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  • 1.  Transition Logic help with pause/resumes

    Posted 09-24-2018 08:09
    Hi Xpression Geniuses,

    I'm having problems getting manual pause/resume to work with transition logic scenes.

    here's the basic flow:

    1. (TAKE) animate IN full screen pic (PAUSE)
    2. (RESUME) animate IN a text box over the pic (PAUSE)
    3. (RESUME) animate OUT text box over the pic (PAUSE)
    4. (OFFLINE) animate OUT full screen pic

    following the transition logic tutorial (Basics 109) I can flip to other items and skip #1 and #4 from flow but I can't get #2 and #3 to work.


    My scene directors:

    default -- empty - set as default
    IN -- animate IN full screen pic
    OUT -- animate OUT full screen pic
    TEXT_IN -- animate IN a text box over the pic
    TEXT_OUT -- animate OUT text box over the pic

    Thanks!


  • 2.  RE: Transition Logic help with pause/resumes

    Posted 09-24-2018 20:12
    Your IN scene director should also bring in your text box, with a pause right before the text box begins animating in. So steps 1 and 2 in your flow should come from the same "IN" scene director. Similarly, your OUT scene director should animate out the text box AND animate out the full screen pic, in the corresponding order, with a pause in between the animations. So steps 3 and 4 should come from the same "OUT" scene director. A transition logic rule should be in place with no conditions, calling for the IN and OUT scene directors.

    Your TEXT_IN and TEXT_OUT scene directors should also contain your text box in and out animations respectively like you've built it. The pauses aren't necessary, as these scene directors won't be activated unless the operator hits TAKE on a new take item with the same scene template. In Transition Logic, you would want a new rule, but for this one, you'll want to click on the Back To Back tab and call your "TEXT_IN" and "TEXT_OUT" scene directors from there (If Rule Is True).

    Finally, you'll want to add a "back to back condition" to that rule (right click on rule->Add Condition->Back to back conditions). The first condition should be a "Compare Scene Name/ID" which will be used to check if the incoming take item is the same scene.

    When all is said and done, your scene directors should look like this:
    default -- empty, set as default
    IN -- animate in the full screen pic, pause, animate in the text box
    OUT -- animate out the text box, pause, animate out the full screen pic
    TEXT_IN -- animate in the text box
    TEXT_OUT -- animate out the text box.

    Your transition logic should look like this:
    Rule 1: In/Out tab -- If Rule is True: In: IN, Out: OUT
    Rule 2: Back To Back tab -- If Rule Is True: B2B In: TEXT_IN, B2B Out: TEXT_OUT
    Rule 2 Condition -- Back To Back Conditions --> Compare Scene/ID --> check the "This scene" radio button

    The operator will key as follows:
    TAKE--Brings in full screen pic (pause)
    TAKE--Brings in text box
    (select new take item that uses same scene template but different data) TAKE--Replaces text box with new text box
    OFFLINE--animate out text box (pause)
    TAKE(resume)--animate out full screen pic.

    Hope this helps.

    Jeff Rietman


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