transitions

Hi,
I am a high school art teacher who is trying to help a student make a stop
motion animation. Our first 50 frames are black. The next frames are part of
our stop motion animation. We would like to put a video transition between
the black frames and the first frames of the animation. When we drag the
transition down and try to place it between the frames, we get the
"ghostbuster circle with the slash" and can't drop it. What are we doing
wrong?
Thanks

Rehan
Tue Sep 27 16:05:11 CDT 2005

Whats happeninning is that the default duration of the transitions is longer
than the either of the still frames between which you want to put the
transition. Change the default Transition Duration from
Tools->Options->Advanced to less than 1/4th of the frame's lengths.

It would be easier if you remove the 49 black frames. Leave just one. Change
to Timeline view and entend the frame duration to whatever length you want
the blackness to last. Remember the length of the right hand frame should
also be more than the duration you want your transition to last.

--
Rehan
MS MVP -- Digital Media
www.rehanfx.org - get transitions and effects for Windows Movie Maker



"krisfontez" <krisfontez@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8770E1EF-F046-480E-82B8-E27C26BBF368@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> I am a high school art teacher who is trying to help a student make a stop
> motion animation. Our first 50 frames are black. The next frames are part
> of
> our stop motion animation. We would like to put a video transition between
> the black frames and the first frames of the animation. When we drag the
> transition down and try to place it between the frames, we get the
> "ghostbuster circle with the slash" and can't drop it. What are we doing
> wrong?
> Thanks
>

krisfontez
Tue Sep 27 17:00:11 CDT 2005



"Rehan" wrote:

> Whats happeninning is that the default duration of the transitions is longer
> than the either of the still frames between which you want to put the
> transition. Change the default Transition Duration from
> Tools->Options->Advanced to less than 1/4th of the frame's lengths.
>
> It would be easier if you remove the 49 black frames. Leave just one. Change
> to Timeline view and entend the frame duration to whatever length you want
> the blackness to last. Remember the length of the right hand frame should
> also be more than the duration you want your transition to last.
>
> --
> Rehan
> MS MVP -- Digital Media
> www.rehanfx.org - get transitions and effects for Windows Movie Maker
>
>
>
> "krisfontez" <krisfontez@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8770E1EF-F046-480E-82B8-E27C26BBF368@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> > I am a high school art teacher who is trying to help a student make a stop
> > motion animation. Our first 50 frames are black. The next frames are part
> > of
> > our stop motion animation. We would like to put a video transition between
> > the black frames and the first frames of the animation. When we drag the
> > transition down and try to place it between the frames, we get the
> > "ghostbuster circle with the slash" and can't drop it. What are we doing
> > wrong?
> > Thanks
> >
>
>
> Thanks for the reply...but I am still having trouble. Is there a way to change the duration of just ONE frame? I took your suggestion and lengthened the black frame but the frame to the right of the transition is set at .125 and I need to make just that one frame longer. Thanks for your patience in explaining this to me.

krisfontez
Tue Sep 27 17:51:06 CDT 2005

Yeah now I get it, god talk about dense...works perfectly. However,I will
probably be using your expertise again.
Thank you.

"Rehan" wrote:

> > I took your suggestion and lengthened the black frame but the frame
> > to the right of the transition is set at .125 and I need to make just that
> > one frame longer. Thanks for your patience in explaining this to me.
>
> Yes. The same way you changed the duration of the black frame, you can
> increase the duration of the next frame. However what you perhaps want to
> achieve is "Fade in from black" to the whole set of frames at the start of
> the movie? This needs to be done in two (or more) passes. First just merge
> all the non-black frames together. Save the movie. Now bring it back into
> another project and then apply the built in effect called "Fade In, From
> Black" to the whole clip.
>
> --
> Rehan
> MS MVP -- Digital Media
> www.rehanfx.org - get transitions and effects for Windows Movie Maker
>
>
>
> "krisfontez" <krisfontez@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BB911918-5A0D-41A6-85F1-DA4974138BAA@microsoft.com...
> >
> >
> > "Rehan" wrote:
> >
> >> Whats happeninning is that the default duration of the transitions is
> >> longer
> >> than the either of the still frames between which you want to put the
> >> transition. Change the default Transition Duration from
> >> Tools->Options->Advanced to less than 1/4th of the frame's lengths.
> >>
> >> It would be easier if you remove the 49 black frames. Leave just one.
> >> Change
> >> to Timeline view and entend the frame duration to whatever length you
> >> want
> >> the blackness to last. Remember the length of the right hand frame should
> >> also be more than the duration you want your transition to last.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Rehan
> >> MS MVP -- Digital Media
> >> www.rehanfx.org - get transitions and effects for Windows Movie Maker
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "krisfontez" <krisfontez@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:8770E1EF-F046-480E-82B8-E27C26BBF368@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hi,
> >> > I am a high school art teacher who is trying to help a student make a
> >> > stop
> >> > motion animation. Our first 50 frames are black. The next frames are
> >> > part
> >> > of
> >> > our stop motion animation. We would like to put a video transition
> >> > between
> >> > the black frames and the first frames of the animation. When we drag
> >> > the
> >> > transition down and try to place it between the frames, we get the
> >> > "ghostbuster circle with the slash" and can't drop it. What are we
> >> > doing
> >> > wrong?
> >> > Thanks
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks for the reply...but I am still having trouble. Is there a way to
> >> change the duration of just ONE frame? I took your suggestion and
> >> lengthened the black frame but the frame to the right of the transition
> >> is set at .125 and I need to make just that one frame longer. Thanks for
> >> your patience in explaining this to me