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Scene switching

Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:15 am
by Blade_Rain
How would i switch from one scene to the next, like a transition? Thanks.

Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:37 am
by synthsin75
Well if you want to do it all in ASP, you can cut or fade between scenes using layer visibility. Or you can get fancy and have a group layer for each scene, that way you can do any sort of layer manipulation to transition. ASP can easily do any of the fancy 'movie editor' transitions, just get creative. Stack your scenes so that when you scale and/or rotate and/or translate the previous scene out of view it exposes the next.

Just some ideas :wink:

Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:57 pm
by Blade_Rain
synthsin75 wrote:Well if you want to do it all in ASP, you can cut or fade between scenes using layer visibility. Or you can get fancy and have a group layer for each scene, that way you can do any sort of layer manipulation to transition. ASP can easily do any of the fancy 'movie editor' transitions, just get creative. Stack your scenes so that when you scale and/or rotate and/or translate the previous scene out of view it exposes the next.

Just some ideas :wink:
Ok... How would I do that lol? And thanks for answering.

Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 12:31 am
by heyvern
Blade_Rain wrote: Ok... How would I do that?
Do you know what a group or bone layer is?
Do you know how to change the opacity of a layer over time or turn off its visibility?
Do you know how to use masking?

If you don't know how to do the above then learn those things first. "how do I do that" is too general. The options are endless.

Simplest answer:

Put all layers of one "scene" in a group/bone folder and all layers of another scene in another group/bone folder. Fade the opacity or turn off visibility of one scene so the other appears below it at a specific point in time.

There will be other issues involved like moving key frames of each scene so they start at the right point... etc etc.

That is just one teeny tiny example. You could also translate one scene off screen like a screen wipe. You could use masking to create a shrinking or growing circle to create a transition... etc etc.

-vern

Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:47 am
by Blade_Rain
Thanks heyvern!

Somehow I get the feeling that you know everything lol :D

Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:02 am
by Rasheed
Blade_Rain wrote:Somehow I get the feeling that you know everything lol :D
I hope not, because Vern likes to find out new tricks and write about these in the forum.

I'm just curious how to control a 3D bone rig with a 2D master bone rig. Vern wrote he was working on that, so I guess he doesn't know a solution for that... yet.

Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:17 pm
by heyvern
The real world intrudes. Vern has to earn a living... and sleep... and eat occasionally too. ;)

-vern

Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:42 pm
by Rasheed
Can't you have a replica do that for you? ;)

Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:40 pm
by heyvern
Rasheed wrote:Can't you have a replica do that for you? ;)
I can't find one that runs the Mac OS. ;)

-vern

Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:53 pm
by slowtiger
Vern's running on Mac OS?

Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 4:21 pm
by heyvern
Yes, Mac for most things. I have both Mac/Win.

-vern