How do I add more time to my animation?

[xersius_x]

Hi There Allayas:

I'm new to using Cool 3D 3.5, and lets say, I just made an anmation and I'm happy with it.

.....BUT ! ....

It goes through it's animations, (sliding in from the side, faraway, then it zooms up close to the audience, then the logo does the samething) It's just that at the end I want the text & Logo to just stand there for about 4 more seconds, B4 it loops/starts over again, and I didn't plan it right, from the begining, so as it is now, it just zooms up to the camera, and stays there for only 1 second before it starts over again. I want to add more time so that the audience can see it just stand there for about 5 seconds before it starts again.
MY PROBLEM IS....
that when I just add more frames to the animation it doesn't add them at the end. It just makes the whole animation longer, but I still don't have the 5 seconds I want it to have to just stand there for viewing at the end.
How can I add on 5 seconds to the end so that the text and logo just stand there B4 it starts over again?

Thanks
xersius_x

[rwernyei]

What you want to do can easily be done in COOL3D Production Studio with the Pad Frames option. Since you are working with COOL3D 3.5, you will have to note the position of your last frame and set a key of the exact same values 4 frames earlier. Upon preview, if things do not look right or run faster in areas, you may need to work backward from the timeline and note values and delete keys and then assign new keys to get the desired effect.

[xersius_x]

Hiya & Thanks:

But would it be possible for you to elaborate with a little more detail about just what it is you're saying in your answer to my post. I don't understand what it is your saying exactly, if it doesn't work out with "padded frames".

and one other quick question....
Do you know of any other tutorials for Ulead Cool 3D other than the ones on Uleads hompage?

Thank You
xersius_x

[htchien]

Some other COOL 3D/COOL 3D Production Studio tutorials you can find:

Jerry Jones:
http://www.jonesgroup.net/media/c3done.htm

COOL 3D Design (if you cannot use Internet Explorer to open this site, use Mozilla FireFox):
http://cool3design.hadgama.co.il/cool3design/

COOl 3D tutorials also applies to Ulead COOL 3D Production Studio.

Hope this helps.

H.T.