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The ts lib contains a file called lensflar.zip which contains a 15fps avi example of what can be done with ts and Adobe Premiere and Photoshop to produce an animated lens flare. This message suppliments info not contained in the CIS file description. The animation, a total of 270 frames for 8 seconds at 30fps at 320×240, was created in ts as 2 pieces. The uploaded avi is at 15fps to reduce dl time. The green grid backgound and gradient-starry sky were created in Corel Photopaint and converted to a transparent TXR in ts. The ts part of the animated lensflare consists only of an animated spotlight aimed downward and a small sphere (not visible in the final animation) attached as a sibling. The sphere was used for positioning of the lens flare filter in Photoshop in each frame. – Yes each lens flare was done 1 frame at a time – just as any cartoon animator would have to do. After rendering in ts, the animation was brought into Adobe Premiere 4.0, saved in FLM format, imported into Photoshop 2.5LE and each frame was edited with the Lens Flare filter. The finished FLM was then loaded back into Premiere. This process actually when fairly quickly. Each frame was be done in about 10 seconds. The Prudential Logo, my client – not me, was created in ts using a white fog effect to simulate the logo coming out of intense glare. If you manually advance the avi frame by frame you can see the effect more clearly since it goes by so fast. The logo was then brought into Premiere as an overlay and chroma keyed to white to make all the white transparent. The net effect is you see all of the animated lensflare avi in the background and the logo appears to come out of the flare when it is at it's most intense setting. The animated text – The Prudential in the transparent box was done entirely in Premiere FYI, Entire presentation contains: 2 minutes of animation 8 ts animations source AVIs in full frame format total 750MB Final compressed size in Indeo 3.2 is 34MB at 30fps 320×240 Comments welcome. Tim