Holds in Pans and Adding Editing Effects

[Prinzenick]

Hello, I'm new to using TV Paint, and I've figured out a lot of the basics of using the camera already. But even though I know how to use ease ins and ease outs in pans, I don't know how to make a pan stop in place or stop altogether--is there a specific setting for that?

Also, how do you apply editing effects like fades and wipes to your animation? I see the settings but they don't seem to work.

My OS and its version is an Windows 7 emachines PC.

My OS architecture is 64 bit. The CPU type is AMD Athlon (tm) II X2 250u Processor (1.60 GHz) and the amount of installed RAM is 4.00 GB (3.75 available).

My software version is TV Paint 11.0.3.

My software edition is TVPaint Animation 11 Pro DEMO.

My Wacom Tablet is an Intuos 3 Graphics Tablet. The Driver version is 6.3.15-3.

Any help is appreciated!

[Thierry]

Hello Prinzenick,

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[Prinzenick]

Thank you! I added as much info as I could to my first post!

[D.T. Nethery]

even though I know how to use ease ins and ease outs in pans, I don't know how to make a pan stop in place or stop altogether--is there a specific setting for that?

This is one of the tricky parts of the Camera Tool to understand and get used to, but when you have practiced a bit it will be easier. This has been discussed frequently on the Forum so rather than rewrite instructions here I will refer you to some previous discussions -

http://www.tvpaint.com/forum/viewtopic. ... =15#p57457

http://www.tvpaint.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9133

https://www.tvpaint.com/forum/viewtopic ... 10&t=10502

https://www.tvpaint.com/forum/viewtopic ... 10&t=10455

http://tvpaint.fr/forum/viewtopic.php?f ... 34b8f9d5b1

A useful technique mentioned in several of those discussions is to break up a camera move that has several steps into separate Clips , using the Split Clip function from the Clip Menu.
Here's an explanation of that technique, with screen captures, in this post:

https://www.tvpaint.com/forum/viewtopic ... 455#p97916

Also, how do you apply editing effects like fades and wipes to your animation? I see the settings but they don't seem to work.

For Transitions like Fades or Wipes (called "Classic" in the TVP Transition FX ) you must keyframe the duration of the transitional effect and select the frames on the Timeline that you want the FX applied to , and then click on Apply FX Stack to render the effect on the selected frames. (see the video tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOw8j8BDvkQ and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqZ8Bt-671A )

For example , let's say you want to add a simple fade-in starting from frame 1 - to - frame 48 . Fill one frame with solid black ... stretch it out for 48 frames . Now go to the FX Stack > Transition > Fade . At frame 1 the Fade FX should be set to 0% transparency , click the KEY icon next to it to set a keyframe (you will see the + keyframe symbol appear under frame 1) . Now advance to frame 48 and adjust the transparency percentage to 100% . You will see another + keyframe symbol appear under frame 48. Now select all those frames from 1 - to - 48 , FX Stack set to Apply On: Current Layer - Selection - Apply on Frames , then click on the button at the bottom of the FX Stack window which says Apply FX Stack. This will render the Fade FX on the selected frames.

[Prinzenick]

Thank you, D.T. Nethery! That really helps!