Mask/Matte Mania: Shape Motion

Minion · Post by **Minion** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 10:48 am

for a bit more understanding of how this works could you list the steps you took to make that animation?

Fluxmeister · Post by **Fluxmeister** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 8:15 pm

Minion wrote:for a bit more understanding of how this works could you list the steps you took to make that animation?

Warning: There's an annoying "glitch/bug" with the delete key... it will delete points even when you're in a text field... use backspace instead!

1. Add a point in the middle of the screen. (440, 280) if you didn't maximize...
2. Click Insert to create a duplicate of the point.
3. Change Point 1 as follows (make sure it's selected on the track bar): Poly Offset X: 200, Rotation: 2160
4. Change the "line" as follows: P-Count: 35, P-Space: 3
5. Change the Frames value to 300.
6. Press F and preview.

This isn't exactly the one in the video I put up... I recreated this one from scratch so I could write instructions.

AMV_4000 · Post by **AMV_4000** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 9:50 pm

so... this is a lot like flash right?

guy07 · Post by **guy07** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 11:46 pm

god i wish my crotchtops net was working so i could test that baby ...sounds intersting and usefull. Awaiting further judjment : /

Shinodude · Post by **Shinodude** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 11:59 pm

this is acully really interesting if you ever decide to make a beta realease id be glade to see it then

guy07 · Post by **guy07** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 10:35 pm

played around with it, a bit impressive, u can already do that stuff in vegas, it just takes like 10X more time. Saves time, that's good, could be fun to mix with a chroma effect.

guy07 · Post by **guy07** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:42 pm

er ....it is suspose to take more then a hour to render 9 frames?

I know it's not frozen, help?

Fluxmeister · Post by **Fluxmeister** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:01 am

guy07 wrote:er ....it is suspose to take more then a hour to render 9 frames?
I know it's not frozen, help?

haha I certainly haven't seen that! what kinds of things are you doing? You could also send me the xpa if you have it. (saved file) Which codec did you export as?

guy07 · Post by **guy07** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 12:36 pm

Well, as i said, 9 frames, i made the shape (has about 11 points) saved it, loaded it, mad the points and frames or w/e, then exported it ...wait, codec? i didn't see anything about a codec, it just says export to AVI

AMV_4000 · Post by **AMV_4000** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:47 pm

guy07 wrote:Well, as i said, 9 frames, i made the shape (has about 11 points) saved it, loaded it, mad the points and frames or w/e, then exported it ...wait, codec? i didn't see anything about a codec, it just says export to AVI

Codec?? you mean were supposed to Compress our videos?? ZOMG! I had no idea...