This IS the Avid L2: [Avid-L2] Re: Slot Machine effect

I would just do it in AE I think you'd get better results with less hastle. Certainly better motion blur etc. By the time you figure out the Avid way, you'll be built, rendered, cut in, and at the bar if you do in AE.

KEN

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Steve Hullfish <steve4lists@...> wrote:
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> In Avid, with some motion blur, you might not really need a cylinder at all, since the images fly by so quickly. Maybe you just create a "strip of icons" in Photoshop, or a strip of text in the Title Tool and then quickly slide the strip through a little "slot" window.
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> But, I don't think that the Avid is necessarily the right tool for this particular job. Trying to pound a nail with a screwdriver will eventually work, but a hammer is probably a better choice.
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> What are you trying to spin in the "cylinders?" Icons? Video? Text? That could make a difference in finding the solution.
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> Marquee has some pretty powerful 3D tools that might work, but I have no idea how to accomplish what you're asking for in there.
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> What you're trying to do sounds an awful lot like a standard LiveType effect. If you've got a copy of that, then that's probably the best solution.
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> Steve Hullfish
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> On Feb 14, 2011, at 9:55 AM, keren_aarons wrote:
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> > Hi all.
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> > I'm trying to do a slot machine style effect in Avid - yeah, I know how to do it in After Effects, but I'm sure it can be done in Avid!
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> > So far I've tried using the BCC Cyclinder on a nested 3 horizontal image 3D warp. The problem is that the "slot" looks good, but the images are vertical instead of horizontal. I can't seem to find a way to get 3 horizontal images per slot. Is there another way to get a faux 3d cylinder in Avid?
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> > Anyone have a better idea?
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