Make Crazy Guy disappear

obben · Post by **obben** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:47 am

Hi!
I am trying to make CrazyGuy disappear in through a door but I can't find any way to do this. I want him to gradually vanish in the doorway, but how?
Can anyone give me a hint? Thanks in advance!

Regards, Obben

toonertime · Post by **toonertime** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:54 pm

put him on a separate layer
keyframe him in the doorway at 100 percent visibility
go to where you want him to disappear and
keyframe that 0 percent visibility
and it will fade from between the 2 keyframes

obben · Post by **obben** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 2:47 pm

Thanks! I'll try that,
Obben

GCharb · Post by **GCharb** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 3:11 pm

Hello obben

Just go in timeline setting, turn on the layer opacity thingny, go the the frame where you want the character to start vanishing, make a keyframe in the timeline on the layer opacity node, double click the character top layer, set opacity to 100% if not already, then go to the frame where you want the character to be completelly vanished, make a keyframe on the timeline layer opacity node, double click the character top layer, set opacity to 0%.

Gilles

heyvern · Post by **heyvern** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 5:15 pm

Are you looking for a "magical" disappearing effect... like he is fading away? Then transparency or opacity would work. Or do you want him to appear to walk through a door and go behind it? Then you would use masking. I just wasn't clear on how you wanted him to "disappear".

-vern

obben · Post by **obben** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 7:32 pm

Hi!
I want him to disappear in a doorway. How do I use masks?
Regards, Bjorn

heyvern · Post by **heyvern** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 7:46 pm

Search the forum and do the tutorials.

There are quite a few masking topics on the forum that are quite informative and include sample files. Look in the "Tips and Techniques" area. At the top are two "sticky" topics. One has beginner tutorials that includes masking.

Another is one I wrote that is more "technical" and explains how masking works and what is actually going on from an "alpha channel" perspective.

-vern

slowtiger · Post by **slowtiger** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 10:33 pm

Use an overlay. Draw your BG with the door, the duplicate it and remove half of the door. Place your character between the two layers.

heyvern · Post by **heyvern** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:50 am

Uh... yeah, what Slowtiger said!

I can over complicate things sometimes. You may still want to learn masking later of course for something more complex.

-vern

obben · Post by **obben** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:26 pm

Thanks! I haven't had time to work more on that test project, but soon...
Obben

obben · Post by **obben** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:16 am

Well.. There is a very simpel thing I don't understand: How do I remove half the door? I can't find any eraser.
Obben

slowtiger · Post by **slowtiger** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 11:34 am

I really recommend you do the tutorials, again, if necessary.

There is no eraser. You can erase selected points, and you can make an outline invisible between two points.

obben · Post by **obben** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 8:26 am

Right!
And when I followed the recommendation to create a new layer and draw a part of the door I managed to make Crazy Guy walk in, turn around and then walk out again. Thanks fpr all suggestions, it's getting better all the time!
Obben

RedFive · Post by **RedFive** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:57 pm

I did something similar on my first animation. What I did was create two background layers on the same scene, and had my object emerge, as if emerging from a swamp. Here is what I did...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ydTaNftXac

Hope this helps

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