Animation – Timelines and Sets – Examples from Published Videos

March 13, 2026 by Rob Last

This presentation explores a short Halloween-themed video featuring a keyframed camera that creates an under-the-hood automobile perspective, along with two keyframed spotlights used to simulate headlights. We also highlight numerous examples of keyframed camera movement, vocal direction, and character physical performance. In addition, the video showcases mood lighting across several sets. The cast includes a vampire, mummy, witch, devil, spaceman, monster, glob, Viking, robot, and many other characters. We hope you enjoy this Muvizu presentation, and we welcome your comments if you’d like to see more videos of this type.

Character Movement Basics in Muvizu 3d Animation Software – Part 1 of 2

Directing Character Movement (Locomotion) – Muvizu uses a mouse-based system to move characters from one point to another. In Muvizu, this type of movement is known as Locomotion. After recording a character’s movement, you can reposition it by dragging the light blue movement event block to the desired location on the timeline. In this video, […]

Character Movement Basics in Muvizu 3d Animation Software – Part 2 of 2

In Part Two of the Muvizu character movement series, we explore how easy it is to create a straight‑line walking path, along with several useful variations of this technique. We also cover how to handle obstacles that appear in a character’s path. A character can be made to walk in a straight line by simply […]

Muvizu Animation Techniques – Customizing Scenes with Photos and AVI Video

You can use solid colors, textures, photographs, graphics, and AVI videos to customize and personalize your video set. In this video, we explore how to place images and videos onto backdrops within a scene. Muvizu supports only AVI video files for backdrop projection, and not all AVI files work correctly. To ensure compatibility, we use […]