Key frame 'mirror' edit?

terrypin wrote on 5/11/2016, 4:34 AM

I occasionally use a customised special effect template I made few years ago which flys the title or caption into the centre from the left, pauses, and flys off to the right. There are three versions, for top, middle and bottom of screen. I just tried to vary one of them so that it flys in from the right and exits left. I used Edit effects curve, clicking the Mirror button with the (default) option shown selected:

Higher resolution: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4019461/MEP-KF-Mirror-1.jpg

But that clearly mirrors not only horizontally (giving me the direction I want) but also vertically, shifting the title to the opposite (top/bottom) area of the screen. I tried the other drop-down options in vain.

Of course, with only a few KFs, I can manually edit the vertical positions, but I'm sure there must be a more elegant method?

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johnebaker wrote on 5/11/2016, 5:08 AM

Hi Terry

. . . . a customised special effect template I made few years ago . . . .

I cannot find a movement template, effect or title template with a dialog box as the one you have shown above.

Which version of MEP did you create the template with and which template did you use as a starting point to modify?

John EB

terrypin wrote on 5/11/2016, 7:08 AM

Hi John,

The dialog in my screenshot wasn't from a title template.

"I used Edit effects curve..."

High res: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4019461/MEP-KF-Mirror-2.jpg

The version is 2014, as per my earlier screenshot.

Scenestealer wrote on 5/11/2016, 7:34 PM

Hi Terry

I think the problem is that you are applying the mirror to the whole collection of size position parameters.

If you click the sideways arrow at the far left of size position in the KFer. you can edit just the X posn using the Edit effects curve window ( or even several of the components parameters with a Shift Click on the expanded Xpos, Ypos, etc. KF lines) .

Peter

terrypin wrote on 5/12/2016, 1:37 AM

Thanks Peter, that's it!