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A Presidential Character Debate

In these troubled times, our political leaders all seem to be saying the same things, only different ways.
Sometimes they even start to sound like each other.
And, with advances in technology like the one on this page, who's to say, who is saying what?

Click on the candidate to hear him say more
or just wait a few seconds to randomly see and hear another.
You never know just what they are going to say!

Click here to download the source Macromedia Director files.

All characters were created with IMS CharacterCreator.

Click here to download George Bush, John Kerry and John Edwards.

 

IMS CharacterGenerator Studio™ MX

IMS CharacterGenerator Studio™ MX is a companion tool for Macromedia® Director® MX and MX 2004 that allows users to quickly and easily add animated talking 3D characters to their multimedia presentations created using Director. This product is available in two versions, IMS CharacterGenerator Studio MX Pro, for the professional multimedia developer, and IMS CharacterGenerator Studio MX Lite for the hobbyist. The tool Xtra works in the authoring mode of Director® MX and MX 2004, and publishes the resulting content directly to your Director movie; including Lingo™ scripts, models, and audio. There is even an option to have the Score generated for you. And best of all, there are no additional Xtras™ to download for playback over the Web or from a DVD/CD-ROM.

IMS CharacterGenerator Studio MX Lite Tool Xtra:

1) Can store up to five (5) characters
2) 5 second limit to each audio file size
3) Interface for selecting character
4) Function for analyzing audio files
5) Controls for previewing and publishing characters and audio files
6) Options for automatic Cast and Score generation
7) Lingo only playback – no xtras required
8) Programming Interface for Lingo control in Director

IMS CharacterGenerator Studio MX Pro Tool Xtra:

1) Includes unlimited character storage capacity
2) 5 minute limit to each audio file size
3) Includes everything in the Lite Tool Xtra

+ shadow caster
+ texture modifier (for modifying the face)
+ mouth position exaggeration control
+ picture-in-picture for 3D scenes

 

IMS CharacterGenerator MDK (coming soon):

1) Includes unlimited character content creation capability
2) Includes everything in the Pro Tool Xtra
3) IMS Web Player

+ Reads an XML file to create character scene
+ JScript/VBScript API for controlling character

4) IMS Layout Tool

+ Independent of Director
+ Defines the window size
+ Positions Character
+ Sets background color
+ Texture extractor for modifying face
+ Sets background image (if desired)
+ Sets overlay image (if desired)
+ Sets Shadow mode (if desired)
+ Performs run-time audio analysis to create streaming files
+ Saves all data as XML for the Web Player or for use in Director

5) IMS Director MDK

+ All of the web player functionality open for modification
+ ActiveX support for dynamic audio processing