A large white directional circle appears at their feet – you can either click on the arrows in the circle to make the character take steps in that direction (looks a bit odd for more than a step or two) or just double left-click on the spot you want him to walk to. Don’t concern yourself with the boxes that appear (for the moment anyway) and hit the red Record button. At the bottom of the Actions window, there is a drop-down box for Initial State – change this to Sit and the character will stay seated until told otherwise (by another Action).īut what if you want a character to walk into a room, and then sit down?įirst, right-click on him and select Direct > Movement. Characters always begin in their default standing pose when created but can be set to always be sitting by right-clicking on them and selecting Prepare > Actions. Sitting down – it’s a basic feature of Muvizu characters but can cause problems for the beginner.

Ziggy72 (AKA Ron) is one of our more advanced users, viewing the software as an animation tool to generate footage he can then develop by integrating with an editing program like Sony Vegas. We asked Ziggy72 (who’s currently knee-deep building sets for his Muvizu film about serial killer Ted Bundy) to take some time out and tackle this conundrum for new Muvizu users. “How do you make the characters sit on a chair for example, to drive a car, ride a bike etc.?” This month, we’ve opened the floor to riunguireripat, who asks:

Selecting the best user question, we put it to an individual Mogul to offer their unique, in-depth insight. We’ve created ‘Ask a Mogul’ to help you pick the brains of the Moguls - our most imaginative and experienced animators - who continually stretch the possibilities of Muvizu with their videos. New to Muvizu? We understand you may have some questions!

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