Lyric automation problems
by Adrian Nurse
on
Nov 30, 2008 at 5:10:42 pm
Hi guys i have created some banding for a television station. im trying to implement it into their lyric. basically its 3 pieces of animation. for an OVER the shoulder read out.
Transition on
Looping animation
Transition off
basically id like the clip player to play all three animations with one or two key presses. basically i want to be able to initiate the animation live.. then have it loop indefinitely. then be able to end it as i please with the transition off piece of the animation.
how would i set something like this up ? I considered ripping the comp apart and rebuilding it/ re animating it in chyron.. and controlling the animation with keypress pauses. but my after effects animations feel so much slicker. is their anyway i can achieve this with the clip player.
Ive put alot of work into this package and im really at a stall point
Re: Lyric automation problems by kurt murphy on Nov 30, 2008 at 10:58:06 pm
Adrian,
I think your best bet is to break the pieces down in After Effects and import QT movies into Lyric and do your transitions there. This will give you much more flexibility. Create looping elements so all the pieces sync together. Group them so that you can animate them in and create Effect Ins and Outs. You might need to bring your opacity down further in AE - I noticed that my movies in lyric weren't as keyed as they were in AE. If you've used Lyric before, then you'll know what to expect - if not, you'll quickly discover its shortcomings. It takes me at LEAST 10 times longer to animate something in Lyric than it does in AE.
