Quick Succession Images

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Quick Succession Images

So what I want to do is essentially load a bunch of images, one after another, in an accelerating fashion (the delay between the first two pictures would be greater than the delay between the last two pictures). Total duration would be, 15 seconds.

Replicate? I might further enhance the motion by causing the images to fill in the background in a circular pattern that works its way inward.

Thanks in advance!

15.4" MBP 2.16 2.0 7200, Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Posted on Apr 24, 2006 2:33 PM

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Answer 1

Apr 24, 2006 3:18 PM in response to Done With Power

I'm not sure what you're asking. Do you have thousands of pictures? Is that why you mentioned replicator?
As for the whirlpool look, either start keyframing, or look into the attract/repel behaviours. There's probably a clever solution somewhere between the two.

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Answer 2

Apr 25, 2006 9:16 AM in response to Kenneth Ecker

I would have "how many ever" pictures it would take to fill the screen. Think of the finished project as looking like the iTunes Album cover screen saver.

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Answer 3

Apr 26, 2006 10:57 AM in response to Done With Power

I hesitate to get too deep into this, 'cause it's pushing my own boundries, but, that caveat in place, I think you would attack this problem by turning your collection of images into an image sequence, and then apply the replicator to the image sequence. You can then muck about with the Sequence Replicator behavior. For more fantasticale effects, take a look at the Fun with a Photo thread here:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1168485&#1168485

The thread contains some great information on playing with image sequences & the replicator.

Hope this helps.

RFW

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Answer 4

Apr 26, 2006 1:05 PM in response to longstrider

That's what I'd do - put the images into a movie and use the replicator on it. If you have QT Pro, you can just keep dragging your images into the QT Player window and save the result out as a movie, load it into Motion and use the replicator to build a "video wall" out of the images...

Patrick

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Answer 5

Apr 26, 2006 5:36 PM in response to Patrick Sheffield

okay, I think I know what your suggesting, but how do I get each image to be different? I basically have a bunch of the same images flashing on the screen.

During one of the "learning center videos", :goes to get link: this one, in the first 10 seconds, they show different images (videos) emanating from the center.

I am essentially trying to do that.

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Answer 6

Apr 26, 2006 5:44 PM in response to Done With Power

If you go to the Fun with a Photo thread linked above, there is a section that tells you how to get the replicator to show a different frame for each square...

Patrick

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Answer 7

Apr 26, 2006 5:46 PM in response to Patrick Sheffield

Sorry... I only sped-read the thread :oops:

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Answer 8

Apr 26, 2006 6:23 PM in response to Patrick Sheffield

Wow and double wow.

By leaving play frames checked, checking random frame and having a hold frame of 2 I achieved a nice look.

Thanks a bunch. I was having the hardest time just getting started.

It is funny because when I started this thread I was thinking "Patrick will have an answer before I am done posting". But then it took you two days to post! I was actually worried. 🙂

And thanks to longstrider who technically solved my dilemma.

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Answer 9

Apr 26, 2006 9:48 PM in response to Done With Power

Glad you're on your way - I am so busy at work right now I barely have time to read the forums...

Post your efforts at some point.

Patrick

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Answer 10

Apr 27, 2006 7:24 AM in response to Done With Power

And thanks to longstrider who technically
solved my dilemma.

Thanks, though - technically - it was Patrick who solved your problem, as I wouldn't have had a clue without glomming ideas from the collective wisom of this group, Patrick being chief among the brain trust. Figure the only way I can repay is to help out when possible and leave the real heavy lifting to the pros.

Cheers

RFW

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Answer 11

Apr 27, 2006 9:04 AM in response to longstrider

I thought about that but this is my "thought process".

Patrick apparently eats and breaths this stuff and his project was for "fun".

You had the know how (first) to tell me where to find the information. Remember, you don't have to know everything you jut have to know where to find it.

You solved my problem by pointing me in the right direction. Patrick was "helpful" in this area because he kept prodding me along.

thanks again.

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