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tiatridis
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January 27, 2022
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Image sequence trigger issue

  • January 27, 2022
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So I have a series of pngs I want to have load as a smoke effect. I imported the sequence and set parameters in the cycle layers behavior. I then set a trigger for image sequence by clicking the smoke layer and clicking the + in the trigger section, however the trigger text appears orange even with a unique keyboard entry assigned to it. When I click on the orange trigger text on the left panel of the interface it says 'no layers or replays assigned to this trigger'. The seqence does play immediately if dragged into the record interface but then does not play when you click record. Clearly I am setting the trigger in the wrong manner. I think. I doesn't appear possibel to select the length of the smoke sequnce in the timeline and set a replay. Also it it possible to reposition such a sequence on the screen? I don't see that the paramters for moving the sequence around like any other object at all. Thanks so much.

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alank99101739
alank99101739
Brainiac
January 27, 2022

There are different types of triggers. The triggers panel I think only shows triggers that make a layer appear or disappear, and no layers have been dragged into the defined trigger for 'h' (so it is empty). Cycle layers can also be triggered by key strokes, and can listen to the same keystroke ('h' in this case). So if the cycle layers works okay, I suspect you can just delete the "Trigger" in the trigger panel. Otherwise, drag the layer with the cycle layers behavior and drop it on the trigger so it is bound to something (that way the layer will be hidden until you press 'h').

 

It is a bit confusing that the triggers panel is only for... for... umm... "make layer visible" triggers. (I don't even know if they have a name!)

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tiatridisAuthor
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January 27, 2022

Thanks for the reponse. How do you drag a layer onto a trigger? In record mode I can see the layer with the cycle that was imported both up top by where it says name and on the bottom where it says Timeline Scene, but neither can be clicked on and dragged onto where it says drop layers, replays, or audio here to create triggers. That looks like to me like oe it would work.

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tiatridisAuthor
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January 28, 2022

Not sure I follow you. When I import the cycle the app puts the cycle on its own layer in the record interface. It's not a layer inside the puppet unless it comes from photoshop I would think. Actually the layer will go behind the character in the final but I placed it on top so I can see it as the app places it in the middle of the screen behind the chartacer by default. Moving it down makes no difference. In the rig panel if i drag a single one of the three layers onto the trigger it does work and trigger stops being orange. But only one image appears not the cycle. If I make a trigger by pressing the + I can drag all three images into the blank trigger set but again only the first one plays and it stops being orange which is porgress I hope. When you say group the three layers is this what you meant? The images in the sequence are layers? I notice in rig mode the trigger appears there but in record mode on the right side while the paramters are set the trigger does not appear there. And the trigger does work but only with the first image. Banging head on compyter desk, lol.


Are you saying I should put all the smoke layers in a layer inside the photoshop doc and then try to cycle it from within the main puppet? 

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