How do you add animation to...

1. Fitzhufilms
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   I want to show a line or an arrow moving on a map. Is this possible with Adobe Premiere or do I need another program? Thanks.

   Posted 6 years ago #

2. svhs
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   You need a compositing app. Like Adobe After Effects.

   Posted 6 years ago #

3. compusolver
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   Yes, SVHS is right, you DO need a compositing app - but then too, you already have one. Premiere Pro and most other NLE's will allow you to have multiple video tracks. Whenever an upper track has transparency, you are compositing!
   
   Merely create your graphic - a PNG or PSD would be good because they have transparency attributes, but JPEGs do not. If using a JPEG, you'll have to use PP's keying effects to drop out the background.
   
   Now, place your arrow graphic on the video track above your map. Then, select this clip (the arrow) and open its effect controls window. Click the triangle next to "Motion" and click the position settings and set your animations by creating keyframes at different times on the timeline.
   
   That's all there is to it!

   Posted 6 years ago #

4. Fitzhufilms
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   Thanks for the response. Just for some general info I found an additional easy way to did it with adobe photoshop. Using the JPEG of the map I simply made a mark at the begging point using paint brush and saved. I then drew a short line and saved agian. I repeated this process until I had three seperate saved pics. I then used the slide show feature. showed each one for 1/2 sec with a fade transition of 1/2 sec. The result gave the illusion that a line was being drawn on the map.

   Posted 6 years ago #

5. compusolver
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   Keyframe animations would probably look even better. Give it a try.

   Posted 6 years ago #

6. Video-maniac
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   Heck yeah that will work.
   
   I had this one wedding where they played the theme song from the old Mission Impossible show when the groom was going for the garter. I thought I would make the scene complete in post so I used one of my Digital Juice sparkler anamations, shrunk it down and used it for the fire on the fuse. I had a rope pic so I just composited them both together on top and keyframed everthing off the screen just like the opening of the show did. The bride & groom laughed their pie wagons off when he saw it. I knew they had a sence of humor otherwise I would have never done this. It was pretty funny!
   
   RAM

   Posted 6 years ago #

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