Video and Fading In/Out
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2018 5:48 am
I note that there have been any number of issues reported with the fading in/out of a video cue to the next video cue. One of the observations was that the video did not fade out but the second video faded in on top of it. I would be alright with that, if I could get the video to do that. What I get, instead is a black burp and then Video2 fades in.
Here is what I am trying to do:
I have a Video1 loop (5 minutes looping scene with cloud movement) which runs for ~45 minutes (pre-show). This projection is also the first scene in the play.
At the appointed time, I want to fade that Video1 out and bring up Video2 - which starts with a set of frames from Video1 and then cross-fades to a still which is then the backdrop for Scene2.
I was hoping to use this technique many times over the course of the production (in January), as I have a lot of different video loops going on while the scenes play out in front.
A) I have tried just bringing up the still image and fading in, but it blacks out Video1 before fading in instead of just fading in over it.
B) I have tried putting it all into one video and then having Q1 run the video 0:00-5:00 and looping then Q2 launches the same video at 4:55 and runs for 8 seconds, allowing the cross-fade. I get a black burp in there as it starts the fade-in
C) I have tried putting it into two videos - having Q1 loop the video and then Q2 launches the second video and runs for 8 seconds. I do not get the black burp, but I may get a jarring sudden cloud movement if the loop is not close to the same cloud position (but a fade in would solve that)
D) I HAVE NOT re-rendered the video to create a 45 minute run of the 5 minute loop, and have everything else in there and cleverly using Pause-Position-Resume cues, but we will still suffer the jarring sudden cloud movement as that won't give me the smooth fade over.
I am now using 11.8 Beta 3
Here is what I am trying to do:
I have a Video1 loop (5 minutes looping scene with cloud movement) which runs for ~45 minutes (pre-show). This projection is also the first scene in the play.
At the appointed time, I want to fade that Video1 out and bring up Video2 - which starts with a set of frames from Video1 and then cross-fades to a still which is then the backdrop for Scene2.
I was hoping to use this technique many times over the course of the production (in January), as I have a lot of different video loops going on while the scenes play out in front.
A) I have tried just bringing up the still image and fading in, but it blacks out Video1 before fading in instead of just fading in over it.
B) I have tried putting it all into one video and then having Q1 run the video 0:00-5:00 and looping then Q2 launches the same video at 4:55 and runs for 8 seconds, allowing the cross-fade. I get a black burp in there as it starts the fade-in
C) I have tried putting it into two videos - having Q1 loop the video and then Q2 launches the second video and runs for 8 seconds. I do not get the black burp, but I may get a jarring sudden cloud movement if the loop is not close to the same cloud position (but a fade in would solve that)
D) I HAVE NOT re-rendered the video to create a 45 minute run of the 5 minute loop, and have everything else in there and cleverly using Pause-Position-Resume cues, but we will still suffer the jarring sudden cloud movement as that won't give me the smooth fade over.
I am now using 11.8 Beta 3