OT: Looking for this effect

Cooldraft wrote on 12/17/2005, 8:14 PM

Anyone seen an effect that 'bounces'/'zooms'/'pushes in' to a picture to the beat of the audio? I know it sounds crazy, but it would be really cool for intros. This picture bounced fluidly further in on the louder beats and just shook/pushed slightly on the lighter ones.

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johnmeyer wrote on 12/17/2005, 8:24 PM

I don't know any way to automate this, but I've certainly done it manually many times using keyframes. I think some of the commercial scripts can lay down a beat, and they may also be able to keyframe to this.

farss wrote on 12/17/2005, 10:24 PM

This can be automated.
There's a free plugin that writes an envelope based on audio level.
One can use Eq or whatever to make the audio into what'll drive the meter best. Then you play the clip and it writes an envelope that you then copy to the video track and use to control whatever you like.
There was a tutorial on this somewhere but I've not been able to find it lately so I had to spend a bit of time re-inventing the wheel so to speak.
Anyway to get you started get the free peak meter from BlueCat, I think there's enough info on their site to get you going.
Bob.

TeetimeNC wrote on 12/18/2005, 5:15 AM

Thanks for the post Bob.

may be the tut you are referring to.

-jerry

Cooldraft wrote on 12/18/2005, 8:48 AM

This is way cool, but I give, how do you use track motion/pan crop with an envelope? To do the 'zooming' thing that I want to do?