curtain rising

lakewud · Post by **lakewud** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 10:36 am

Firstly, appologies for not replying to the last couple of questions - receiving helpful advice from the usual suspects. Was in the middle of a house move, however thanks for taking the time as per the norm to reply.

Another question to ponder.

All im wanting is, a curtain rising effect during my little video production. Using VS10+. The usual red theatre curtain rising effect which ideally will then lead to a white screen flickering into life some past clips i have.

I know theres a curtain effect - of sorts - in vs10 - think is kindof moves away sideways...however ideally looking for the real mccoy so to speak...nice proper curtain rising.

Anyone out there know if i can get that and how to incorporate into my video.

thanks for any replies.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 12:28 pm

The opening sideways option isn't too difficult
Super 8 Demo

To have a rising curtain you would have to try one of the following:

a. Use a 3D program like Cool3D / Cool 3D Production Studio / Bluff Titler
or
b. Get a video of a curtain rising and place it on an overlay track. As the curtain rises you would have to remove that videos background - chroma key if possible - if not then try A Video Sequence File

lakewud · Post by **lakewud** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 1:03 pm

very interesting, looking at the youtube clips and reading past replies. Thanks for the speedy responce.

That curtain rising, V07, i think you mentioned...i recall seeing it many times..however..now i come to actually want to find it...i cant...any help there? Looked in the templates, video, VO etc file...and cant see it.

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 5:21 pm

Hi

If its the Red Curtains, then there¡¦s one with VS 9, called Classic-Open.avi (Library V01)
Its actually NTSC frame size, as is most of the samples.
Its about 4.5 Mb, I can try e-mail if you wish.

mitchell65 · Post by **mitchell65** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:30 pm

Is this anything like you want;
http://www.johnm.f2s.com/curtains.avi
Suggest save to your desktop and use your favoured player. If it is I would happily email you my small swf file of the curtain.

lakewud · Post by **lakewud** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 8:02 pm

Aaahh thats why its familar...VS9 - which i had but long since scratched.

Anyother way of getting this please let me know.

Yes, Mitchell if its no trouble to email me that curtain will give it a go.

thanks for the replies.

mitchell65 · Post by **mitchell65** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:32 am

Yes, Mitchell if its no trouble to email me that curtain will give it a go.

If you email me your email, then I'll send it!

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:52 am

Hi John

Nice one, not seen that particular curtain before.

Lakewud

If you right click the link and select 'Save Target as' it should download.

Edited
Oh that was silly of me, you would end up with the background video.
John a copy of the swf file would be nice

Thanks

mitchell65 · Post by **mitchell65** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 11:49 am

Hi Trevor
The curtain is a free jpeg from Google images that I found yesterday (wanted one with a gold tassle at the bottom but beggars can't be choosers). The rest of the file I created in Flash. It was a straightforward motion tween. So I can freely give this to anyone who wants it. As you say right click it and choose "Save Target As".

http://www.johnm.f2s.com/Untitled-5.swf
EDIT
This is what I sent to lakewad others may find it useful!
Just save it to your video folder, then import it into your library. Then drag and drop it to the overlay track. If you then rt click it in the preview window and choose "Fit to screen" you may find a gap at the bottom. If so just drag the clip up a bit then use a yellow handle to drag the bottom down a touch then move the whole clip down until you cover the screen. I made the backing a shocking green, yours should be transparent straight away but if not use the Chroma Key to fix that.Then it should work.

Ken Veal · Post by **Ken Veal** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 12:30 pm

John,
I am getting a file format mismatch message on trying to inport that into VS.How exactly have you done that yourself...........Ken

lakewud · Post by **lakewud** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 12:35 pm

thanks again John for the speedy reply. As mention doesnt open in VS though - seems im not alone with that...will try again etc but i anyone does know of a way please let us know.

Is there anyway of getting that VS9 curtain rising? As mentioned, had it, but disc scratched and now onto vs10.

mitchell65 · Post by **mitchell65** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 12:59 pm

I use VS x2 and that opens swf files OK. What versions are you using , perhaps they do not support swf but swf have been about for years so this would surprise me. Anyway i will save the swf as an avi if I can and put it back on the site to dow nload.

mitchell65 · Post by **mitchell65** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 1:24 pm

This should download OK and work on all versions of VS (I hope)
http://www.johnm.f2s.com/Untitled-5.avi

lakewud · Post by **lakewud** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 1:29 pm

Thanks ONCE AGAIN John for going to the trouble. Have tried it out and works a treat.

Give me something to do / mess about with this Sunday afternoon.

mitchell65 · Post by **mitchell65** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 1:36 pm

Tis a pleasure Gary. Interested to see the finished video as and when.

P.S. If you or anyone else would be interested in putting a video on the web without using You Tube or similar let me know here and I will explain how I do it. If you have a broadband package the chances are you have some free webspace. Might as well make use of it.

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