AWEC - Movie Contest - Information

To participate in the contest your movie
should be created in the following Format !

Width: 256 pixel
Height: 192 pixel

Soundtracks should be not more than 22 khz and 24 kBit/s

Fileformat should be: wmv, avi (not DivX) or mpeg

If you are not able to set that in your movie tool or dont know how,
the important thing is: Always keep the moviefile small.
A Bitrate of 64 kBit/s overall or not too much above would be good.

This is necessary, because we want also the guests with not the fastest machines and connections, to be able to watch the movies in AW.

Any ready done productions should be sent no later than at the
16th of July 2005
to the following email.

awec@org.activeworlds.com

with a follow up telegram in AW to confirm the entry to: OneSummer

The Movies will be presented and rewarded on a special event during Activeworlds 10 years festivities !

At the following links you might find some free Software that will help you to create the movies

Here you can download Truespace 3.2. Useful for creating and rendering 3D Animations:
http://forms.caligari.com/forms/ts3all_free.html

Virtual Dub is the a very good program to do the final videorendering with. Also perfect for applying special effects and finetune your image quality:
http://www.virtualdub.org/index

Zweistein is a nearly professional Videoediting software with timeline, special effects, and even color keying (Bluebox) abilities:
http://www.thugsatbay.com/tab/?q=zweistein

Here you can get Squirlz Lite, Squirlz Morph and Water Reflections, to add even more specials to your movie:
http://www.xiberpix.com/

This program does what its name says. It converts any avi movie into a series of bmp pictures.
http://avi2bmp.free.fr/telechar.htm

Now that one can do that too, but also the other way round :-) Oh and it can produce animation strips by the way too !!
http://www.bottomap.com/Software/A4B/A4B.html

SnagIt is very good to grab videosequences direct from the screen. Best to "film" AW :-) (Shareware !! But 30 days of usage should be enough to do some grabs for this contest.)
http://www.techsmith.com/products/snagit/default.asp

Anyone who needs a nice and easy to use paint software ? Try this:
http://www.ultimatepaint.com/

Need colorful backgrounds ? Maybe the best Fractal Generator is here:
http://www.chaospro.de/

And here is something for the professionals out there, a very advanced image processing software can be found here:
http://users.tpg.com.au/rv2/RvCAD.html

Thats all for now folks, have fun with creating a new masterpiece and good luck :-)


	Welcome to the Information page for the AWEC Movie Contest The goal is to make use of activeworlds new media streaming feature, with creating a short movie clip up to max. 5 minutes length. It should show the spirit of Activeworlds VR environment and reflect how Activeworlds evolved through 10 years of history. It can be made of movie grabs showing content in AW, self painted pictures, 3D rendering work or can even be done in hand sketched cartoon style. The limit is only your imagination ! To participate in the contest your movie should be created in the following Format ! Width: 256 pixel Height: 192 pixel Soundtracks should be not more than 22 khz and 24 kBit/s Fileformat should be: wmv, avi (not DivX) or mpeg If you are not able to set that in your movie tool or dont know how, the important thing is: Always keep the moviefile small. A Bitrate of 64 kBit/s overall or not too much above would be good. This is necessary, because we want also the guests with not the fastest machines and connections, to be able to watch the movies in AW. Any ready done productions should be sent no later than at the 16th of July 2005 to the following email. awec@org.activeworlds.com with a follow up telegram in AW to confirm the entry to: OneSummer The Movies will be presented and rewarded on a special event during Activeworlds 10 years festivities ! At the following links you might find some free Software that will help you to create the movies Here you can download Truespace 3.2. Useful for creating and rendering 3D Animations: http://forms.caligari.com/forms/ts3all_free.html Virtual Dub is the a very good program to do the final videorendering with. Also perfect for applying special effects and finetune your image quality: http://www.virtualdub.org/index Zweistein is a nearly professional Videoediting software with timeline, special effects, and even color keying (Bluebox) abilities: http://www.thugsatbay.com/tab/?q=zweistein Here you can get Squirlz Lite, Squirlz Morph and Water Reflections, to add even more specials to your movie: http://www.xiberpix.com/ This program does what its name says. It converts any avi movie into a series of bmp pictures. http://avi2bmp.free.fr/telechar.htm Now that one can do that too, but also the other way round :-) Oh and it can produce animation strips by the way too !! http://www.bottomap.com/Software/A4B/A4B.html SnagIt is very good to grab videosequences direct from the screen. Best to "film" AW :-) (Shareware !! But 30 days of usage should be enough to do some grabs for this contest.) http://www.techsmith.com/products/snagit/default.asp Anyone who needs a nice and easy to use paint software ? Try this: http://www.ultimatepaint.com/ Need colorful backgrounds ? Maybe the best Fractal Generator is here: http://www.chaospro.de/ And here is something for the professionals out there, a very advanced image processing software can be found here: http://users.tpg.com.au/rv2/RvCAD.html Thats all for now folks, have fun with creating a new masterpiece and good luck :-)