Sunday 16 December 2012
Summative Post
Monday 10 December 2012
Disappointed by Xtranormal
I tried making a movie today with Xtranormal and was really disappointed with it. I thought it would be a great education tool as it states that if you can type, you can make movies. This seemed like it could be an awesome classroom tool because the students would be able to get a great result out of something that did not require alot of outside prep work. But unfortunately I did not even get to the end result before I was disappointed.
To give the site a chance I will say that I only created a free account. It may work better with an account that is paid for, but as a first time user I did not want to put money down on something that I couldn't try out first.
When you sign up with the free account it gives you 500 points to begin with. But to pick the most basic background is over 100 points, and picking the most basic character is over 100 points. So if you have picked to do two characters you are already over 300 points. At this point I was already super disappointed in the animation and gave up for the night.
When I tried to get back into it today I could not remember my password (or frankly what email address I had used to create it). I tried looking through my different email accounts, but website did not send me any sort of confirmation of what I had used. So I ended up feeling lost and really did not want to try it again.
So in terms of using digital story telling, I have given up on Xtranormal and will continue using animoto for now, at least until I find another story telling sight that I like.
To give the site a chance I will say that I only created a free account. It may work better with an account that is paid for, but as a first time user I did not want to put money down on something that I couldn't try out first.
When you sign up with the free account it gives you 500 points to begin with. But to pick the most basic background is over 100 points, and picking the most basic character is over 100 points. So if you have picked to do two characters you are already over 300 points. At this point I was already super disappointed in the animation and gave up for the night.
When I tried to get back into it today I could not remember my password (or frankly what email address I had used to create it). I tried looking through my different email accounts, but website did not send me any sort of confirmation of what I had used. So I ended up feeling lost and really did not want to try it again.
So in terms of using digital story telling, I have given up on Xtranormal and will continue using animoto for now, at least until I find another story telling sight that I like.
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