[Silvertayl]

I like the use of the satellite map. Well done! The timing seems okay to me anyway.

[molly]

very good 2-ton........ :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[Silvertayl]

Katoomba to Jenolan Caves in the Blue Mountains 3 hours west of Sydney.

[2-ton]

Hey Silver (bit off topic for a sec) is Melbourne convenient to you? There is an awesome show starting up there Feb. 20. I could make an animated map to the venue for you, haha.
The timing isn't really off, it's just a bit too fast for what I would have liked. I just didn't feel like going back and resetting it.

[Silvertayl]

2-ton said:

Hey Silver (bit off topic for a sec) is Melbourne convenient to you? There is an awesome show starting up there Feb. 20. I could make an animated map to the venue for you, haha.
The timing isn't really off, it's just a bit too fast for what I would have liked. I just didn't feel like going back and resetting it.

I'm in Sydney, NSW. Melbourne is thousands of kilometers away in Victoria, so not really convenient :lol:

What show are you refering too :?:

[Silvertayl]

Hey Art

When you are making a second and/or third route what layer or layers are you supposed to start on?

Also when ever I try to make more than 1 route the animated path stroking script crashes, and I lose the second path/route.

I use Gimp Portable.

Could you please explain how to make multiple paths/routes?

[fencepost]

Silvertayl said:

Hey Art

When you are making a second and/or third route what layer or layers are you supposed to start on?

The beauty of the script is that you can start it on any layer. At the bottom, top, or somewhere in the middle. There's an option in the script called "handling" that's checked ON by default. What that does is if the one path stops animating before another, it will automatically copy the last painted layer to all layers above it. This way, the animation doesn't just stop abruptly at that point. My advice is that you experiment with it and see what it does. You can't hurt it! ;) Check out my Animated Shapes tutorial and you'll see that I actually set up my paths to start the animation on the same frame and end on the same. With this script, you're not limited to that. You can start one path stroke on frame 1 and end on 10. Start the next path stroke on 5 and end at 7, and do another starting on frame 9 and end at 100. The script will take care of it for you.

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Also when ever I try to make more than 1 route the animated path stroking script crashes, and I lose the second path/route. I use Gimp Portable.

I don't have an answer for you there. I've not used Gimp Portable before.

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Could you please explain how to make multiple paths/routes?

This kinda goes along with your first question, but I'll answer it separately. When I drew my first path in my animation with multiple routes, I went ahead and animated it and then drew the next path, animated it, and then finished with the third route. You don't have to do that. You can draw all three routes as individual paths, then animate them once they're done. Since GIMP is crashing on you, maybe try drawing the desired number of paths first, then animate them after you're done.

[Silvertayl]

Thanks for getting back to me so fast and for explaining how it works.

I'll try both ways and see which works better for me.

Thanks again.

[2-ton]

Silvertayl said:

2-ton said:

Hey Silver (bit off topic for a sec) is Melbourne convenient to you? There is an awesome show starting up there Feb. 20. I could make an animated map to the venue for you, haha.
The timing isn't really off, it's just a bit too fast for what I would have liked. I just didn't feel like going back and resetting it.

I'm in Sydney, NSW. Melbourne is thousands of kilometers away in Victoria, so not really convenient :lol:

What show are you refering too :?:

It's called Burn the Floor.

[Silvertayl]

Here's an experiment I did with 3 paths but minus map:



I used a Gold and Black gradient on the third one instead of a solid colour

Timings not great.

[Silvertayl]

2-ton said:

Silvertayl said:

2-ton said:

Hey Silver (bit off topic for a sec) is Melbourne convenient to you? There is an awesome show starting up there Feb. 20. I could make an animated map to the venue for you, haha.
The timing isn't really off, it's just a bit too fast for what I would have liked. I just didn't feel like going back and resetting it.

I'm in Sydney, NSW. Melbourne is thousands of kilometers away in Victoria, so not really convenient :lol:

What show are you refering too :?:

It's called Burn the Floor.

Burn The Floor has already been in Sydney, I think? Or maybe it's coming here again after Melbourne. I know it's been here before.

Ab Fab dancing in BTF :D

[2-ton]

the beginning of the red path looks like segments...how did you do that?

[Silvertayl]

2-ton said:

the beginning of the red path looks like segments...how did you do that?

:lol: I've got absolutely no idea :?: :?: :?: :?: :?:

[molly]

@silvertayl.....
I have the problem once in a while too. When I get near the end of something the fan starts racing and I know it is going to crash so now I have made a habit of save > save > save all the way through if if is a long project. then I will only lose up till the last save.
Might keep you from pulling your hair out. lol..... :)

[dumble]

And now we have to find a way to really create a animated map, like in the 'indiana jones' movies :). That would be awesome :lol:

[fencepost]

dumble said:

And now we have to find a way to really create a animated map, like in the 'indiana jones' movies :). That would be awesome :lol:

I don't recall at the moment what that looked like, but if you can give me some details, I bet we can do it. After all, we are GIMPers! :lol:

[molly]

Is it something like this.
http://us.dk.com/static/cs/us/11/featur ... china.html

[fencepost]

Thanks for the link, Molly. If that's what dumble is referring to, that can't be done it GIMP.

[molly]

I am having a real problem trying to outline text and animate it. I did it the same ways as I did before but I went around the text this time and I clicked Ctrl to close the path. I then clicked paths, then animated path stroking script. I now get this error every time I try. I made sure I didn't cross over any of the lines on my way around...... HELP!!!!!!!!!!

[fencepost]

Post a screenie of your paths dialog, please.