http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5229-how-to-make-an-object-appear.aspx Forum - How Do I ...? - How to make an object "appear" - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Sat, 24 Oct 2015 07:03:54 GMT Sat, 24 Oct 2015 07:03:54 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5229-how-to-make-an-object-appear.aspx
Wish the excellent video series by Muvizu going over all these things weren't 3-5 years old. Animation is pretty new to me & about 90% of what I've learned about Muvizu so far has been from those videos... but they're based on such old versions of the program that many of the menus & features are different now, so I get lost easy.

I appreciate the active forum community & fast response!]]> Sat, 24 Oct 2015 07:03:54 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5229-how-to-make-an-object-appear.aspx
Hope this helps!]]> Fri, 23 Oct 2015 12:29:55 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic5229-how-to-make-an-object-appear.aspx
My question is how to make an object appear in-frame part-way through a production. Specifically, what I'm trying to do is show a character's "thought-bubble". I made 3 little white spheres slowly getting larger above his head, and a backdrop above that, which is displaying a 2nd camera showing his animated thoughts.

The easiest way to do this would be to make the objects invisible, and then direct them into visibility while recording, but I haven't figured a way to do that. Or if an object can be sitting off-camera, and then move it at infinite speed into place, giving the appearance of suddenly appearing...

There is a pinned How-do-I topic on making an object or character disappear by splicing together two videos one with the character, one without, but if there's a cleverer way than making 5 separate video files, one with no bubbles, 1 with 1 bubble, 1 with 2, 1 with 3, and then 1 with all 3 bubbles plus the backdrop, I'd love to know it!]]> Thu, 22 Oct 2015 21:02:04 GMT