam

is this even legal

Won't Brussels have something to say about such blatant discrimination?

Moviestorm virtual movie studio

luxaeternam

Look closer

Having examined the other options, I have come to the conclusion that Moviestorm is my best option for producing video I'm proud to put my name on.

Game-based machinima (except perhaps for The Sims - which can't do lip sync) will always be limited in its scope plus often has licensing issues. The Movies also suffers from the limitations of having to used canned scenes, plus the game element getting in the way of the creative aspect. Second Life can be superb, but you need an excellent connection to avoid lag. Antics 3D looked promising but went titsup. IClone can be excellent but has a very steep learning curve, and next to no content in the base version. Muvizu has potential if you like cartoony things.

I plumped for Moviestorm because, despite a few shortcomings, it is the only tool which follows the film production paradigm from beginning to end, allowing users to tell whatever story they want to tell, and it is also relatively easy to add home-made content.

I suggest people take a look at the Best of Moviestorm Vimeo channel before making any hasty conclusions about this software.