Hi,
I have been searching for answers in the Forum, but there is really too many posts to look at all of them.
What I would like to know, is how to start an action from a certain point in the timeline. Whenever I make an action, it starts from the beginning.
For example; I have an image I want to appear at frame 72 and go away at frame 80... or start a camera movement at frame 50 and make it last till frame 80...
I very much appreciate your interest in helping me!
totonka
start action in the middle of the timeline
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You *really* need to work through the tutorials -- you're missing a basic understanding here and that doesn't bode well for the rest of your knowledge of the product.
In any case, setting a "hold" key will keep things from moving until you want them to. For example, if you simply right click and set a camera movement key on frame 50 and THEN move your camera on frame 80 it will stay put until frame 50. But, please work through the lessons (that's what they are there for).
In any case, setting a "hold" key will keep things from moving until you want them to. For example, if you simply right click and set a camera movement key on frame 50 and THEN move your camera on frame 80 it will stay put until frame 50. But, please work through the lessons (that's what they are there for).
Thanks for your help. I did the tutorials, twice, and I still need to come to the forum to ask about the things I did not understand.
Your advice helped me with the camera movement, but not with my other question: I want an image to appear at a certain moment in the timeline (that I got figured out now
) and dissapear a couple of frames after.
I would appreciate any kind of help.
Your advice helped me with the camera movement, but not with my other question: I want an image to appear at a certain moment in the timeline (that I got figured out now
) and dissapear a couple of frames after. I would appreciate any kind of help.
An image? Or a vector layer?
You can animate the opacity of any layer, or just turn the visibility on or off by double-clicking that way and unchecking or checking the visible (or enter an opacity percentage). You can also create these keys on the timeline -- same principle as the camera movement (which is to say that you start off with a key that makes the layer invisible and then when you want it to appear you put a visible key at that point).
There are other ways to manage this -- when I have characters I want to appear I just keep them offscreen and animate the layer movement. If you wanted something to appear at frame 50 (but not before) then at frame 49 you could put a layer movement key that keeps it offscreen and at frame 50 put it there. It will suddenly be there.
This all goes to show there are many ways to do the same thing -- that's why I recommended the lessons. It seems to me that perhaps you've gone through them and just done the steps without trying to understand what it is you've accomplished. I mean no offense, but it's useful to work through each lesson and do not do something unless you understand why you are doing it. Because all of the things I've just mentioned are contained there.
You can animate the opacity of any layer, or just turn the visibility on or off by double-clicking that way and unchecking or checking the visible (or enter an opacity percentage). You can also create these keys on the timeline -- same principle as the camera movement (which is to say that you start off with a key that makes the layer invisible and then when you want it to appear you put a visible key at that point).
There are other ways to manage this -- when I have characters I want to appear I just keep them offscreen and animate the layer movement. If you wanted something to appear at frame 50 (but not before) then at frame 49 you could put a layer movement key that keeps it offscreen and at frame 50 put it there. It will suddenly be there.
This all goes to show there are many ways to do the same thing -- that's why I recommended the lessons. It seems to me that perhaps you've gone through them and just done the steps without trying to understand what it is you've accomplished. I mean no offense, but it's useful to work through each lesson and do not do something unless you understand why you are doing it. Because all of the things I've just mentioned are contained there.