you need just one effect (one red strip) and two keyframes on it. bye andraz
On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 19:56 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Guys, > I've experimented with the rotate effect on a transparent image. Though I've > read the section on keyframing a couple of times now, I must be doing > something wrong, because the interpolation between the two rotate effects > that I have applied to the video track is not happening. I especially read > the part where it says: "Effects are only key-framable in automatic mode > because of the number of parameters in each individual effect" > > Here is what I am doing: > 1) the transparent gif is stretched to 120 frames on a video track > 2) I apply a rotate effect on the first five frames of the track > 3) I apply a rotate effect on the last five frames of the track > 4) I turn on automatic keyframing by selecting the key icon on the command > bar of the timeline > 5) I set the rotate parameter on the first applied rotate effect to 0 degrees > 6) I set the rotate parameter on the second applied rotate effect to 180 > degrees > 7) I hit play to watch > 8) I then render out the final to confirm what I am seeing. And what I am > seeing is that the interpolation does not happen and the image rotates only > when the insertion point hits the second rotate effect. > > Here is what my timeline looks like: > http://content.serveftp.net/video/rotateapart.png > Here is a sample of the rotate param tweak: > http://content.serveftp.net/video/rotateparam.png > > I've also tried applying the first rotate effects to the first and last > halves of the video so that they are adjacent to each other > (http://content.serveftp.net/video/rotatetogether.png) > > I then turn on auto keyframing and make my param changes as before. > Unfortunately, this yields the same result. > > Hopefully, someone with more experience with auto keyframing with effects can > help me out. > > thanks, > scott > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: Andraž Tori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > i really tried to be as polite as possible :) > > > > anyway, have fun with new discoveries :) > > > > bye > > andraz > > > > On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 15:59 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Ayyy! Take it easy on me Andraz! > > > > > > Sorry, I thought keyframes only applied to the projector/camera > > > automation. > > > :) > > > scott > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > > > From: Andraž Tori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > You know what keyframes are? > > > > > > > > just turn on automatic keyframing and set the angle at the beginning and > > > > at end. everything inbetween should be interpolated. > > > > > > > > ... i strongly suggest that you read the fine manual, since you > > > > obviously haven't. > > > > > > > > bye > > > > andraz > > > > > > > > On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 15:26 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Guys, > > > > > I have transparent graphic of a compass that I would like to overlay > > > > > on a > > > > video. I would like to smoothly rotate this graphic either > > > > continuously > > (loop) > > > > or using a set rotation arc (like 0 to 180 degrees). The existing > > > > rotate > > effect > > > > in Cinelerra is very basic..it does a rotate of a set or custom degree > > > > arc > > > > incrementally, one rotation at a time. > > > > > > > > > > As a test, I created a project with a transparent image (png file) > > stretched > > > > to 60 frames. I set a rotate effect every five frames with a degree > > > > change > > of 5 > > > > degrees each. So the image would rotate 5 degrees every 5 seconds..5, > > > > 10, > > 15, > > > > 20 degrees up to 60 degrees. It worked, but the output was choppy and > > > > the > > > > procedure is obviously very labor intensive for what should be a > > > > somewhat > > simple > > > > task. > > > > > > > > > > I also tried the motion effect, trying to do the reverse of rotation > > > > correction. However, the motion effect is difficult to work with and I > > haven't > > > > had enough time to fully test this method. > > > > > > > > > > Is there an easier way to accomplish what I want? Or perhaps I am > > > > > just > > not > > > > seeing something simple. Again, the goal is to rotate a graphic or > > > > video > > > > smoothly, just like we do today with camera/projector automation of X, > > > > Y and > > Z > > > > coordinates. If rotation was implemented in the same manner, we could > > > > also > > > > using keyframes and bezier curves to do rotations. > > > > > > > > > > scott > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Cinelerra mailing list > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Cinelerra mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cinelerra mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra > > > _______________________________________________ > Cinelerra mailing list > [email protected] > https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra _______________________________________________ Cinelerra mailing list [email protected] https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra
