 | | | Animation use for MS Project - tip | Animation use for MS Project - tip 2005-02-25 - By Doug Schafer
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I'm doing a typical Carrara 3D animation like you might do, tho it's a bit
short -- under 3 minutes.
It is, however, complicated, as several things are sequential and some are
in parallel at same time.
To plan my elaborate setup I decided to use Microsoft Project. Took me a
while to set up Project to meet my needs but now I can adjust timing
sequences and the math and Gantt chart graphics are done automatically. I
can track and plan, work a to-do list etc. all in one place.
I shared my idea on an MS Project forum but figured most of you might never
see it but you might want to use it someday. So below is the text I put in
the MS Project forum...and hope you can benefit from my idea.
I'll not have the job done till first week of April and if all goes well,
I'll post results in typical places connected to this email list and share
what I did.
MS Forum post:
"I am creating a 3D animation movie and am using MS Project to plan contents
and timing of each action. Simply choose 2 level Gantt header of Hours and
Minutes. Since I only need minutes and seconds, I scaled minutes for hours
and seconds for minutes....and the 60sec/60min/hours relationship works
perfectly well. I have "zoomed" in so I can see details to the one second
level which is what I needed. I have entry view columns for data like sound
track and model ID as well as "action" as the task. And any needed comments
in a text column.
My suggestion is for Microsoft to make a general MS Project template for
'home movie" making use and link to other MS tools like moviemaker or Visio
or PowerPoint. This is an unexpected but valuable use for MS Project where
time planning is crucial."
Doug.S
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