No doubt there is more than one way to achieve most effects in Avid. 3D Warp + Animatte has actually been pretty easy and versatile the times I've used it, and would only use 2 layers in this case.
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Steve Pang
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On 20 Sep 2012, at 19:40, Brendan McCullough wrote:
> 3D Warp plus Animatte moves are needlessly painful. I find it's often
> better to make a black and white matte using Paint effect, essentially
> cutting out the same thing you're cutting out in Animatte, but making it a
> solid shape filled with white over a black background. Submaster that (I
> can't remember if you have to do this or not) and alt-drag Matte Key effect
> on it. Then you have 3D controls in the matte key that you can mirrors from
> your original 3D Warp. So, V1 is BG with 3D Warp, V2 is video you were
> animatting originally, but with NO effect on it, V3 is your new Paint
> Effect matte (you may be able to copy and paste the shape from the
> Animatte) nested inside a Submaster effect, nested inside a Matte Key
> effect.
>
> ...or just use After Effects ;)
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> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Douglas <douglas@gaijin-eyes.com> wrote:
>
>> **
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>>
>> I notice that Lou wants to add a video to the ipad.
>> I don't have an ipad, but I have added a video to the remote controller
>> I was using for the demo.
>>
>> Here is the result.
>> It was done by adding a video track and putting everything in a
>> container in Avid FX.
>>
>> http://www.screencast.com/t/vIOQ2K0dO8Tx
>> <http://www.screencast.com/t/vIOQ2K0dO8Tx>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Douglas
>>
>> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Douglas" <douglas@...> wrote:
>>>
>>> If anyone would like to see a short demo of how I would use Avid FX to
>>> do the effect
>>> Here you are:
>>>
>>> http://www.screencast.com/t/1YWmNJHe4Q9
>>> <http://www.screencast.com/t/1YWmNJHe4Q9>
>>>
>>> NB. There is no audio in this demo.
>>> Regards,
>>> Douglas
>>>
>>>
>>> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Douglas" douglas@ wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The effect is very easy to achieve using AvidFX, using a spline
>>> object.
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Douglas
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Lou Wirth loutv@ wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Will give it a shot. Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sep 19, 2012, at 2:10 PM, Steve Pang wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Likewise I'm not entirely clear but if it boils down to needing
>>> the Animatte to move in the same manner as the iPad, this is
>> definitely
>>> do-able using either tracking or a keyframed move, using a 3D Warp +
>>> Animatte combo, both applied to the iPad layer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Steve
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> Steve Pang
>>>>>> Visual Effects Editor
>>>>>> http://www.stevepang.clara.net
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 19 Sep 2012, at 22:03, Jay Mahavier wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm not exactly clear on what you are doing, but I think it
>>> might go like this. Comp video into the stationary iPad. Then when you
>>> try to animate the move the entire image moves. Video mixdown of that.
>>> Track a roto around the now moving iPad that isolates it from the rest
>>> of the moving background and that goes over a clean background.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jay
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sep 19, 2012, at 4:00 PM, Lou Wirth wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> good suggestion. Can a mixdown support alpha? Never tried.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sep 19, 2012, at 1:42 PM, Jay Mahavier wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> There may be a more elegant way, but if you just need to get
>>> it done then how about a video mixdown that you cut in and move?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Jay
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sep 19, 2012, at 3:18 PM, Lou Wirth wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> But its not the matte I am moving. Its the collapsed, cut
>> out
>>> layer with video inside.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Sep 19, 2012, at 1:07 PM, Steve Pang wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I may have misunderstood what you're doing but Animates
>> can
>>> be moved around (or tracked), and that movement can be keyframed -
>> there
>>> is just no position slider in the parameters.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> It sounds like you need to apply the move you want to the
>>> iPad + video layers, then move or track the Animatte to match?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Steve
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>>> Steve Pang
>>>>>>>>>>> Visual Effects Editor
>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.stevepang.clara.net
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 19 Sep 2012, at 20:17, Lou Wirth wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I have to use Animatte to cut out an Ipad (put my own
>> video
>>> on it) and put over V1 video. I want to push or slide the Ipad on but
>>> there are no parameters for geometrics for animatte. anything else I
>>> drop on will move everything below (Avid!!!!!) I could be having a
>> brain
>>> *(*^ but how do I slide this Ipad onto the background if I had to cut
>> it
>>> out with animatte. (I put a video layer inside the Ipad and collapsed
>>> it)
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> thanks
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Lou
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