Jeff Myler Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 I've created a fly in animation with IronCad and it needs a cool music beat to bring it to life. Is there an easy way to attach a music beat right within Windows media player 9? Or do I need something like Adobe Premier to do this. I would like to send customers animation with sound built in. Any advice welcomed. Thanks fellow IronCADers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary OConnor Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 If you have Windows XP, you can use Windows Movie Maker to add music clips to AVI's. One other note: If you want a high quality AVI, it is easier to export the frames out of IronCAD as Tiff or JPG Sequence. Then import into Movie Maker and compile. This will save time and it will give you a high quality export then the default avi export from IronCAD. Cary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlehnhaeuser Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 Hi Cary, Is there a simple tute that shows this? Also, while we're on the subject, is there a way to animate color, transparency etc.. in IronCAD. I am trying to get a pair of sunglasses to tint dark and lighter according to the sun. Any tips would be helpful. Tom Lehn... Magnacad Design Inc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Myler Posted February 27, 2004 Author Share Posted February 27, 2004 I'm still on win2000pro. I guess I would need video editing software. Any software suggestions? Thanks for all animation advice. I don't know about exporting and compiling tiff's, but I would like to learn to get the best results. Other tips welcomed...JM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Andersson Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 Tom, You cant animate transparancy (or colors and textures) in IronCAD directly. But you can do like this: -Create one animation with solid color and export color.avi -Change the parts transparancy and export the same animation to transparancy.avi -Use a animation editor and place the two anims in top of eachother.They should run at the same time. Then make the first slowly to be replaced by the second animation, over time. A great animation editor is Adobe Premiere. There is also a Adobe Premiere light edition that often is bundled with hardware (like Sony Vaio notebook.) -Also Quicktime can import imageseries. And export .MOV and perhaps AVI. In Windows XP there is a editor included as Cary mentioned. I think there is a uppgraded version to get from microsoft.com where more tools apear. To export an animation as a serie of still images, just do File/ Export/ Animation/ change filetype to PNG or TIF. If you use TIF dont forget to set nr of colors to 24 bit, wich you do under the button "Options" in the export dialog. IronCAD will add a serie of names to the imagefiles automaticly. Remember you can also animate Intellishapes (also negative) ,spotlights and cameras. Also, check you number of frames per second. 25 will be flicker free. Robert Andersson Solidmakarna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlehnhaeuser Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Hi Robert, Thanks foir the info. I will need to eventually get a "animation" software that is high end. Right now, to create my "tinting" issue. I create thin cut" intellishape and change is tint darker than original part. Then simply animate the intellishape. Since IC remembers the dark tint of intellishape if works pretty good for what I need. Thanks Tom Lehn... Magnacad Design Inc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gstuart Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 Fellow IronCaders If you are looking into Adobe Premier, you should also check out Pinnacle Edition (now Liquid Edition). I have only basic experience with it but I consider it the Ironcad of digital video software. Thanks to all for the IC animation tips. Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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