VideoStudio :: X4 - Make Objects Float Across Background?
May 4, 2012
I have learned basic skills with VS x4, and made a couple of videos with animated stills, and voice overlay, but I want to do something more sophisicated now. I'd like to have either a still or video background, with objects (images or text) "orbitting" over it, that is floating across the screen in a smooth trajectory. Is that possible to do inside VS without a camcorder or other handheld? If so, can you give me a brief description of where to look in the menus, what to do, and I'll work on it from there. I assume it will involve some superimposed tracks. But how can I create objects moving along a smooth path?
When I make a new line when I type, it makes a new line but it floating below the first line. I have to press enter 3 times to get the actual new line. I didn't have this 2 days ago.
How does one remedy this Adobe error message? "Can't scale the objects. The requested transformation would make some objects too small to use." This one always gets me. I'll spend more time trying to find the object in question. This has happened in almost al versions, but this time it's CS5.
how to edit revit objects in 3dsMax. How do I separate objects to make them individual objects? In other words, when I try to select the roof, I get ALL objects that are "dimensional lumber" i.e. I joists, roof, fascia, etc.
I tried selecting a roof polygon and making a copy and editing it but still when I apply materials to this polygon they apply to all of the dimensional lumber. Probably because I made a copy as a clone but it didn't give me the "copy" option.
I work with OpenEXRs 3D renders alot. While they are usually lossless at 32bpc, there are options to save at lossy 24-bit float and lossy 16-bit float with drastically reduced file sizes.(Photoshop still opens them up as 32bpc)
How do these compare to Photoshop's 16bit color? (Which I'm assuming is 16-bit integer?)At 16-bit float, I'm throwing out half the color information, but I'd still have vastly more color information than 16-bit integer? When do I really need 32bpc float? And when is 16bpc float "good enough"?
Is there a way to have all my files open as "floating windows" (the way it used to be) every time I start photoshop and/or every time I open a new file? I do not like the new interface and every time I open a new file I have to go to that drop down button and click "float all in windows".
Is it possible for the 'float all windows' option to stay or be permanent. Despite setting this option everytime I open a new image it reverts back to the 'tab' option -
controlling a bitmap's tiling amount with a Bezier Float node in the slate material editor.
If I link a bezier float controller to the tile size of a normal bitmap (non real-world scale) it works as expected, i.e. if I set it to 4, then the bitmap tiles 4 times.
However if I link the float controller to a bitmap set to real-world scale, then it seems to work in reverse. i.e. if I set the float controller to 5, then the UV size appears as 0.005m, and if I set the bezier float controller to 0.005, then the UV scale size is set to 5.0m.
It seams as though in the second example MAX is taking the bezier float value, using it as a tile amount, then just for display purposes it converts it to a real-world size. I can work with it now that I know what it is doing, but it is a little unintuitive.
is there a way to make the setting under Arange float all in window the default I keep haveing to set this as I like to have abunch open at the same time?
The program seems to run fine except that I cannot move or float the panels. They move ever so slightly and lock in place when I attempt to drag them. The only way to get them back is to do a workspace reset.
I am running Vista 32 bit, Nvidia 8600gt, Intel core 2 duo 2.33hz, and 4gb ram. I have the Production Suite CS4. I can move panels in every program but Photoshop. I have reset the configuration folders, tried a selective startup in msconfig and reinstalling Production Suite.
I have somehow managed to get the tool settings in Maya 2011 to be "floating" in its own panel. I don't know what I did that made that happen, nor what to do so the panel won't be "floating" anymore.
I know it must be something simple to fix, i'm just not sure how to fix it.
I have attached an image to try to show what I meant by "floating" tool settings in Maya 2011.
have a question regarding audio float on an object:
some objects react from a certain point with sound by just using a simple box in height for an example...it grows in the height from bottom start point...but if i use the width the movement is going into 2 directions instead of 1 ...i tried to move the pivot but it has no effect....is there a way to tell the reaction he has an another start point ?
I'm no longer able to select "Float in Windows" or Float All in Windows". These items don't activate; they remain dark. I can see only one image at a time now. How to get it back?
if there was a way to make objects appear to "pop" out of the background. use the frame to make the object appear 3-d. I'm trying to do that with out the frame. I'm taking a cutout of myself from one picture and putting myself in another background. I want myself to appear to melt into the background, but i want my arm to pop out and look like i'm reaching out. So far, it just looks like 2 images blended together.
