On April 12th I wrote:
(snip)
> Shouldn't the option number been shown
> immediately in the answer-effect dialog?
>
> Then there are those effects where certain parameters that can be
> manipulated (in fields and/or with sliders), like the zoomcenter of the
> zoom effect or the horizontal and vertical repeats of the matrix wipe
> effect. Such special parameters can be previewed in the preview window,
> but how do I get them to work in a script? The option number returned
> remains the same, not varying with different parameters.
>
> Saving such effects with changed parameters - under a different name -
> and then using the name of the saved effect in the visual command
> results in *no* effect. Maybe this is not yet implemented? Isn't this
> what the "Save" and "load" buttons of the "answer effect dialog" are
> for?.-
>
> Even without these effects with changed parameters, there remain a
> multitude of new and interesting effects which I like very much. This
> *is" a valuable addition to the possibilities of Metacard.
>
I tried to have a look at the "effects" substack, because there were no
responses to the above message so far, but apparently there is no
substack for the QT effects. Scott seems to have integrated the "Quick
TimeEffects.qtx"-file of the Quicktime program into 2.4.
For a stack with scripted QT effects, it takes several seconds for the
first effect to show, after the first effect the others display
normally. This indicates that after opening a stack, a part of Quicktime
has to be loaded when an effect shall take place. To get around this
initial delay, you could put a QT effect in the openstack handler,
because here the delay will be more tolerable.
Cards where QT effects take place sometimes show "ghost" images when
they are opened, remnants of effects. These disappear after the first
effect is executed.
Looking at the "Quick TimeEffects.qtx" file I found a number of
additional "option" effects that can be used with Metacard, e.g. the
option numbers of the "matrix wipe" effect that are returned from the
effects dialog are all three-hundred numbers (with the exception of the
two last random effects).
Here is a list of more option numbers for "matrix wipe" extracted from
the qtx-file:
Matrix Wipe
Wipe Options
1 Slide horizontal
2 Slide vertical
3 Top left
4 Top right
5 Bottom right
6 Bottom left
7 Four corner
8 Four box
21 Barn vertical
22 Barn horizontal
23 Top center
24 Right center
25 Bottom center
26 Left center
41 Diagonal left down
42 Diagonal right down
43 Vertical bow tie
44 Horizontal bow tie
45 Diagonal left out
46 Diagonal right out
47 Diagonal cross
48 Diagonal box
61 Filled V
62 Filled V right
63 Filled V bottom
64 Filled V left
65 Hollow V
66 Hollow V right
67 Hollow V bottom
68 Hollow V left
71 Vertical zig zag
72 Horizontal zig zag
73 Vertical barn zig zag
74 Horizontal barn zig zag
Regards,
Wilhelm Sanke
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