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Moviesandbox is an Open-Source, Real-Time 3D Animation tool. It allows you to quickly sketch and animate 3D Characters and Props.

Moviesandbox - an open-source 3D animation tool

Moviesandbox is an Open-Source, Real-Time 3D Animation tool. It allows you to quickly sketch and animate 3D Characters and Props.
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Friedrich Kirschner
Friedrich Kirschner
108 backers pledged $5,466 to help bring this project to life.
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Happy Holidays

As most of the packages made it out before the holidays and should hopefully arrive before the year ends (if you're in the US - I'm afraid overseas shipping will... Read more

Moviesandbox V1.0 released!

Dear Kickstarters,

Moviesandbox Version 1.0 is finally out!

The proper release announcement is on the website: http://www.moviesandbox.net/?p=661

A modest but growing number of Video-Tutorials are on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/album/256537 

Rudimentary (but... Read more

Technical Preview out now

That's right, a preview for all operating systems can now be downloaded! Since the term technical is thrown in for good measure, let me direct you to the more explanatory... Read more

Surveys sent! Stuff ordered! Crunch time engaged!

Dear Backers,

I just sent out all the surveys for your backer rewards! Please let me know if you didn't receive yours and I'll go investigate...

I also ordered all... Read more

last user test this week in berlin

Dear Kickstarters,

Moviesandbox is almost feature complete! I am currently in Berlin and doing a last set of hands-on user testing and feedback sessions with some puppeteers, set-builders and teachers... Read more

A peak of the new interface

Contrary to popular belief, I have been very busy these past two-and-a-half months to re-shape moviesandbox into something a lot more user-friendly then the tool it used to be!

I... Read more

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It's over! Thank you all again!

Hey hey,

thank you all again SO MUCH for your support in getting Moviesandbox funded. I cannot express my gratitude enough!

As mentioned before, I will spend all of June... Read more
Successfully raised $5,466 with 108 backers

Live Performance at 4pm EST today

Just one last reminder that I will be performing the Kickstarter example movie today at 4pm EST on http://justin.tv/fiezi.

It would be wonderful to see you there. After the performance,... Read more

Timeline and example movie streaming

Hello Kickstartians!

the end of the funding period is drawing closer and it has been a wonderful time! I want to thank you all so very much (again) for your... Read more

Example movie progress report #3

Hello Kickstarters!

Only one more week to go, and the example movie is slowly taking shape. Today's update is a bit of an odd one. It's a making-of of sorts... Read more

10 more days - and already there!

Thank you all so very much for supporting this project - either by giving money or spreading the news. It's been an incredibly humbling experience to see so many people... Read more

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Arduino Performance Example

For this week, I created a puppet-performance example using an Arduino, two neoprene bend-sensors, and three small buttons.



And here is a shot of the MSB setup. I also... Read more

Example movie progress report #2

I am sorry I wasn't able to post this last week.

Apart from the progress report, I hope it also shows that you can use Moviesandbox for presentation-style content. (although... Read more

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Example movie storyboard one

This is the first update regarding the example movie I will produce alongside this Kickstarter project.

I'll post progress reports weekly - if time allows - and today will share... Read more

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Moviesandbox Tutorials now online

I have created some video Tutorials for the current version of moviesandbox.

They can be seen at the Moviesandbox Tutorial album on vimeo, or on the Moviesandbox Tutorial page on... Read more

Moviesandbox and Arduino with stretch sensor.

Here is a little video of the stretch sensor in action with Moviesandbox:

More Rewards!

Hello everyone,

Thank you all so much for your contributions! I have added two more rewards that might be interesting to you. Now, $1 will already get you a mention... Read more
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