Where is the Auto Save File (Backup File)?
On installation, the Auto Save File is "/tmp/MUAN_auto_save.avi". The name and path of Auto Save File are configured in the Preferences Dialog, but this file exists only if the Auto Save Flag is true in this same dialog.
Before putting away your equipment, don’t forget to save your animation in a removable media, like a CD, DVD or Pen Drive. The Pen Drive is the most recommended, but it’s the one that can cause the most technical problems to the process. We must take into account that Linux won’t always be able to recognize a Pen Drive plugged into a USB receptacle, so we recommend the use of a CD for smaller productions, and a DVD for bigger productions. Most of the Linux distributions already come with a recording program inside the operational system. In order to record into a CD or DVD, all you need to do is insert the media, find the folder where the daily animations have been recorded, select what will be recorded into the CD and drag it into the blank CD window, which opens up when you insert a blank media. This window is named CD/DVD Creator in the upper bar. After this procedure, just enter into “File” and click “Write to Disc”. Choose the options such as the disc name and the writing velocity and record your CD!
if camera is connected;
if camera is turned on;
By default, every time MUAN captures a photo, it repeats it twice. It shows the photo that was shot during 3 frames, or “shoots for 3”. This means that for each second of animation, we will have 10 photos shot by MUAN (thus completing 30 frames per second, which is the pattern rate for video). So if my intention, during the planning of a movement, is that it last 2 seconds, I have to make 20 different poses in my character. This kind of image capture, where each photo lasts 3 frames, is mostly used in pixilation or when there are movements which are slower, smaller, that have a smaller distance between one position and another. Some animators vary the frame duration during animation. 2 frames per photo is the standard commonly used in 2D and clay animation (15 drawings or poses per second). Faster movements require a smaller frame duration per photo shot. MUAN permits us to change the duration after the production of the animation, which can be really helpful. Ideally, the movement should be planned in accordance with the duration of each capture.
MUAN is a software for capturing IMAGES. To include audio in your animation produced in MUAN, you will need a post-production program. There is a free editing software for Linux called CINELERRA. To work with dialogues in animation, it is necessary to record the dialogues before the animation and do a decoupage of this audio, writing down how long each recorded line lasts, in order to plan the movement by the characters. For example, if I have a character that walks into a room and says: “Hello, good morning everyone”, and this recorded line lasts for 1 second, I will have to record 30 frames so that there is a synchronism between sound and image. If MUAN is configured so that each captured photo has a duration of 3 frames, I will have to move my character 10 times to get these 30 frames. In case this isn’t possible and the animation is already finished, try to make the audio recording while watching what was recorded in MUAN so that you have an understanding of the time that was applied in the dialogues and try to record the dubbing in a synchronized manner with the animation.
