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11.
Select the Cross Fade Transition event and drag
the left-hand end of the range-bar to frame
5 and then drag the rig ht-hand end of the
range-bar to frame 15.
This sets the period in time when the cross fade
occurs.
12. SelectthetrackforthefirstImageInputEvent
and the r ight-hand end of the range-bar to
frame 8.
By setting the end to frame 8 instead of 5, you’ll
have three frames during w hich the first image
will fade to black.
13. Select the track for the second Image Input
Event and the left-hand end of t he range-bar
to frame 12.
Similarly, setting this end to frame 12 ensures
that the second image will fade in over three
frames and display in fu ll color for the last five
frame of the transition.
14. Click the
Execute Sequence button (page
3–321)
.
15. Click Render on the Execute Video Post dialog.
Example: Resize a series of images:
Perhaps you’ve rendered a series of stil l images but
it turns out they were at the wrong resolution. You
might normally think you have to re-render the
entire scene a gain w h ich will tie up all the systems
to do the same work they just completed. Video
Post can be used to resize the images without
havingtouseallthesystems.
1. Use the
IFL Manager Utilit y (page 3–668)
to
create an IFL file containing the sequentially
number image files you want to resize.
2. Choose Rendering > Video Post.
3. Click
Add Image Input Event (page 3–328)
and then click Files.
Choose the IFL file you created at step 1 and
then click Open to close the selec tion dialog.
4. Click OK to close the Add Input Image Event
dialog.
5. Click
Add Image Output Event (page
3–334)
and then click Files.
6. Set the output file format for the new set of
still images to TGA and enter a filename like
MyResize.
ClickSavewhenyou’vesetthenameandformat
7. Click OK to accept the default setting on the
Targa Im a ge C o ntrol d i a l o g .
ThenclickOKtoclosetheAddImageOutput
Event dialog.
8. Click the
Execute Sequence button (page
3–321)
.
9. On the Execute Video Post dialog, set the new
output resolution you want for the images and
then click Render.
When the rendering is complete, you will
have a new series of resized images that have a
name prefix of MyResize. So, if there were ten
images listed in the IFL file, there will be ten
new images named
MyResize0000.tga
through
MyResize0009.tga
stored in your image folder.