track motion and keyframes

tfc wrote on 5/23/2004, 2:24 AM

I'm just now discovering the wonderful world of track motion on V4, being somewhat of a newbie. In my zest, I have created a 9 element picture in picture "cube". In addition to this, I have the black "divider lines" to separate each of the picture elements, generating a total of 13 different tracks in which to use track motion. My question is this: I have noticed that after I have grouped this 9 element picture together and moved it around the timeline as one unit, that the keyframes I have developed are always left at the previous location. This is very time-consuming to have to readjust the keyframes each time I move that 9 picture cube. I know I'm probably not a model of editing efficiency, but there has got to be a better, easier way of doing this. Is there anyway, whatsoever, in V4, to keep the track motion keyframes synched to the pictures, so I don't have to readjust them each time I move my cube? Thanks for the help for this newbie!

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jetdv wrote on 5/23/2004, 4:26 AM

Remember that Track Motion is related to a TRACK and not an EVENT. However, I've noticed that if I slide an event, the keyframes that are totally inside the boundries of that event also move if I slide it to a new location.

As an easier solution, you may want to just render it out and then replace it with the new AVI file. Build the "cube" as a separate project, render, and then use the end result in the main file. You can then move it anywhere without having to worry about keyframes.

Jameson_Prod wrote on 5/23/2004, 7:28 AM

THANKS JET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That solves my problem I was asking about the other week....copying keyframes. Why didn't I think of that. I can just re-place clips and render out each section I want......put them all together on a new timeline.....viola......copyed keyframes!!! I knew their had to be a better way than re-doing all the keyframes over and over and over.

Thanks......