#KPT
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Hi everyone,
An explorer manual for KPT is included with Anim. Studio.
A) Is there anything anywhere to install?
B) If so, where are the files?
Any help is appreciated in advance.
PS
On the package it says "Includes KPT gardient designer + 15 bonus filters.
-Kouros.
Kouros,
If you installed from the CD, the setup program has already installed the KPT
filters and gradient designer. You need to simply select the (I'll assume you
installed to your C drive…) "C:\animator\kpt" directory in the "Ink
properties" pop-up window. You can get to Ink properties by hitting "Ctrl-P"
or selecting Filter Ink and RIGHT clicking on that little window to get a menu
to take you to the ink properties window. (Kind of easier to hit Ctrl-P!) From
here, once you've selected the C:\animator\kpt directory, you should be able to
choose between the filters and the gradient designer. Hence, if you choose the
filters, you should then get a list of them. Whatever you choose from this
list becomes the current filter used by "Filter Ink".
Hope this helps you out!
-Glen
Glen,
"Just another good guy on Asoft"
Thanx. I'll try it ASAP.
-Kouros.
Glen,
Is there a way to have the KPT filters occur over time? It seems that the only
way to get the KPT filter dialogue is to render. this seems to prevent having
them take effect over time. Any way to do it?
Clif
What is the difficulty? For instance, I used Page Curl over time. I went to
the first keyframe and drew a box over a very small portion of the right hand
side. This left a floating box with control points. I went to the last
keyframe and moved the left-top and left-bottom control points of the box over
the entire image. When I hit <enter> it rendered over time.
Can you tell me what effect you're trying to accomplish?
Hey clif,
Yes, you can apply the filters over time, although some of them will not give
you an "animated" effect – more like a sequential frame "processing".
< It seems that the only way to get the KPT filter dialogue is to render>
You can get the filter dialog by hitting "Ctrl-P" anytime, or RIGHT click once
on the box that shows the current ink – that should bring up another menu with
"Ink Properties" on it. Ink Properties are available for every ink – it allows
you to set different parameters…
If you want to use filters over time – you need to…
1. Select "Filter Ink" as your current ink
2. Go to the "Ink Properties" pop-up and select the filter you want (or
gradient designer)
** remember,(if you want to use them…Photoshop filters don't
currently work – only KPT)
3. Select a segment or all of your animation (with mouse or whatever)
MAKE SURE you click on the clock icon to perform the operation
over TIME not FRAME.
4. Go to the "Edit" menu – select "Apply Ink to Segment" or "Selection"
(depends on whether you selected the entire animation or a range of
frames. You can also use the
… This will apply the filter to each selected frame (which for all purposes
is "over time"). NOTE: Some filters like "Pixel Storm" will perform randomly
for each frame – so it ends up giving you an animated look. Other filters
simply process each frame the same…
I don't know if it is possible to give a range of parameters to a filter to
perform over time – (like having a page curl animate)… right now, you get
more or less (without using the keyboard shortcuts) the same page curl for
every frame you apply it to.
You really should read through the KPT manual to familiarize yourself with the
filters. This will give you an idea of which ones will end up giving you an
animated effect over time – if that's what you're looking for.
Good Luck!
-Glen
P.S. I forgot this point… You can also apply filters over time to a
"selection area" in a range of frames. Just make sure you're in TIME mode and
lasso/select an area. This will select the area in each of the selected frames.
Then, when you "Apply ink to Selection", AAS will filter only the selected area
for each frame! Pretty cool…
Glen,
Thanks I will try what you suggested. I think I am trying to do somwthing the
program was not intended to do. Have one filter in the first frams and another
in the last and creat a type of Morph from one to the other. I think my error
is my misunderstanading of the idea of using filters over time.
thanks, Clif
Clif,
I hope you can get something close to what you need. Good Luck!
-Glen