3D Movie Maker

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Jeffthejiff (talk | contribs) at 16:51, 7 February 2006 (→‎Intro). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

3D Movie Maker (unofficially known as 3DMM for short) is a program created by Microsoft's "Microsoft Kids" subsidiary in 1995. Using this program, directors are able to place 3D characters in pre-made or custom-made environments, add actions, sound effects, music, text, and speech, and then show these movies off to friends, family, and the world. The results are not realistic due to the limitations of the software, but have the potential to explore similar topics as mainstream movies. 3DMM is no longer available in stores, but it can still be acquired from online stores and auction websites such as eBay.

A Japanse version of 3DMM was released as 'Doraemon', after the hit local cartoon show and the program is designed accordingly, using vived bright backgrounds and solid colour actors.

The last release of 3D Movie Maker was the Nickelodeon edition: a spin-off using actors and scenes from the popular American channel. N3DMM, as it became known, never became as wide spread as its Japenese counterpart.

Making movies

The normally daunting task of making movies using a computer is made considerably more simple using 3D Movie Maker. 3D Movie Maker has 45 actors/actresses each with 4 different costumes, and 20 different props and dozens of actions you can use with these. Also possible are 3D Logos with a variety of fonts. 10 different scenes are also included with a variety of camera angles. However, experienced Movie Makers should be able to make their own scenes by putting together a variety of props supplied with the program. Many sample voice and MIDI music clips are included, but extra voices can be recorded using a microphone, and external MIDI and wav files can be imported.

The finished movie, however, can only be viewed inside 3D Movie Maker using the virtual auditorium, unless converted to a video file format with a third-party utility.

Today

After being around for more than ten years, 3D Movie Maker has evolved in many aspects. Due to an ever-growing online community, many third-party addons and applications, have been developed in recent years, adding features such as new lighting, model importing and scene palettes, as well as extra content such as additional scenes and objects.

3dmm Communities

See also: 3dmm.com community

3DMM has since its creation had many communitys from around the world. As 3DMM was released in 3 editions each generally reflecting a region or target audeince, communites for these editions have become widespread.

The main community for the original release of 3DMM in 1995 is located at www.3dmm.com and is the main 3DMM site for english speakers around the world. It contains links to a large archive of 3dmm films.

Notable 3dmm Movies

  • Redux
  • Moderately Confused
  • Satanik
  • JDR (Series)
  • Ninja Gaiden
  • Pamela
  • Men of Seattle
  • Dragon in America
  • Sextember 11th
  • Dead Heart In A Dead World
  • Derelict
  • Vlarion (Series)
  • Mean Bread
  • Enriched Enlightment
  • Diabolical Delightment
  • Bodily Functions
  • The Knights of Camelot
  • Gnomes
  • Medieval travels (Series)
  • Sgt. Steve
  • Community clash (Series)
  • Liquid Sunshine
  • 3dmm Evil(Series)

(Please note almost all of these films require Third-party addons)

External links

Stub icon

This software article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=3D_Movie_Maker&oldid=38632539"