Hello XPression wizards... I'm looking for help with a preview option for Auto Start Materials.
I'm using XPression v7.0 build 3800
I have a L3 scene for social media handles. The animated bar has the social logo attached to it. This scene also has a video matte to reveal the text only. I have created a user input control to select the correct bar with the correct social logo. I've also used a Visual Logic to decide if it's a short bar or a long bar; based on text length. This all works great.
I've had to put the animated bars onto the scene director so I can see that the correct social bar (long or short) is selected in preview. But to accomplish this I have put all 8 bars onto the scene director. I actually don't need to place the L3 bar clips on the scene director since I don't need to pause them in any way. Just play them out and they wipe away on their own.
When I play back from the sequencer the scene plays fine (does not stutter) but the "Performance Meter" cranks to 110%; which I am assuming is because I have the 8 bars on my scene director; which I will eventually want to add more.
I'm thinking if I remove the bars from the scene director I won't get the "Performance Meter" issue; but I then I don't get the preview of the bar when I change the user input selection.
I created a separate scene director with all the bars on it called "preview" and selected that Scene Director in Preview Options. Came to the conclusion it's a material matter.
Material is "Auto Start" = no preview of the bar but plays to output correctly.
Material IS NOT "Auto Start" = preview yes; but bar does not play out on output.
All materials are "Free Running"
Is there a way for me to get a preview of my bar?
Thanks. Sorry for the long explanation.