Hi Jason -
How do you make the HUD animations?
It's quite a complicated (many steps) process of replacing animation files in one of the standard template folders. This is a trick my dear departed friend
CP (Cranston) and I developed a few years back.
e.g. if you have a look in
C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\templates\PowerDirector Content Pack Essential\PiPObject\PDR11_PinP_007, you'll find the animation files for the PiP Object called "Countdown" - 180 of them.
By replacing the animation files with different ones, you get a different animation.
Here's the tutorial CP made to explain the process -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aoxs-elMuJ4
Now that PDR can import alpha channel videos, that isn't necessary any more... as long as you have the aplha channel video!
Is it easy to change the color on them?
If the objects have colour, you can use Fix/Enhance > Color Adjustment to modify as you wish. If the objects are white (like the HUD animations I made recently, you can use NewBlue Color Swap, in FX, to swap the white for a different colour.
Cheers - Tony
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