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Idea for a fan flim/animation. Requesting help.

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Interesting, thanks for the info.
I've been using Xtranormal for my little hobby production and it would be prudent to have a back up software to use down the road. I had looked at quite a few and the learning curve seemed very long back then. We're talking 4 or 5 years ago, which in software terms, is a life time.
Again, thanks.


You're welcome. :)
Xtranormal? I'll have to check that out.

Yeah, 4 or 5 years ago, iClone did have a bit of a daunting learning curve for their animation process....but I do think it's eased up quite a bit since then.

Gaaahhhhh!!!! I wanna get a new computer so I can run iClone again! My other ones are not long for this world.
 
Aye, me too. (Sorry for hijacking the thread :) )
Butch, if you'd like to hear a little more about iClone, we can PM. :)
 
Well Martock, it appears that I don't have PM access yet.
I've appealed to the moderator for a rule change but short of that, we'll need to start a new thread for iClone Animation in order to chit-chat about the software.

Sorry for posting here in this thread.
 
Well Martock, it appears that I don't have PM access yet.
I've appealed to the moderator for a rule change but short of that, we'll need to start a new thread for iClone Animation in order to chit-chat about the software.

Sorry for posting here in this thread.

No prob. It shouldn't take long for you to get PM access. Just make some more posts....ones of substance, of course, but in the meantime, we might be able to start a thread elsewhere. Perhaps not in the fan section, but elsewhere here on the board.

Oh.... and there's no "c" in Martok. :)
 
Yeah, it seems like the original poster wasn't serious about his project, since s/he bailed at the first hint of criticism. Personally, I think the "fan" wanted others to do the "heavy lifting". At the very least, s/he should have had a script ready before even approaching others for help. JMO.
 
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Yeah, it seems like the original poster wasn't serious about his project, since s/he bailed at the first hint of criticism. Personally, I think the "fan" wanted others to do the "heavy lifting". At the very least, s/he should have had a script ready before even approaching others for help. JMO.

He should at least clear the idea with the Axanar people first, since he's borrowing from another fan's concept. It's simple courtesy.
 
When the Axanar battle starts, the klingons begin there attack, they are flooding the system with ships. A small celestial body in the axanar system is where this takes place, with only 5 ships defending a small mining outpost. These ships are old, But the commander of the task force is a seasoned veteran. When the battle begins the commander sens out a couple of bait ships to draw the klingons in.. as they come in following the two bait ships he puts something over open comm frequencies. It's the trooper overture, and the klingons can hear it, confused they continue their advance. Mean while the commander has a surprise waiting, when the song hits a certain note 8 more ships appear and flank the advancing klingons. The battle is intense, and in the end the task force destroys 5 D4 cruisers.

Unfortunately I don't understand the story, Klingons become confused by a song played over the comms and the Federation coordinates their attack based on a song? I think there may a confusion about the use of incidental music vs literal music.
 
Unfortunately I don't understand the story, Klingons become confused by a song played over the comms and the Federation coordinates their attack based on a song? I think there may a confusion about the use of incidental music vs literal music.

Come to think of it, the idea seems to be lifted from the old anime series "Super Dimensional Fortress Macross", otherwise known as "Robotech".
 
go for it refine your story, maybe a 10 min short as it seems more action oriented, the Axanar battle is not needed, you could just focus on the 4 year war and make your own. Maybe use mining ships in addition to the older starfleet ships. Maybe a scene where they retrofit some mining phasers to weapons grade. (you could even have the cliched scene with the engineer saying you'll only get one shot, maybe two, but it will pack a whallop)

I would like to see your art please im me a link. Personally I wish I had the time to learn 3d modeling/ animation.
 
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