randym77 opened this issue on Sep 27, 2006 · 6 posts
randym77 posted Wed, 27 September 2006 at 10:57 PM
DAZ is offering huge price cuts on Mimic for the next couple of weeks. Like, $5 for Mimic Lite (for PC members).
They're also offering a bundle of Mimic Lite and Mimic Pro ($55 for PC members). Why would I want both Mimic LIte and Mimic Pro?
electronicpakrat posted Thu, 28 September 2006 at 6:22 AM
Use of WAV audio (and other uncompressed audio formats) is so ancient these days so you'll likely want to do your own audio yourself. Mimic does great animation, but it's weak in the sound department IMHO.
Don't forget PoserSpeak ($45) which available here at Renderosity...
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/index.php?ViewProduct=37466
Requires Poser PP / 5 / 6 but since P5 was given away free that should less of a problem.
If you missed it, it's still available from Content Paradise for $20.
aeilkema posted Thu, 28 September 2006 at 10:31 AM
They're also offering a bundle of Mimic Lite and Mimic Pro ($55 for PC members). Why would I want both Mimic LIte and Mimic Pro?
I don't know I've been wondering about that also. I've lite myself, consider getting Pro, but once I've got pro I would never use lite again.
Artwork and 3DToons items, create the perfect place for you toon and other figures!
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/index.php?vendor=23722
Due to the childish TOS changes, I'm not allowed to link to my other products outside of Rendo anymore :(
Food for thought.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYZw0dfLmLk
fuaho posted Thu, 28 September 2006 at 8:24 PM
FWIG you can buy Lite for $5 and then upgrade to Pro for $49 - at the same time. Kind of a roundabout way, but marketing is always something of a mystery IMHO.
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skeetshooter posted Fri, 29 September 2006 at 10:55 AM
I would hope that randym77 would start practicing proper web manners from here on out and keep Renderosity a politics-free zone. There are other forums for that sort of thing. SS
randym77 posted Fri, 29 September 2006 at 12:23 PM
OTOH, you could just lighten up. :rolleyes:
BTW, if anyone's wondering...according to the mavens over at the Mimic forum at DAZ, Mimic Pro is what you need if you want to make a non-Mimic-ready figure speak. Or if you want to adjust the phoneme morphs. Mimic Pro will also automatically add expressions to the animation, so it looks more natural.
Still haven't decided which to get. I'm leaning toward Mimic Lite, because I don't anticipate doing a lot of animations with human speech.