Default Fly In Transition

kennygk wrote on 8/6/2004, 4:57 PM
I want to modify the Fly In transition such that an overlaid picture starts small from one end of the screen, kinda like growing from out of the background picture, and ends up big at the other end of the screen, but at a fly in rate of speed that I specify.

Is there a way to do what I want to do? Can anyone also point me to some tutorials on this?

thanks for all the help...Ken
VV4.0e

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JaysonHolovacs wrote on 8/6/2004, 5:25 PM
Can you just use track motion for this? Overlay the new video over the old and start it small and to the side, then keyframe it to full size?

-Jayson
kennygk wrote on 8/6/2004, 6:50 PM
Ok,...so should I put the fly in new one on the same track? ...and how do I make it start slower as well as keyframe it to full size? I'm not familiar with 'keyframing' yet.

thanks Jayson
JaysonHolovacs wrote on 8/9/2004, 8:02 AM
kennygk,

Normally, I would put them on separate tracks. I think if you want one video to overlay another, they HAVE to be on separate tracks. Some of the built in transitions can do this on one track, but if you are doing it yourself, you need to use two. Since you are using v4, IIRC v4 does not have transition envelopes, so I think you have to do this yourself. I have v5, so can't tell you for sure.

So, put the new video on track 1 and put the old video on track 2. Use track motion to make track 1 very small and put it where you want the transition to start. Now, track 1 will be overlaid on track 2 in a tiny window. Then, add keyframes to the track motion behavior of track 1 to enlarge the window over time and move it as you like. The last keyframe should be track 1 at full size and located properly so that it completely covers track 2. Then the transition is complete and track 2 can stop playing video.

-Jayson