Subject: AdPro Transitions
Date: Sat, 21 May 94 04:01:26 EST
From: mtucibat@cris.com (Mike Tucibat)

                                   I.M.L.
                                  

On 5-20, Dale Rogers asked:
: 
:     Let's say I have created 700 frames to be used as animation.  We'll
:     call the collections of those separate frames (not in anim format)
:     anim1.  I also have about 5 seconds of digitized video; also in
:     separate frames.  Now I want to do a diagonal wipe (or any other
:     DVE effect) that lasts about 1 second between anim1 and the video
:     clip.  So that means I want to start the wipe at frame 670 of
:     anim1 (assuming 30fps), and when I finish I be at frame 30 of the
:     video clip.  As the wipe moves accross the screen it is acting on
:     a separate pair of images.
: 
: 
:     frames 550 51 52 53...670 71 72 73 74 75 ... 700  anim1
: 
:                           |<-------------------->|
:                          transistion
:                           1   2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9... to end of video clip
: 
:     Will ProControl let me do this easily?  I could write an arrexx
:     script to do it, but it would take time.  I'd rather spend the
:     time designing the video, not the tools to create it.
:
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     Hi Dale!
     
     Yes. If AdPro and ARexx can do it, ProControl will let you do it 
     easier. It controls AdPro by generating ARexx scripts, which you
     can save for later use.  I've done some pretty complex stuff with
     multiple scripts and multiple levels of nesting.      
     
     It can utilize all the AdPro Loaders, Savers, and Operators in all
     combinations, and you could even perform the above example with anims
     instead of single frames.
     
     A simple one I did recently was between stills of river scenery, and 
     used an outwardly spreading ripple effect on pic 1 with pic 2 fading in 
     as the ripples spread to the edge of the pic.
     
     It's a commercial product, written by Doug Crane, and published by 
     ASDG.  It's available from ASDG directly and through mail order.  I
     haven't used FRED since I got it. Never could figure FRED out anyway.
     
     -mike tucibat
     
     
      
     
      


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