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7.
Set the output file format to BMP Image File
and enter a filename like MyStarfield.
ClickSavewhenyou’vesetthenameandformat
8. Click OK to accept the default setting on the
BMP configuration dialog.
ThenclickOKtoclosetheAddImageOutput
Event dialog.
9. Click the
Execute Sequence button (page
3–321)
.
10. Set the time output to Single and click Render
on the Execute Video Post dialog.
The final product is a sphere against a starry
background.
Set up a simple cross fade between two images:
Sometimes you want to transition from one view
or animation to another. This set of steps with
show you how to set up a cross fade from one
image to another. For this example the complete
cross fade will occur over 20 frames displaying the
first image for five frames, cross fade for ten frame
and then display the second im age for the last five
frames.
The resulting animation produced by this process
couldbeusedasanImageInputEventfora
different Video Post sequence.
1. Choose Rendering > Video Post.
2. Click
Add Image Input Event (page 3–328)
and then click Files.
Choose your first image and click Open and
then click OK to close the Add Image Input
Event dialog.
3. Click Add Image Input Event again and
click Files.
Choose your second image and click Open and
then click OK to close the Add Image Input
Event dialog.
4. Click
Add Image Output Event (page
3–334)
and then click Files.
5. Set the output file format to MOV File and enter
afilenamelikeMyXFade.
ClickSavewhenyou’vesetthenameandformat
6. Click OK to accept the default setting on the
Compression Sett ings dialog.
ThenclickOKtoclosetheAddImageOutput
Event dialog.
7. SelectthefirstImageInputEventandthenhold
downtheCTRLkeywhileselectingthesecond
Image Input Event.
Both events w ill highlight in gold.
8. Click
Add Image Layer Event (page 3–331)
and choose Cross Fade Transition from the list
of compositors and transitions.
Click OK to close the Add Image L ayer Event
dialog. NoticehowtheImageLayerEvent
becomes the parent of the two Image Input
Events.
9. Click Zoom Extents to view the entire set
of tracks.
10. On the Queue t rack bar, click and drag the
right-hand end of the range-bar to frame 20.
This adjusts all t he t r acks.