D.T. Nethery wrote:
Can the multiple camera positions with ease-outs/ease-ins and HOLDS be set with George ?
I don't think this is possible. But please prove me wrong.
Because We don't have read write access to the camera : Time/Position profile. as requested here
viewtopic.php?f=21&t=6937&p=62409&hilit=camera#p62409
That means we cannot control what will happen at what time.
You can set the Zoom and position and number of points of the camera with the 4 George commands here
http://wiki.tvpaint.fr/index.php?title= ... EnumPoints
http://wiki.tvpaint.fr/index.php?title= ... nsertPoint
http://wiki.tvpaint.fr/index.php?title= ... emovePoint
http://wiki.tvpaint.fr/index.php?title= ... raSetPoint
But lets say I have a simple move fra position x1 y1 to x2 y2. I have a clip duration of 100 frames and I want to start the camera move on frame 10 and end on frame 90
I set the start and end position like this
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PARAM none
// parameters position 1 (Start)
x1 = 100
y1 =300
angle1 = 0
size1 = 1
//parameters position 2 (End)
x2 = 500
y2 = 300
angle2 = 0
size2 = 1
// first I remove the exiting camera move if any
loop=1
WHILE loop
tv_CameraEnumPoints 0
point = result
IF CMP(point,"none")==1
loop=0
ELSE
tv_CameraRemovePoint 0
END
END
//set position 1
tv_CameraInsertPoint 0 x1 y1 angle1 size1
//set position 2
tv_CameraInsertPoint 1 x2 y2 angle2 size2
So far so good I have a camera move wihich starts in x1 y1 and ends in x2 y2. But now I want it to start at frame 10 and end at frame 90.
To do this we would manually modify the Tool : Camera Profile:Camera Time/Position. But I cannot access this with George. So how to set it?
My only theoretically approach so far was . If you have 100 frames in a clip . then set 100 points with tv_CameraInsertPoint . If the time/position profile is default. then You COULD set a precise camera move with George. But who want's to do this?
I have never done it only thought about it.
And actually. If we got access to read/write of the Camera Time/Position Profile. I'm not sure it would give a satisfying result to a more complex camera movement as You described David with more than 1 start position and 1 end position. So maybe itis better to hope a better Camera Control some day will be implemented in TVPaint. But still I would like read/Write access to the Camera Time/Position Profile. So I at least could control the start and end of a simple move
I can actually save and load a profile manually pretty easy here
- save load profiles.JPG (27.56 KiB) Viewed 1615 times
And this is the content of the file if a set the camera movement to start at 10 and end at 90
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[Curve]
point3=1 1
numpoint=4
name=Camera Time/Position
current=2
linear=1
point0=0 0
point1=0.1025 0
point2=0.9025 1
it looks fairly easy to manipulate. It is actually all that I would like to have George access to to save and load the profiles of the Camera Time/Postion
This wouls for example be the code if Iwanted to reset my profile
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[Curve]
name=Camera Time/Position
numpoint=2
current=0
linear=1
point0=0 0
point1=1 1
So if You are interested in better control over Camera Movements with George . You should +1 this Request
viewtopic.php?f=21&t=6937&p=62409&hilit=camera#p62409
-Mads