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JUNE 06, 2003 Sequence This!
Ok, let me show you how to use the overlapping and cross fading options for Sequence Layers. Create a New Composition that is 15 seconds long. Then import a series of still images (5 or 6 will do). In the Timeline vary the length of each still image. For example, you may want to make one image 1 second long, while another image is 3 or 4 seconds long. For this example, I will be using some still images I took at the Denver Botanic Gardens. [an error occurred while processing this directive]Your Timeline should look something like the following.  Now select all of the layers in the order you want them to display (see above if you have forgotten). Apply the Sequence Layers keyframe assistant. This time turn on Overlap and set the Duration to 15 frames (or half of a second). Then select the type of cross fade you would like.  When you click on OK, you will see that your layers are now sequenced with a nice half-second overlap.  This is especially useful if you have a music track that you have set markers to the time changes.
Hopefully these two mini exercises give you a good understanding of how the Sequence Layers keyframe assistant works, and how useful it can be in your future projects. When not working deep in the labs of the DMN Central Division testing the latest and greatest software/hardware products Stephen Schleicher can be found at the local university teaching a few courses on video and web production. He can be reached at schleicher@mindspring.com. You can also visit him on the web at www.mindspring.com/~schleicher and check out his other images from the Denver Botanic Gardens Related sites: • Animation Artist • Animation Supplement • AV Video • Corporate Media News • Creative Mac • Digital Animators • Digital Post Production • Digital Producer • DTV Professional • DV Format • Film and Video Magazine • Mac Supplement • Production Supplement • Siggraph News • The WWUG Related forums: [an error occurred while processing this directive] 
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