Alladin Timing
26-Dec-94 21:52:02
Sb: #1041-Alladin Timing
Fm: Pete Gould 71240,2152
To: Steve Bennett/SYSOP 76702,1071
John,
>> My current "hottest thing I have seen on TV and am trying to imitate
>> effect" is an advertisement for a local hospital where a portion of
>> the picture expands out and then dissolves to a logo. I think they are
>> "hiding" the DVE by cropping it into the picture and then moving it
>> plus-z to enlarge it, then doing a dissolve to a logo, beneath the
>> DVE, either in a Layer-B or G1.
I may be stating the obvious here; if so, forgive me.
The best way to do the kind of "concealed" effect is to match the DVE and
background image as closely as possible, and then construct a timeline in which
the DVE image dissolves in over the background in just a couple of frames and
just as it begins to move. If it's timed right, the audience never sees any
slight difference between the foreground and the background because of the
motion. You also want the edges slightly softened using the Border Softness
function to further minimize the contrast between the DVE and the image behind
it.
Pete