Importing MotionStudio 3D titles into VS/fade-in & fade-out

[Joe Linn]

I was unsure whether to post this here or under MotionStudio 3D, but I posted it here because I think it is more of a VS question.

I'm trying the demo version of MotionStudio 3D. So far it looks very powerful and much easier to use than Graffiti. It allows you to export a project directly to the timeline in Video Studio. I wanted credits superimposed over another scene and I wanted the credits to fade in and fade out. So I put the exported titles onto track 2 in VS. I set the allignment options in VS to "fit to screen." The middle part of the clip where transparency=0 looks great. But the beginning and end, where transparency=100, instead of the title being disappearing, it turns black. Am I doing something wrong?

If that doesn't work, is there a way I can use VS to accomplish the same fade-in / fade-out of something on track 2? You can specify transparency for the clip on track 2, but that appears to be just one value for the entire clip, not something you can modify with keyframes.

I'd appreciate any help.

Thanks.

Joe

[Ron P.]

Set your title's fade-in/fade-out in MS3D. Also it's recommended for your MS3D project dimension to be the same as that of your VS project. So if you're creating a video in VS that uses 720 x 480, then your 3D dimension should the same.

[Joe Linn]

It works perfectly. Thanks very much! For some reason I was thinking those fade-in/fade-out buttons on the options for the overlay tracks was just for the audio. Doh!

From the experimenting I have done so far, it looks like MotionStudio 3D is comparable in features to Graffiti without the steep learning curve. Are other people finding the same thing?

Thanks again!

Joe