Pause envelope generator

camilozk

true. it is possible to draw a very complex envelope with multiple Ease in-out 2D actors, but then it gets again really complicated to pause the whole chain of Ease in-out 2D actors

jhoepffner

Hello,

I just discover the post and I also search a way to have an envelope working like the command on a lightning desk:

– possibility to start/pause resume

– possibility to accelerate/decelerate/go backward

Each time I give a class about Isadora, that is one of the first question when we make the first video player with automated fade, how to stop it? to go backward?

I tried to do that with user actor using envelope, with duration, it can works, but not easy to use for begginers.

It could be a great value to have that, easy to use in the tools, hello Mark and brave developers!

jhoepffner

m_theater

@vanakaru

this one will deal with the timing and resets itself after one pass

57a896-stop-envelope-2.izz

vanakaru

Pretty clever

jhoepffner

I make another proposition, with start/stop/resume/accel/decel/invert, it's a prototype, but show what I would find in a super envelope actor…

It's necessary to use the movie included (100 second 1 pixel movie).

61766c-superenvelope.zip

Wolle West

@m_theater hurra - this is genious - thanks for this idea - isadora life is going on

Woland

@wolle-west

There's also Ease In-Out 2D which is like an envelope Generator.

Pros:

Built-in curvature
Pause, Resume, and Trigger inputs
Can change two values at once (it says X and Y but you can use them for whatever)

Cons:

Unlike an Envelope Generator, it can only have one "segment"

Wolle West

@woland - thanks a lot - this possibility is great too - however in my case i create a scene, where a satellite is circling round the moon - so I need four segments to let the object fly in a circle - I looped the envelopes by retriggering themselves - but then how can I stop the loop :-) - captured in the endless universe !

Michel

@wolle-west

you can put a gate actor in-between and trigger it to off.

Best Michel

Wolle West

@michel - sorry for my delayed answer - the gate actor is perfect for stopping the whole process - but the envelope actor doesn't stop - so i found a solution with the pulse generator - i cannot stop and go whereever i want, but at least I can do that "behind the curtain" ;-) -

if anybody is interested how to control a satellite in universe

Satellit.zip

Wolle West

Satellt.izz

jfg

@wolle-west

my proposal for your problem:

EDIT: a better version than the first I posted (pause/resume works better)

satellt-JF.izz

best

Jean-François

Wolle West

@jfg - this is perfect - thanks a lot - the communication in this community is wonderful - what a luck to be part of it - i will study your proposal for being prepared for my next fly to universe

Woland

It'd be great if you could share these example files on the Add-Ons page so that they can be found more easily by others in future <3

Best wishes,

Woland

Wolle West

@woland thanks for the tip - i did it