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dimelives
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January 20, 2014
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Scroll an image across the screen?

  • January 20, 2014
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Hi all! I'm working on a little project in PRE and need some help...

I have an image that I would like to scroll (crawl) across part of the video, dissolving in and dissolving out on either side. Sort of like a news ticker, but with an image.

Can someone please point me in the right direction as to how to acheive this? (Using PRE 10 on Windows 7)

Thank you!

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Correct answer the_wine_snob

Hey A.T.,

Finally got the chance to try this out, and while I'm now able to start the image in the localized area that I want, I'm still not getting the kind of fade in/out that I wanted. It's still just fading in/out the entire image as it crawls across the screen. I only want the trailing edge (when entering the picture) and the leading edge (when exiting the picture) to have the fade, as shown in my last little image. So that, as the image comes into visibility, it's being "revealed" from transparency. As it continues its crawl, more and more of it is revealed. And then, as it exits, the leading edge disappears first, followed by the remainder of the image as it finishes the crawl.

Make sense?

Thank you,

dimelives


dimelives,

I do not know if this will help in your particular instance, but sometime ago, I did a tutorial on Fading a Title Crawl: http://muvipix.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=8191&p=72581#p72581

If that is not what you want, then please disregard.

Good luck,

Hunt

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A_T__Romano
Inspiring
January 20, 2014

dimelives

Do you have any experience with keyframing properties such as Motion/Position and/or Scale or Opacity?

To vary a property across a clip rather than have it apply to the whole clip, enter the concept of keyframing a property.

However, you might want to explore and experiment with the following to achieve your described goal....

Embed you image in the program's Titler, scale and position at the bottom of the frame (Title Menu/Image).

Apply Crawl effects such as Crawl Left or Crawl Right as well as Start Off Screen and Start On Screen (Title Menu/Roll Crawl Options).

Then at the Timeline level, right click the title file, Fade/Fade in Video and next repeat with Fade/Fade out Video.

Then adjust what you have accordingly.

Please review. If you think it shows promise we can fine tune the details based on more details from you.

Thank you.

ATR

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dimelivesAuthor
Participating Frequently
January 21, 2014

Hi, A.T. Thanks for your response.

To answer your first question, I have only rudimentary experience with keyframing. I've primarily used them for customized fades and moving crop areas around. So I'm a bit of a newb in that department.

But I did start to try your second suggestion. I got as far as embedding the image into a title, scaling and positioning it. But when I try to apply an effect (under "Animation" - is that the right place to be looking for this?), the option to apply is grayed out. I've got the clip selected, I'm able to preview the animation effects, just not apply them. Where am I going wrong here?

Thanks.

PS: Slight correction from my OP - I'm using PRE 11, not 10 (if that makes any difference here).

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A_T__Romano
Inspiring
January 21, 2014

dimelives

Good morning.

If you are using Premiere Elements 11 Expert workspace instead of 10 Timeline workspace, then

Text Menu/New Text/Default Text

When the Titler opens, get rid of the default "Add Text"

Then, Text Menu/Image/Add Image

Scale - Position Image in Titler

Then, Text Menu/Roll Crawl Options

Apply Crawl effects such as Crawl Left or Crawl Right as well as Start Off Screen and Start On Screen.

Close out of Titler.

Then at the Timeline level, right click the title file, Fade/Fade in Video and next repeat with Fade/Fade out Video.

Please let us know how that turned out.

Thanks.

ATR

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