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I build things, mostly software and computers. I'm currently the designer, architect and coder of the Movie Maker 3D app for iOS, iPadOS & macOS.

I hope you or your kids or students can “try your hand” at making an animated 3D movie and let us know how it goes! With our Movie Maker 3D app and today’s iPhones, iPads and Macs, you can make animated movies anywhere and everywhere.

https://apps.apple.com/app/movie-maker-3d/id538150047

Getting good hand movements and holding other 3D models in a character’s hands has been one of our most requested Movie Maker 3D features. After a few scrapped prototypes, UI testing and dusting off more 3D matrix math, SIMDs and quaternions, we finally got it working pretty well.

Mapping, naming bones and retargeting animation key frames to handle the differences between avatar and anime skeletons was lots of fun. Then there was the other side of the problem to create the Animated Activity templates user experience so it’s easy for anyone to get started without knowing any of that complexity.

#gltf #openusd #3d #cgi #animation

A short 3D movie recreating scenes from the PLATO Computer Based Engineering Research Lab (CERL) in Urbana, IL and Digital Equipment (DEC) software engineering lab in Maynard, MA in the mid to late 1970s. Movie created with Pepper Movie Maker 3D.

Progress on our next update of Pepper Movie Maker 3D app making it simple for 3D avatars to hold and use other accessory 3D models like guitars and drumsticks. #gltf #3d

@donmccurdy @stroughtonsmith @warrenm @Drwave

Great crowd in Kirkland, WA today! Lots of honking support from drivers.

#Resist #NoKings #HandsOff #FiftyFiftyOne #Indivisible #Protest

#HandsOff National Day of Action today in Redmond, WA. A big fed-up crowd packed in a small park.
Some Movie Maker 3D app testing for the next update. GLTF / GLB animation testing.
Just in time for summer we've released a new version of our Movie Maker 3D app for iOS and macOS that includes a Camping Cartoon movie template and its 3D models. https://apps.apple.com/app/movie-maker-3d/id538150047
‎Movie Maker 3D

‎Movie Maker 3D makes it simple for everyone to create fun, realistic, animated 3D movies and videos with customizable templates, easily animated 3D models, your own USDZ and GLB 3D models, built-in and custom avatars and more. Full featured on all platforms - iPhone, iPad and Mac. Movie Maker 3D i…

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For our latest release of Movie Maker 3D we worked on making it even easier for users to create realistic 3D movie scenes. You can now position models anywhere in a scene, including on animated animals and avatars. Implementing this required me to really dust off my matrix math skills but I think the effort was worth it. I hope you'll give it a try! https://apps.apple.com/app/movie-maker-3d/id538150047
‎Movie Maker 3D

‎Movie Maker 3D makes it simple for everyone to create fun, realistic, animated 3D movies and videos with customizable templates, easily animated 3D models, your own USDZ and GLB 3D models, built-in and custom avatars and more. Full featured on all platforms - iPhone, iPad and Mac. Movie Maker 3D i…

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