opening and closing curtain effect

woodchuck · Post by **woodchuck** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 10:12 pm

I would like to start and end a slide show with an effect such as a theater curtain opening and closing. Does anyone know how I might achieve this? I read a post that said there was a short video in VS8 like this but I don't see it in VS10+. I have the lite version of COOL 3D but have no idea where to start.

Any suggestions?

heinz-oz · Post by **heinz-oz** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 1:50 am

The manual and inspiration

Seriously though, I don't know of a transition like that anywhere. You would have to make your own but would need different software to do it with. PhotoImpact and GifAnimator may be suitable to do this.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 1:52 am

Yes..... you will find how I did this here:
Converting Super 8 films

Post by **Ron P.** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 2:05 am

I also sent you a PM, about the files in VS8...

woodchuck · Post by **woodchuck** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 12:51 am

Thank you, Ron, for your help. It is just what I had in mind. Now I want to see if I can get the black background to be transparent so the first scene will gradually appear as the curtain rises. I intend to dig into the manual and try some things before I ask for additional help.

Steve, I took a look at your instructions but I think we have different sample video clips. You started with V01 but my V01 is a computer monitor with a countdown. Is this correct?

Thanks again, to all of your for your help.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 1:24 am

Just checked. The V01 is VS9 is the curtains but in VS10+ is a computer monitor. I will see if I can create a vsp and associated files.

Post by **Ron P.** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 1:28 am

I just checked in my VS9 and the curtains is "Classic-Open.avi".

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:04 am

Curtains opening/closing sequence: VS10

This is a modification of the curtains opening sequence found in VS9.

Here is a vsp file and the relevant source material.
My interpretation of a video in the background with the curtains in the foreground opening. At the end of the video the curtains close again.

http://media8.filewind.com/g.php?filepath=829

It consists of 3 parts - all on the overlay track.
1. Curtains Opening.
2. Opened curtain in the border. This is a still image so simply adjust it to the required length.
3. Curtains Closing.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 1:10 pm

I have altered the above link for the curtain opening sequence.
After sleeping on it I went about it a slightly different way and the new link is a big improvement on the original.

To achieve the transparency of the curtain background I used MediaStudio Pro and PhotoImpact. I intend to make the procedure a separate tutorial as soon as I get the chance as the procedure I used can be adopted for a wide variety of effects.

This would include blurring of a part of the picture such as a face or number plate, highlighting something such as putting a circle around it or pointing an arrow at something.

Here is a demo of the effect:
http://media5.filewind.com/g.php?filepath=1098