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    • GaieusG Offline
      Gaieus
      last edited by

      The stills were exported individually (actually they are Twilight Renders, not even pure SU output although that would also work of course) and I used Picasa (free) to compile the video with the transition effects (but I guess any video editor could do it).

      SU cannot do the transition effect itself. Something is either there or not. There is no "in-between". If you export stills from SU, best is to export them something like double size of your "final" and resample them in an image editor with fine antialiasing settings.

      Gai...

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        epfyffer
        last edited by

        ok great thanks for your quick answer !

        😍

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        • GaieusG Offline
          Gaieus
          last edited by

          So please, when done with the animation, let us also see it so post it here!
          πŸ˜‰

          Gai...

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          • D Offline
            dylan
            last edited by

            I recently used a similar method to Gaieus, but mine is straight SU output exports and compiled in Keynote (Powerpoint equivalent)
            Extremely simple method and very quick.

            [flash=853,505:1nxle1uv]http://www.youtube.com/v/SYjcCPBCgew&fs=1[/flash:1nxle1uv]

            http://dmdarchitecture.co.uk/

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            • pilouP Offline
              pilou
              last edited by

              You can also use Mover plug
              And put the start move of the object out off the final screen
              so every thing seems arrive for aglomerate πŸ˜„
              Only problem you must reccord screen with prog like Camstasia

              Frenchy Pilou
              Is beautiful that please without concept!
              My Little site :)

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              • GaieusG Offline
                Gaieus
                last edited by

                Haha. That fire at the end was scary! And it burnt all the colours off the construction, too!
                πŸ˜„

                Gai...

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                • utilerU Offline
                  utiler
                  last edited by

                  @gaieus said:

                  Hi epfyffer (and welcome to SCF!)

                  Sure it is possible. Place all the parts on different layers (only put things that are grouped or components to layers other than Layer 0) and in each scene, set the visibility of the layers according to your needs then update the scene. The below video seems to demonstrate exactly what you are after.

                  After the initial section cut animation I exported the scenes one by one with the different parts of the roofing gradually appearing as still images and made the video from these stills with some transition between them.

                  [flash=640,500:30c0mjn9]http://www.youtube.com/v/QxiFQtdR344&hl=hu_HU&fs=1&[/flash:30c0mjn9]

                  Hi Csaba, how did you make the section cut show in solid fill black? 😎

                  purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                  • GaieusG Offline
                    Gaieus
                    last edited by

                    Hi Andrew,

                    Painted the back faces black. More exactly set the back face colour to black in the Styles dialog. Certainly some consistent face orientation is needed.

                    Unfortunately it is not perfect as certain things either bleed through (as they are inserted components like windows) or cause Z-fighting when components are attached to the others (and what you normally cannot see).

                    However quite satisfactory if you speed it up enough not to be too apparent.
                    πŸ˜‰

                    Gai...

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                    • utilerU Offline
                      utiler
                      last edited by

                      Ahh yes, now i remember reading somethign about doing it that way....

                      purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                      • GaieusG Offline
                        Gaieus
                        last edited by

                        TIG has been hinting something about a more developed (or feature rich) version of his SectionCutFace plugin that would do animated cuts, too.
                        πŸŽ‰
                        At least if I did not misunderstand him.

                        (And over the Twilight Render development they have been hinting about section cut rendering in a future release - now I want animated AND rendered sections at the same time!)
                        πŸ˜‰

                        Gai...

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                        • utilerU Offline
                          utiler
                          last edited by

                          SOunds good Gaieus. Seems there are a few goodies on the horizon.....

                          purpose/expression/purpose/....

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