Make your own movies with Muvizu!

If you fancy learning the basics of animation but just cannot be doing with the tedious task of hand-drawing every frame or spending weeks rendering your work, have a play with the free and fun Muvizu (Pronounced “Movie Zoo”, I’m reliably informed.) Over to the Muvizu team to tell you more:

“Muvizu lets users direct pre-rendered characters – who lip-sync to any imported dialogue – then run, jump and even fight their way around pre-built sets, on command.

Characters are animated with a simplified set of commands allowing users to generate comedy sketches, corporate product demonstrations or mini-movies in resolutions up to HD quality.

All that’s needed is a PC (or Mac) running Windows XP, Vista or Win 7, a broadband connection for registration and uploading, and a modern 3D graphics card.

A direct upload button allows users to broadcast their efforts straight on to their YouTube accounts, and some are even showcased on Muvizu’s own YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/user/MuvizuYT

The revolutionary program was the brainchild of the animation and software teams at Digimania Ltd, and its founder Matthew Karas, who was the architect of the BBC News website.

Vince Ryan, Managing Director of Digimania, who also had a hand in online history as an architect of The Daily Telegraph website, one of the world’s first major news sites, says Muvizu’s beauty is in its simplicity….

Vince says: “Anyone can download and use Muvizu 3D. You no longer need to spend three years learning how to build an animation and another three months rendering it. You can learn how to use this software in a matter of minutes and have a professional-looking clip finished the same afternoon. It’s instant gratification for the internet age”.

Muvizu’s website at www.muvizu.com offers basic tutorial videos to get users up and running, as well as advanced guides for creatives to push the software’s boundaries and build their own Toy Story or Shrek.”

Check it out at www.muvizu.com!