[Atomicrabbit]

any suggestions??

*atomicrabbit

[Atomicrabbit]

Sorry, I didn’t explain that properly, I want to use a mask because I don’t want the full picture showing. When the picture is first shown, it either zooms in/out or pans left/right/up/down (for a nicer effect then just a static photo). That is why I need a mask, I am using an alpha matte for the “mask”. With the shape layer as a parent to the photo layer.

[Atomicrabbit]

[Dan Ebberts] “What’s the code for your expression?

Dan”

I found this code from a post. It’s to make a falling leaf effect, but I modified the code a little. I’m also using a checkbox to start the expression.

position
———————————————————————————–
control = effect(“Checkbox Control”)(“Checkbox”) ;
whattime=time-3;
if (control == 1){
sp=2;
amp=150;
gravity = 50;
x = Math.sin(whattime*sp)*amp;
y = Math.sin(whattime*1.5)*50;
value + [x,y];
}else{
value;
}

scale
————
control = effect(“Checkbox Control”)(“Checkbox”) ;
whattime=time-3;
if (control == 1 || value > 40){
gravity = 50;
z= whattime*whattime
value – [z,z];
}else{
value;
}

rotation
————————————————————————————
control = effect(“Checkbox Control”)(“Checkbox”) ;
whattime=time-3;
if (control == 1){
sp=2;
amp=5;
x = Math.sin(whattime*sp)*amp;
value – x;
}else{
value;
}

[Atomicrabbit]

ok my idea/concept is to have the specific sized rectangle encasing all the photos, but I just realized that if I want them to fall down like leaves, each photo will need it’s own mask.

SO, what will happen is the picture will come onto the screen. I want the mask for each photo to be the same size and in the same position on screen so that it looks clean. After X seconds the next picture will appear over top (in it’s own mask or whatever) and I want the previous photo the float down (bird’s eye view) to a lower plane and slowly each of the pictures will float down, scattered on the lower plane/ground.

Does that make sense?

[Atomicrabbit]

wow… everyone here is a great help! ok here’s another question for someone. How can I make one mask for several layers? OR duplicate an identically sized mask over several layers.

I know how to duplicate a mask onto other layer (same as duplicating any property onto another layer), but the photo’s I’m using get scaled within the mask and for some reason when I copy a mask that is masking an image that is sized to 180%, the mask shrinks to the relative 100% size when I copy it to another layer. I don’t know if that makes sense to you guys, but I can’t figure out why it’s doing it.

[Atomicrabbit]

[Darby Edelen] “Use the Pan Behind tool (Y).”

Perfect! But how can I animate this movement. Where do I set the keyframes for it. I tried setting the keyframes on the Postition propertie and moving the image within the mask, but it just animated the entire masked object moving.

[Atomicrabbit]

great thank you, I will take a look at the posts in more detail. I have a couple other questions that I hope you guys can help me with. I procrastinated and it’s now 2 days before my sister’s wedding and i’m kicking myself for not doing this a LOT earlier. Anywho… enough about how stupid I am…

1) How can I get a layer a slightly curved effect… like a curved photograph? Not totally curled.. just a slight curve to it.

2) How can I move an image within it’s own mask. This might be a stupid question as well, but I couldn’t figure out how to do it.

[Atomicrabbit]

wow!! great. Now.. i hope this is not too much of a n00b question, but how do I apply the expression to the image?

[Atomicrabbit]

Like I said in my last post, my focus is not with the quality of the video, but more with the menu development. I realize I cannot make the video quality any better than its source, but I would still like it to work. I am just experimenting at this point in time, so the project isn’t anything importnat. It’s more for experimenting.

I will try Frippy’s suggestion of using Procoder 2.04

[Atomicrabbit]

ok the avi files are encoded using Xvid. They are short 10-12min clips downloaded from the internet. While they are not DV quality, they are not poor quality. For example. The problem clip has the following properties:

Codec: XVID avi
Dimensions: 512×384
Duration: 11:14 min
Audio Format: MPEG-Layer-3
Fram Rate: 29 fps
Bit Rate: 141 kbps

Now before any of you scold me for using an avi downloaded from the internet to convert to dvd. I know it’s not the smartest choice, but I’ve already done something like this before and I was satisfied with results. The main focus for this project is menu development, but I would prefer to fix the video files as well.

I have tried to allow Encore to re-transcode the VOB. This resulted in a successful build, but also resulted in scrambled audio in the re-transcoded VOB. I don’t see how DVD Decrypter will affect the VOB? I thought it just rips the VOBs as is.