I just downloaded the PSE 12 trial, and see the "all floating" tab in the layout menu, but it is locked and I can only use the default layout. Are some features not avaliable in the trial that will be in the paid version? I'd like to know before purchasing it.
I have a drawing of a tennis court that I saved as a jpg. I want to add cones with numbers on them to illustrate where to hit the ball to. I saved the cones as png's so I could make the background transparent. I don't understand how to make the clones of the cones and add them to the jpg of the tennis court.
Should I have saved the tennis court as a png file also? The background doesn't need to be transparent.
In CS5, you could have mulitple images open in tabs, and there would be no additioanal padding around the canvas area; the image would lock in place to the upper left.
Now in tabs in CS6, the canvas floats in space. Any way to have tabs and get rid of the space/padding?
This query is with regard to a Wire-removal/Touchup process in dealing with16Bit(half float) EXR files. Here is the process we adopted.
- Opened a 16Bit (Half float) Exr file in Photoshop, which showed it as 32Bit file
- Since the footage has lot of fire/blast elements among which we need to erase a "WIRE", we need to use "Healing Brush" which doesn't work on 32Bit files. When we tried to 'Convert' 32 Bit file to 16Bit file directly, we get a 'Washed Out' problem, since the shot is over exposed due to Fire/Blast elements in it. So here is a pipeline we used.
---- Added "Exposure" (Image > Adjustment > Exposure) ---- Set the "Exposure" to -5 (since it is a over-exposed frame, value -5 depends on exposure values of shots) ---- File > Export > Render Video (OpenExr output) ---- Open the above render file in photoshop ---- Convert to 16bit (Image > mode > 16bit) ---- Use any 16 bit tool for cloning (Eg. Healing tool) ---- Added "Exposure" (Image > Adjustment > Exposure) ---- Set the "Exposure" to +5 (Reversing) ---- Convert to 32bit (Image > Mode > 32Bit) ---- File > Export > Render Video (OpenExr output)
After rendering out, we checked the "original footage" with the "output exr" and apart from the Touch-up (wire removal) portion, all other details remain the same. Since this is a high-end hollywood project, (professionals) confirm whether this process is safe.
During the process we found a bug that this process only works, when we render whole footage, meaning if we try single frame, then there seems to be a slight color difference only in the overexposed area.
When we opened the client input EXR file, under Nuke it shows as "16 Bit (Half float)" but the same when opened under photoshop it shows as 32 Bit file.
I have about 125 RAW files of random objects that were shot against an white background in a homemade light box.
My goal is simple, to isolate the objects against a completely white background whilst still maintaining the shadow of the object (if possible). I have been using Lightroom 4 and a lot of brushes to complete such a task, but I know there is a simpler way to accomplish this with Photoshop. I am using Photoshop CS6.
Here are what I think are the three most tricky pictures:
I would like to modify the 16-bit Float EXR compression for my Framestore / Media Storage. What is the syntax? I would like to use 16 bit half with Zip16 (16 scanlines).
I am currently using "floatVideo=EXR:ZIPS:16" and several variations with no success.
I wish to limit the user input of and edittext to only allow a positive number, float or int. I do not yet know my Regex good enough to do this. I realize that I must get better at regex but in the meantime how to do this ?
I have used this so far on the edittext:
function checkTextInput() { if (this.text.match(/[^0-9.]/g)) { this.text = this.text.replace(/[^0-9.]/g, ""); } }
Which matches 000.0001 0.45.000.1 ...1 which is not desired.
I'm trying to stabilize some footage, but Warp Stabilizer in Premiere Pro CC seems to want to stabilize moving objects in the foreground rather than the background, creating strange effects as you can imagine.
I have seen tutorials on using Warp Stabilizer in After Effects and masking the foreground action to make Warp Stabilizer use the background as it's inputs. Is there a way to do this in Premiere Pro or even something easier (that AE method seems convoluted and some work to do).
I´ve a problem with rendering. The background-color gets mixed with the object. I´ve already reinstalled Autocad but it does n´t fixes my problem. What could be the problem?
I have photoshop 7 and I wish to remove unwanted objects from photos and replace them with the current background. I have tried to use the healing brush tool , and the cloning tool, but I do not have content aware. How can I replace unwanted elements in my photos with the current background using my version of photoshop. The welcome screen to my edition says it is possible?
the printing press for signboard is looking for an vector of my design there are waiting for me right now. I send them the .eps format. I use pen tool for making different curves and shapes. How can I make it to a vector?
