#Apro Color Cycling
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I need some help with color cycling in Animator Pro. I'm doing a large projects
that has a bunch of color cycling showing flow through a valve. The problem is
that the direction and/or speed of the color cycling change each time I put
down a path. I've got 31 frames. I have been starting at frame 1 each time. I
draw a path with cycle active. I then turn on time and press redo. I know I
must be missing something, but my steps are the same each time. Any help would
be most appreciated.
DM
>> I need some help with color cycling in Animator Pro. I'm doing a large
projects that has a bunch of color cycling showing flow through a valve. The
problem is that the direction and/or speed of the color cycling change each
time I put down a path. I've got 31 frames. I have been starting at frame 1
each time. I draw a path with cycle active. I then turn on time and press redo.
I know I must be missing something, but my steps are the same each time. Any
help would be most appreciated. <<
no problem. go through these steps exactly for starters:
a) start brand new session (1 frame)
b) go to Palette menu. select 32 register cluster (around middle of
pallete)
c) go to |Value|Ramp| and pick ramp
d) pick on upper left register black and then upper right register white.
this creates a gradient from black to white in the 32-register cluster
e) go back to home screen.
f) toggle "C" (color cycling) in home panel.
g) using DRAW and a sizeable circle brush with OPAQUE ink, draw a sqiggle.
the colors will cycle as you draw.
h) go to |Flic|Total Frames| and expand flic to 32 frames (same count as
number of registers in the cluster to be cycled.
i) go to Palette menu again, toggle _off_ FIT, toggle _on_ "T" (time mode),
and then go to |Arrange|Cycle| and render. Bingo.
same process for a "flow" diagram.
-dave
Dave, Thanks much dude! That was exactly what I needed. Hit me like a brick
once I did it the right way. So easy… Now, I've got another for ya. Can I get
the speed of a cycle to change. For instance, if I wanted one stream to be
faster than another in the same .flc? I guess I could try and see if a 32 color
cluster cycled in 16 frames. I'm working on a project that is the same valve
with 6 different sets of fluid flow through it. I'm making .flc's and then
compositing them with the valve in VP. Working fine except that in the 6 pieces
they wanted three different speeds of flow. Anyway, thanks again. You saved me.
DM
>> Can I get the speed of a cycle to change. For instance, if I wanted one
stream to be faster than another in the same .flc? I guess I could try and see
if a 32 color cluster cycled in 16 frames. I'm working on a project that is the
same valve with 6 different sets of fluid flow through it. I'm making .flc's
and then compositing them with the valve in VP. Working fine except that in the
6 pieces they wanted three different speeds of flow. Anyway, thanks again. You
saved me. <<
yes, you can get the speed of cycles to change, and the method you outlined is
how you do it. a 30-frame flic offers some very diverse cluster speeds:
30 – one complete cycle for slowest flow
10 – 3 cycles for slow flow
6 – 5 cycles for medium flow
5 – 6 cycles for fast flow
3 – 10 cycles for very fast flow
for smoother mix of speeds, look for something more binary like 32-frame with
clusters of 32, 16, 8, 4 etc.
hope this helps.
-dave