User Experiments

Automatically generated keyframed embedded bezier path vector paint animation.  Everything is derived off of vector bezier paths, so you can rescale any frame to any output size you want.

This particular movie is interesting because it is an example of proto-typing a V6 effect using V5.5.5 features.  I actually do this a lot, try out a potential new feature for the next version using existing Studio Artist features cobbled together in a Paint Action Sequence (PASeq) to implement what we ultimately end up turning into a single action step new visual effect.  In this simple example we basically re-conceptualizing 'old school raster effects' color gradient and color palette mapping effects as integral vector effects.

Once i had a mechanism for generating the bezier paths and painting them using the paint synthesizer, i then used a Transition Context with virtual sub-nest keyframes set to 15 and a Path menu command to auto convert each Transition Context virtual keyframe into an embedded bezier atuo paint action step in a PASeq.

Then i used two Embedded Bezier Frame menu commands to auto-normalize the number of bezier paths in each keyframe and then re-order their index positions to lead to a smoother animation effect.

So 3 menu commands generate the entire keyframe paint animation automatically after you build the initial PASeq for processing a frame and setup the timing of the Transition Context virtual keyframing.