ext. firewirecam and trace fx
  • vandeloow
    junior Member
    Posts: 6
    Joined: Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:16 am
    Contact:

    ext. firewirecam and trace fx

    by vandeloow » Tue Dec 06, 2005 12:36 am

    hi,

    i really love the trace effect. :shock:

    but when i use the livecam, the trace effect is gone. it doesn't work. is this normal?

    thanxs!

    .martin
  • studioc
    activ8 member
    Posts: 53
    Joined: Fri Jul 02, 2004 5:10 am
    Location: New York
    Contact:

    by studioc » Tue Dec 06, 2005 3:38 am

    I have found that when I reduce the opacity of underlying layers the trace effect is amplified. I would prefer if the trace effect worked at full effect over full opacity layers, but not so far for me. I have not experimented with the firewire camera in and trace, though.
    The Revolution must be televised!
  • jm302
    super8 member
    Posts: 110
    Joined: Tue Nov 30, 2004 7:47 pm
    Location: Seatown (Rain City)
    Contact:

    by jm302 » Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:37 am

    studioc wrote:I have found that when I reduce the opacity of underlying layers the trace effect is amplified. I would prefer if the trace effect worked at full effect over full opacity layers, but not so far for me. I have not experimented with the firewire camera in and trace, though.


    I kinda figured that by the nature of the trace effect it's necessary to keep a low layer opacity, especially when using multiple layers.

    j.
    "Just because no one understands you doesn't mean you're an artist" -- Anonymous

    http://www.302acid.com
  • User avatar
    vjfj
    member
    Posts: 48
    Joined: Tue Oct 04, 2005 12:37 pm
    Location: salzburg, austria
    Contact:

    by vjfj » Tue Dec 06, 2005 2:49 pm

    martin i used the trace effect during a live set on the livecam. i had chanels a & b stacked with multiple (all) layers, camera on ch A, and was fading between layers in B while the camera picture was slowly turning 360 horizontally in 100% opacity with the trace effect on, which resulted in the edges of the frame that was turning leaving a nice trail. looked cool and worked perfect.
  • vandeloow
    junior Member
    Posts: 6
    Joined: Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:16 am
    Contact:

    by vandeloow » Tue Dec 06, 2005 3:29 pm

    vjfj wrote:martin i used the trace effect during a live set on the livecam. i had chanels a & b stacked with multiple (all) layers, camera on ch A, and was fading between layers in B while the camera picture was slowly turning 360 horizontally in 100% opacity with the trace effect on, which resulted in the edges of the frame that was turning leaving a nice trail. looked cool and worked perfect.


    hi,

    thanks for the information. so the trace effect has no effect on the movie content, right?
    .martin
  • User avatar
    vjfj
    member
    Posts: 48
    Joined: Tue Oct 04, 2005 12:37 pm
    Location: salzburg, austria
    Contact:

    by vjfj » Tue Dec 06, 2005 4:06 pm

    vandeloow wrote:hi,

    thanks for the information. so the trace effect has no effect on the movie content, right?
    .martin


    well it's a "global" effect (in the master section) so whenever it's on, it affects all videos. i can't remember exactly if it afffected the edges only of a clip or the movement WITHIN the clips also. you'd have to try it out. i was using slow action clips so i didn't notice it (within) but i also noticed when i shrunk the clips and used "patch" to make them round had them orbitting around the screen. a nice effect for simulating comets btw :)
  • User avatar
    yves@garagecube
    master
    Posts: 695
    Joined: Mon Jun 28, 2004 5:50 pm
    Location: Geneva
    Contact:

    by yves@garagecube » Tue Dec 06, 2005 8:17 pm

    Yes, the trace effect always affects the complete composition. It is not a layer effect. It is achieved at the last compositing stage (when all the layers are rendered).
  • User avatar
    boris
    garageCube team
    Posts: 911
    Joined: Mon Jun 28, 2004 12:36 am
    Location: Geneva
    Contact:

    by boris » Wed Dec 07, 2005 2:43 am

    You can use trace like motion blur, use one layer in your composition and put the transparency of your layer to 50%
    Boris * garageCube team
  • User avatar
    Jesper Fryd
    activ8 member
    Posts: 82
    Joined: Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:00 pm
    Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
    Contact:

    by Jesper Fryd » Wed Dec 07, 2005 7:44 pm

    don't forget to download the module that automates trail-up/alpha-down.
    i use it all the time instead of just trail.

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 12 guests