Bars
The Bars effect creates straight edged multiple color bars that move across a model. The edges may be hard, highlighted or 3D (soft).
Options/Setting | Description |
Palette Rep | Number of times the color palette repeats on a model. All the colors selected will repeat as many times as this value is defined. Therefore , if 2 colors are selected and this value is 3, each of the 2 colors will come on 3 times , resulting in 6 changes of colors. This whole setting is multiplied by the Cycles value. Can be adjusted via the Value Curves options. |
Cycles | Number of cycles for the duration. Therefore
Can be adjusted via the Value Curves options. |
Center Point | Enables you to control where the center point is for expand and compress (both vertical and horizontal). |
Direction UP/DOWN | Bars move UP or DOWN a model. |
Direction Expand | Bars start at the center and move outward towards the top and bottom. |
Direction Compress | Bars start at the top and bottom edges of a model and move to the center. |
Direction Left/Right | Bars start at the left/right edges of the model and move to the other side. |
Direction H Expand | Bars start at the horizontal middle of the model and expand towards the left and right edges. |
Direction H Compress | Bars start at the left/right edges of the model and move in towards the horizontal center of the model. |
Direction Alternate | Bars are not animated like the other direction options. The colors for each bar change to the next color selected in the palette. |
Highlight | A single row of white is set at the leading edge of each color. |
3D | The trailing edge of each color fades to black. |
Gradient | When selected, causes the different colors to merge into each other as a gradient rather than as a sharp change. |
Layering a On effect with a start intensity of 0% and ending of 100% will result in a ramp up, as opposed to an On effect with hard edges. Be sure to set the blending option of the On effect to “layer 1 is mask”. Make sure the cycle count is set to 1, and you have a color selected (doesn't matter which color since it's a mask).
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