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ScottW wrote on 1/10/2006, 7:08 PM
You drag the movie clip from the explorer pane onto the workspace. When you click the button that was created, the movie plays. That's about as tough as it gets.

--Scott
dornier wrote on 1/10/2006, 8:22 PM
"...and the award for the most poorly crafted question goes to..." (me)

Heh, what I meant was to have a small clip play, after you select the button, but just before the desired media gets going.

Ex: SW episode III. Before each menu is selected you get a little clip of the characters dualing.

Would I have to render separate items, each with the little "FX intro"?
ScottW wrote on 1/11/2006, 7:01 AM
Render the small clip as it's own MPEG file. Then, rather than dragging the main movie onto the workspace pane, drag the main movie onto the project view pane and drop it on the DVD icon. Drag the clip onto the workspace. You now have a button pointing to the small clip. Double click on the small clip button to navigate into it. Set the end action of the clip to link to the main movie.
dornier wrote on 1/11/2006, 3:48 PM
Alright, that sounds like what I was after.

Is the transition smooth between the two clips (relatively)? Or, as usual, will it mostly depend on the quality of the user's player?

I've never "end actioned" two clips together.

Thanks for the help. I'll report back with the damages.
ScottW wrote on 1/11/2006, 3:53 PM
It depends on the player, but you can almost always count on a pause - the laser has to change physical locations reading - that can't be avoided.
johnmeyer wrote on 1/11/2006, 4:07 PM
I did something similar a few minutes ago, and was looking for a simpler way to do it. I just posted the procedure I used here:

Animate button when clicked. Simper way?
dornier wrote on 1/11/2006, 4:17 PM
Ok, worked just fine.

Thanks again.


(so simple)