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Unrolling a blueprint in Motion 3?
Some days I never want to leave my old Pinnacle Alladin; it can do this effect very realistically in about 5 seconds. But I need to build this effect in Motion 3, to cover the transition between tho segments of a show:
Basically I need an alpha wipe element of a blueprint unrolling, as if across a table. I can make the blueprint textures in photoshop, but getting the unrolling tubular page-peel effect in Motion 3 has me stumped at the moment.
Any hints? Thanks!
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Can you grab Cinema4D instead? That would look better in 3D…
Noah
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No, I got a creaky old copy of Lightwave elsewhere, but this is really a 2-d effect done with warping, it is cake to do with the Alladin DVE which is 80’s technology; surely, it should be possible in motion3 ?
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Just found Stephen’s combo LiveType/FCP page peel tutorial video, and I think this will sorta work for my needs, I just think it is weird this is not a canned effect in Motion 3 already…
Anyhow, I still have LiveType in my suite, so I think I can make this work, unless a better idea comes along…
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You should totally grab C4D- it’s nicely integrated with FCP and very simple to use. And 3D looks cool on your projects…
Noah
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(checks pockets, pulls out their insides to show they are empty)
I’ll take it under advisement and look at some demos of it. Our procurement situation for new software here is decidedly unlikely near-term. I’m more likely though to pick up a free copy of Blender, or play with the free vesion of Sketch-Up. And I should re-familiarize myself with the Lightwave we still have here.
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Oh, and for what we do here most, what I have on the wishlist is the full-on version of Zaksworks. That I can totally see putting to use weekly.
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Yeah I always found Lightwave to be a horribly esoteric user interface- but many swear by it. I’m not a 3D expert at all but I found C4D easy enough to pick up and it’s paid for itself on the first 3D-only gig I did. Zaxwerks is excellent for one-thing- automated 3D logos and titles. Still I think you get 50% of what it can do already with Motion and L/T… YMMV.
Noah
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LOL! Whenever I see someone post in the Motion forum about anything even remotely related to 3D, before I even open the thread I ask, “I wonder what program Noah is going to tell them they should be using instead of Motion.”
And I LOL every time, cause you never let me down. 😉
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Most people think of it that way, however, there’s a number of ways to use Zaxwerkes OTHER than just for extruded logos. I used to use an awesome little app on the PC called Crystal 3-D Impact Pro, which was a simplified version of TOPAS with canned moves and no keyframing. Most folks just used THAT for spinning extruded 3-d logos as well, however, I would up using it for things like creating virtual sets and modeling complex scenes in 3-d. Once you start tryoing things like mapping targa frames to the surfaces, you can start doing things like artificial set extensions and etc. Really your imagination is the main limiting factor.
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[Mark Suszko] “Really your imagination is the main limiting factor.”
Well that and your wallet…
Noah
Check out my book: RED: The Ultimate Guide to Using the Revolutionary Camera!
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Watch Formosa- My indie movie shot with the SDX900 and finished with Final Cut Studio.
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