CompuServe Thread

#REVERSE ACTION ON FLYER

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#111171From: Fred BerneyMay 18, 1995 8:06 AM
I'm aiming this at everyone just because it is very general. If you are trying to do reverse action, a program called Hollywood Effects will let you do just that. It is slow. About the same speed as the Flyer handles slow motion, but at least you can do it. Hollywood Effects has a post processing effect that just lets you take a video clip and process it. What you do is to select the clip and give the command to run it in reverse. What makes it so slow is that HFX pulls it into the Flyer via Toaster Paint, processes it through Lightwave and then saves it to the Flyer Drives via Toaster Paint. However, since Lightwave now creates an ANIM using RGB files, HFX is planning to upgrade their program to run to the Flyer Drives via Lightwave saving at least one step. If anyone has come up with a better way, please let me know. Fred
#111334From: Greg K. WelchMay 19, 1995 2:22 PM
Fred, I would think there's a better way than thru Hollyweird FX. I tried to alter the Flyer Clip Copy arrex script, but since it was my first try at rexxing anything it didn't work. But couldn't you just program it to copy the frames from the last frame backwards to the first frame into a new clip? It should be easy. Someone please post it for us if it can be done. Greg Welch
#111445From: Fred BerneyMay 20, 1995 11:05 AM
Greg, I asked NewTek if it would be possible to make a clip run backwards by using Lightwave. Have the clip as a background and run the clip with the high numbers to low number. NewTek told me that it would not work. I did try it myself and could not get it to work. Maybe someone who knows how to write arrex scripts could come up with something. Fred
#111630From: henry tellerMay 21, 1995 9:07 PM
Hi Fred – Seemed to remember that Hollywood F/X had a render option of reverse. If they can do it, it should be AREXXable. Hank Videology, Inc Where you always get P.O.M.P. and Service under all circumstances
#111688From: Greg K. WelchMay 22, 1995 8:27 AM
Fred, It just seems so simple… If you can pull a single frame from a clip to make a flyer still, you certainly can pull a series of frames in reverse order and append to a flyer clip. Greg