Fade in/out Billboards: Possible? How?

 

Hi all, 

is there a way to fade in/out a billboard? Second question: Is it possible to animate the appearance of a billboard in a way of" beaming in starship enterprise"? You know, image apearing spreckled and growing more and more solid....

How would you do this? 

Michael.

   Mixmaxmax

 
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Zoltan@Aximmetry
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Hi,

For these you have to make modification inside the VirtualCam compound.
Right-click the compound then

Then go to the BILLBOARDS page, right click BILLBOARD 1 and

This will take you to the Flow implementation of the billboard.
This wire carries the keyed input image of the talent:

You can insert whatever processing module you want.
For e.g. using a Fader will do a simple fading,  you have to control its Opacity pin:

You can also find more complex effects in the
[Common]:Compounds\Effects
[Common]:Compounds\Transitions
folder.  You can drag and drop these into the flow editor and insert them on the wire above. Nnot all of them will behave correctly in this situation, you have to experiment and you can also edit them inside to your needs.



 
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heimspiel
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Where the hell is the Billboard Page? I only have billboards under Inputs but there is no "go to source module" option on right click

 
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Ahmed@Aximmetry
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Hello,

Sorry for the inconvenice, the compound has been edited since then.

Please go to the INPUT %N=1 (for Billboard 1) and press on Edit Compound In-Place. After that, you will be able to see "go to source module".


 
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Refky5000
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where is INPUT %N=1?


 
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Eifert@Aximmetry
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Hi,

In the case of VirtualCam_Unreal_A-B_Preview_3-Cam the INPUT %N=1 located at:
The insides of most Camera compounds are similarly placed as VirtualCam_Unreal_A-B_Preview_3-Cam.

After doing the same as above, you should be able to do this:

Warmest regards,