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OCTOBER 12, 2001 Varying Effects over Time in Studio Artist
Shortcut: You can use Command-Spacebar to start an action and Spacebar to stop it. 3. Uncheck the Record button in the PASeq window. [an error occurred while processing this directive] 4. Click on the first frame in your PASeq timeline (the one that's colored red). Your action will automatically redraw itself; but don't worry about this, as we'll be modifying everything manually so that, in the end, you'll have only the number of strokes you want. 
The first frame of each action in your PASeq timeline has a keyframe, indicated by the red coloration. You can set your own keyframes or modify existing ones by Option-clicking on the desired frame. 5. Switch to the Paint Synthesizer and open up the palette called Path Start. Right at the top you'll see a field labeled "Max Strokes." Change the value to 0. 
6. Now Option-click on the first frame in your PASeq timeline. You've now set the first and all subsequent frames to render zero strokes. Simple? It surely is. 7. Now you want to be thinking about how many strokes you're going to want in the full animation and how long it should take to phase in from zero strokes to that final number. The number of strokes is highly dependent upon the type of strokes you're using. So I can't really tell you that; it's a matter of taste and too many variables. Timing is also a matter of taste, but here's some advice. Animations in Studio Artist tend to look best at 10 frames per second. Why? When they get much higher than that, they stop looking like graceful animations and more like noise. This is owing to the fact that every single stroke in every single frame looks slightly different. So try to keep your frame rate in the 10 FPS range. Tip: You can change the frame rate of your animation in the Timeline Animation palette. This will have a direct effect on how your final processed piece looks. This also has a direct effect on timing. At 10 FPS, your transition should be complete somewhere in the neighborhood of frame 20 to 30 (two or three seconds). For this example, we're using frame 25 to mark the full phase in. So for this example, I now want to click on frame 25 in the PASeq timeline and enter in the final number of strokes. Then I will Option-click on frame 25. Studio Artist will handle everything in between for me, adding strokes from frame 1 until it reaches the final stroke count I've set at frame 25. Prev 1 2 3 Next Related sites: • Creative Mac • Digital Media Designer Related forums: [an error occurred while processing this directive] 
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