Brian Tull
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Seems like it could be done via an action. I think for every file you’ll have to at least click the play button in the actions palette, but otherwise it should work out. It’s possible it won’t but you should try that method if you haven’t.
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Yes, I suppose that would be preferable, just start with a black layer mask and move the white over at the squeegee passes over the element.
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I set the FPS to 10, added a dark sepia tint, noise, and a lighting effects effect with the default spotlight set to a low intensity and a high radius. This gave me an effect I was pretty happy with. Mess around with the settings and you might find something that suits your needs. Also, if you have Photoshop CS3 or even Windows Movie Maker they might have filters that are more useful for your needs.
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So basically you want individual elements to appear when the squeegee travels over them? If that’s the case, I would put all the individual elements on their own layer, keyframe their opacity at the beginning of the animation at 0% then put another keyframe at 1% opacity at the moment the squeegee passes over that element and then put another keyframe at 100% when the squeegee is just past that element. If that doesn’t satisfy your needs or if you need further clarification, just post your issues and I’ll see what I can do.
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That tip could come in handy, but it did not work in this case.
Thanks for the help though. A re-install isn’t the end of the world, but if that doesn’t work, that’s going to be a problem.
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Unfortunately that did not seem to solve my problem. Perhaps if I become desperate enough I’ll just have to re-install and hope that fixes the problem. I assume there isn’t a button that’l give me a clean slate preferencewise? I mean, just restoring all the values to their defaults.
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I’m not sure I know exactly what you’re looking for. When I think of a shaft of light, I think of a lightsaber sort of effect, something like this:
https://img75.imageshack.us/img75/3504/greenbeamwx4.jpg
If that is indeed what you’re going for, then the method I used was to create a gradient with an opaque green color in the middle, going to 0% opacity on both sides. If this isn’t what you’re going for, perhaps you could explain how it is incorrect and I’ll see if I can work out some other means of achieving your desired effect?
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That picture you provided looks like an actual painting to me, but I think I can help you get a decent looking oil paint effect out of a photograph.
First, make sure the picture is saved to your computer, then open it up in Photoshop. Then make a new layer and fill it with white. Now, start painting on the white layer with a fairly large art history brush with the style set to something like tight medium. Then, as you need more detail, decrease the size of the brush and paint around the area that needs it. This should create a pretty fair oil-painting effect, but if you wish, you can use the smudge brush to try to better replicate the look of brush strokes.
I also find that duplicating the layer and adding a cutout filter then reducing the opacity can help reduce the color range, which can create a more realistic painterly effect. You can also try adding a hue/saturation adjustment layer and increasing the saturation, or applying a canvas texture, but that can look a little tacky, so it’s probably best you apply it on a new layer and reduce the opacity.
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Thanks for the reply.
I went to Project -> Project Settings -> Playback Settings and it was set to desktop audio, so I tried setting the export to external device settings to none, but that didn’t work. Then I set it to external device audio, went back, no audio, then switched it back to Desktop audio and still got no audio. Is this what you’re talking about? For the record, the audio waveform does appear in the channel and the audio mixer does show the volume levels rising and falling, but nothing comes out. Could it be because I’m using headphones?