Jon Geddes
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Actually I think once the pixel aspect ratio kicks in, it causes it to be more accurate than before, even if it looks a little off from the odd scale size.
Jon Geddes
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This is actually a common misconception. Encore will render the motion menus during the build process whether you selected “Render > Motion Menus” or not.
In most cases, it will re-render them during the build process even if you have already rendered them by selecting the “Render > Motion Menus”, making it completely pointless unless you just want to preview it.
In fact, I find the preview not very accurate either (particularly with Blu-ray), so I usually skip the preview, don’t even bother clicking “render > motion menus”, go straight to building an image, mount it to a drive, then play it back using a software dvd player.
Jon Geddes
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I also used Fractal Noise and Mesh Warp to create curtains for one of my Pro Motion Menu Kits.
Here are the results:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r43tmSVjF0A
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Have you tried testing the avi file to confirm the avi doesn’t have any problems with it? You also might want to try a quicktime export (using the animation codec). You could also create an after effects composition that contains the audio and video of your motion background, then import it in using dynamic link.
You are setting it as the motion video and audio asset of the menu, correct?
Jon Geddes
Providing the Best Motion Menu Templates Available for Video Production
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I recently needed to simulate cloth in AE using only the default plugins for my latest Pro Motion Menu Kit that has a Theater theme. I used Fractal Noise for the highlights and shadows, then used the same fractal noise layer as a displacement map to distort the edges and surface. I also used a mesh warp to distort the curtain as it pulls back.
Here is what it looks like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r43tmSVjF0A
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You don’t need to use wiggle for anything. My point was that IF you happened to be using a wiggle expression on any of the parameters of the particle world effect (such as the Y Position of the emitter), then you would have to have the random wiggle generated on a single layer, then pickwhip it’s value to the other copies. A random wiggle applied to each copy of the effect will produce a different value for each one (and then your particles will not loop).
Jon Geddes
Providing the Best Motion Menu Templates Available for Video Production
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I just recently did this for my latest Pro Motion Menu Kit that will be released very soon. I needed to create a looping particle system (using particle world), that the camera could still fly through. Use the same method mentioned in his tutorial, except don’t precompose the particle layer.
If you use the wiggle expression to drive any of the parameters of the particle system, then the layer number will effect the expression. So to have all the layers be the same, you would create a null object and give it some expression controls (such as a slider), wiggle that, and then pick whip the particle system’s parameter to the slider control.
You could also just apply the wiggle to the first particle layer’s parameter, and pickwhip the other layer’s parameters to it. Either way, you just simply can’t have the wiggle effect (or any random based expression) applied to each copy of the particle system.
If you have any more questions, let me know. I would be happy to answer them for you.
Jon Geddes
Providing the Best Motion Menu Templates Available for Video Production
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I’m sure this guide will help (from Dan Ebberts):
https://www.motionscript.com/design-guide/elastic.html
and if you haven’t read this one already, it will be of great assistance:
https://www.motionscript.com/design-guide/ik.html
Jon Geddes
Providing the Best Motion Menu Templates Available for Video Production
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“Best” is subjective. If you are a Hollywood studio authoring a new movie, you would be using Scenarist to incorporate all the features that are supported by the technology such as BD-J Advanced Interactivity.
The average video production company would not be best off using Scenarist, as it would be extremely expensive to purchase, make the authoring process take MUCH longer, and possibly require a specialist to use the program.
The other option is to use DVD Studio Pro or Adobe Encore for authoring, as it streamlines the authoring process yet still allows for a decent amount of control and integration with other necessary programs (such as Adobe Photoshop).
Unfortunately DVD Studio Pro does not currently support BD Authoring, so your options are to use Adobe Encore, or a more user friendly (and less control) alternative such as Ulead, Roxio, or Cyberlink products.
I actually prefer using Encore over DVD Studio Pro, and recommend it for use with our Pro Motion Menu Kits, which use advanced motion menus for Blu-ray and DVD. Many people have been turned off from Encore because of the many bugs it has. Luckily we have discovered the cause and found a solution for each and every one we encountered, allowing us to successfully author a Blu-ray disc which incorporates completely custom motion menus, seamless menu transitions, Scene Selection Menus with animated video of the chapters, Pop-up Menus, and wonderful H.264 compression.
I provide complete walkthrough tutorials on our website which demonstrates how to author a Blu-ray / DVD disc in Encore, and avoiding the many bugs of the program. This is available for everyone, not just customers. It can be accessed from the tutorial section of our website, under product tutorials.
Jon Geddes
Providing the Best Motion Menu Templates Available for Video Production
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I noticed it was Mac only software. I wonder if there is a PC alternative.
Jon Geddes
Providing the Best Motion Menu Templates Available for Video Production
http://www.precomposed.com