Jay Carr
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What codec are you using for export?
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I really really hope that is true. A 64bit version of motion with actual multi core ability would be quite nice. I just hope it’s not as buggy as the current version.
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I think that after you’ve got a row of boxes you’re going to want to add the behavior titled “Sequence Replicator” which you can find under the Behaviors Icon then Replicator>Sequence Replicator.
Go to the behaviors tab, go to paramaters and add the parameter “opacity”. You can set up that parameter to make the boxes disappear one at a time. Thus making the pixels below look like they are appearing one at a time.
Is that headed in the right direction?
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That probably is the best answer. But just as a thought: you could probably send a few frames over to photoshop and finish out the frame that way. Especially with a mountain backdrop, because the details are small and repetitive. Then you could just overlay that photoshoped image onto your footage and then use a mask transparency to make sure that the action is still showing.
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I think the first question is this: what is the footage? If the edges of the frame are a solid color of some sort (like the edges of a night scene where it just fades to black) then you could probably just attach some color generator to the edge. But if the footage is complex at the edges… I’d think you’re just going to need to crop the footage.
So what is the footage?
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Well waddya know, just going out and trying it taught me what I needed to know… Well, that and I found a video where you explained that generators use less overhead. Thanks :-).
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I’m not quite sure what you mean by a solid color generator. I was going to go with a giant rectangle…though that is giving me problems…I can’t seem to get the rectangle to do anything but just sit at 0,0,0, it won’t slip into the background or anything.
Would a solid color generator skip this problem? Or could you possibly tell me what I’m doing wrong with my supposedly 2D rectangle.
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No, I don’t. And I think you’re right that the backdrop is the problem. I actually went in and cut down the backdrop (and the floor) so they were just barely big enough for the camera to not see the edges. I think I reduced the size to 25% of the original size. It cut my render time in half…
That being said, I think I’ve just over 3Ded it. For example, I realized that really all I was using the spots for was to create a gradient effect on the distant backdrop. As you, and the other poster, mentioned, I probably could just use a 2D backdrop and get the exact same effect. So… I think I’m going to.
I think I was just trying to take Motion to a place that I should be going with Cinema 4D or After Effects (if I even go at all, the more I think about it, the more I think I’m overdoing it in general…).
Oh well, this is all part of being new, right? 😉
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Double thanks. Had the same problem, used the same answer, it worked. I was about to pull my hair out, thusly, my girlfriend thanks you :-).
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There’s some pretty good rumors going around that the release will coincide with the NAB conference next week. So…fingers crossed.