DIY Magic Mirror

How to Personalize the Animations

The DIY Magic Mirror was designed to be personalized. To personalize, you'll over-write the existing animation files which are in Flash .FLV format with your own. Author your videos using your favorite video editing software and ensure the output file is in Flash .FLV format.

One option is Crazy Talk which is a fun program that allows you to animate your own picture automatically syncing mouth movements with the audio of your choice. It also outputs in Flash .FLV format. After authoring the .FLV files in Crazy Talk, proceed to step 4.

Step 1. If you'd like to add your own audio to the existing characters, first purchase the character (each character is $15) you would like to personalize from http://www.imagineerieing.com/

Step 2. Record the audio separately. Then manually move the mouth movements of the digital puppet from imagineerieing using your keyboard to sync the audio. The digital puppet comes with instructions telling you which keys to use to control the character. Use a video capture program (FRAPS works well for Windows XP users) to record the performance. Then assemble the audio and video together in your favorite video editing program. Rotate the video 90 degrees as per pumpkin screen shot below.

Step 3. Encode the video in Adobe .FLV format using the settings below.

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Step 4. Over-write the respective files in “Install Directory\videos” with your own. Files that end with _princess.flv are for the princess mode, _pirate.flv for the pirate mode, and _halloween.flv for the halloween mode.

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Sensor	Triggered Video	Filename
Proximity	Proximity 1, Proximity 2, and Proximity 3 Videos	proximity1_princess.flv proximity2_princess.flv proximity3_princess.flv proximity1_halloween.flv proximity2_halloween.flv proximity3_halloween.flv proximity1_pirate.flv proximity2_pirate.flv proximity3_pirate.flv proximity1_insult.flv proximity2_insult.flv proximity3_insult.flv
Touch 1 - Weather	Plays one of three videos depending on the weather forecast	weather_good_princess.flv weather_ok_princess.flv weather_rain_princess.flv weather_good_halloween.flv weather_ok_halloween.flv weather_rain_halloween.flv weather_good_pirate.flv weather_ok_pirate.flv weather_rain_pirate.flv weather_good_insult.flv weather_ok_insult.flv weather_rain_insult.flv
Touch 2 - Stock	Plays one of three stock videos depending on your stock portfolio performance for the day	stock_up_princess.flv stock_no_change_princess.flv stock_down_princess.flv stock_up_halloween.flv stock_no_change_halloween.flv stock_down_halloween.flv stock_up_pirate.flv stock_no_change_pirate.flv stock_down_pirate.flv stock_up_insult.flv stock_no_change_insult.flv stock_down_insult.flv
Touch 3	X-10 Generic ON/OFF	x10_off_princess.flv x10_on_princess.flv x10_off_halloween.flv x10_on_halloween.flv x10_off_pirate.flv x10_on_pirate.flv x10_off_insult.flv x10_on_insult.flv
Switch 1	Door Video	doorbell_princess.flv doorbell_halloween.flv doorbell_pirate.flv doorbell_insult.flv
Switch 2	Weather	weather_good_princess.flv weather_ok_princess.flv weather_rain_princess.flv weather_good_halloween.flv weather_ok_halloween.flv weather_rain_halloween.flv weather_good_pirate.flv weather_ok_pirate.flv weather_rain_pirate.flv weather_good_insult.flv weather_ok_insult.flv weather_rain_insult.flv
Switch 3	Stock	stock_up_princess.flv stock_no_change_princess.flv stock_down_princess.flv stock_up_halloween.flv stock_no_change_halloween.flv stock_down_halloween.flv stock_up_pirate.flv stock_no_change_pirate.flv stock_down_pirate.flv stock_up_insult.flv stock_no_change_insult.flv stock_down_insult.flv
Switch 4	Picasa Slide Show	Picasa Slide Show
Switch 5	Breathalyzer	drink1_princess.flv drink2_princess.flv drink3_princess.flv drink4_princess.flv drink1_halloween.flv drink2_halloween.flv drink3_halloween.flv drink4_halloween.flv drink1_pirate.flv drink2_pirate.flv drink3_pirate.flv drink4_pirate.flv drink1_insult.flv drink2_insult.flv drink3_insult.flv drink4_insult.flv

If you replace one of the idle videos (these are the videos that loop when the Magic Mirror is idle), you must also create a Navigation cue point (not Event type cue point) called “idle_end” towards the end of your idle video. If you don’t do this, your idle video will play just once and not loop. IMPORTANT: Create the navigation cue point at least 10 seconds before the end of the video.

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