questions (2)

[akudless]

1.How can I slip footage like Flame's layer slip (-or+) frames?
(It can chage a footage's display timming.)
2.How to control layers z-buffer (on or off)and shadow mix? (Like Flame control layer's upside or underside with z buffer change)
3.In Flame/ edit /Timewipe function.It can be mix continuity frames. Is there in Combustion? If not. Anyone know what software had it?

leo

[polarize]

1. Each layer contains its own composite controls and footage controls, you need to get into the layers footage controls by clicking on the footage of your layer and then look under your footage controls tab where you will find a "Source Frames" section where you can "slip" the start and end of the footage.
2. I don't know flame, but if I get what you are saying, look under the layers tab under the composite controls where you can turn 3d depth and 3d shading on or off.
3. Once again if I get what you are saying you can sort of fake that by looking under the footage controls of your layer and in the output tab you will find time stretch options where you can click on flame blending.
   I hope this all helps.

Orty

[akudless]

Dear Orty,Thank for your snawers.
I found some better answers to my questions,for your information.
1. I looking for the answer in usr's guide.But I never find it.For example. I have a clip.It is a man walking right in and left out.I want composive to a background.But I don't want it start walk at first frame of background. Maybe I want the man start walk right in at thirtieth frame.How can I do for this foreground?
2. "3d depth and 3d shading"are support 3dmax.But look under the layers tab under the composite controls.The Depth Order can locks layers to the foreground or background in 3D space.
3. Frame Blending can smoother transition between 2 frames.
But I never found any software on pc whitch can smoother transition about three or more frames.

leo

[indus-guy]

1. You have two ways to trim footage. Either go into the footage operator and set the Start frame slider to the frame you want to trim to, or go into the timeline and grab the end of the layer timebar and drag it to trim the layer to that frame.
2. Layer priority is set in the workspace, just drag & drop to set which layers are on top or below. The depth order buttons can also set whether a layer ignores the composite stacking priority and appears always in front or always in back of other layers.
3. Frameblending will sample multiple frames, depending on the speed you have set for the clip playback.

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Greg Niles
combustion Product Specialist
Discreet

[akudless]

But question 1 is still trouble me.The Start frame setting just can make a footage's content to start early.But it can't control a footage's content to star later.In timeline,grab the end of the layer timebar just control a footage's ending timeing.I still can't control a footage's start timeing when drag "the star point".
For example.In Flame/Action,a layer can set slip level each front,back and matte.It can control evry layer's content to start early or delay ,when the slip level is "+ " or "-" .

leo

[indus-guy]

It's actually a lot simpler than you might think to do this. To slip a layer, you don't even need to go into footage - just drag the layer timebar in the timeline to start where you want. For more precision, go to the frame you want and hold down shift while dragging the timebar, you can snap the layer's start point to the current frame this way.

This is how clip timing works in combustion: footage contains the trimming settings for a clip, i.e. the in/out points of a clip. This will be used everywhere that footage is referenced. Once that clip is referenced as a layer, you can further trim the in/out points from the already defined ones by dragging the end points of the layer, OR you can just slide the layer around to control where those already defined in/out points on the clip start in relation to the composite's duration.

Hope that helps,

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Greg Niles
combustion Product Specialist
Discreet

[akudless]

Dear greg:
I found this function.Thank you very mouch!

leo