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 Post subject: Request for Matrix Animation Action
PostPosted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 5:23 am  (#1) 
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Hello,
I'm looking for a script or plug-in like this Photoshop
tool but for Gimp. Does someone know something like that?

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Many greetings Hardy


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 Post subject: Re: Request for Matrix Animation Action
PostPosted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:14 am  (#2) 
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hardy111 wrote:
Hello,
I'm looking for a script or plug-in like this Photoshop
tool but for Gimp. Does someone know something like that?

- Matrix Animation -

Many greetings Hardy

Maybe Graechans script "Animation Workshop" could be utilized for this?

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 Post subject: Re: Request for Matrix Animation Action
PostPosted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:36 am  (#3) 
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I imagine making the effect percentage higher than 40% would make the scrolling effect faster. Not sure though.
And of course you could dress up the text to glow more , use thinner text or font face. Maybe displace each layer to your image? Hope that helps.

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 Post subject: Re: Request for Matrix Animation Action
PostPosted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:05 am  (#4) 
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This may also help for displacement. Thanks to Fencepost wherever he may be. ;)

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 Post subject: Re: Request for Matrix Animation Action
PostPosted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:41 am  (#5) 
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Thanks for the link to Animation Workshop. I never knew about that one...

To speed up the animation, just select a faster delay time. Here I set it to 60ms:

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 Post subject: Re: Request for Matrix Animation Action
PostPosted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:47 am  (#6) 
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Quick test
1. create matrix layer, use seamless advanced script, then Art's move layer script to create downwards scroll (50 layers).
The move layer script allows you to make angled movements too.
2. run the displacement on all matrix layers, thanks for the pdf Rod.
3. use selection tool for the face, feather 50px, invert selection, clear layers: visible (ofnuts plugin clear-layers-0.2.py)
4. edit attributes of layers (overlay), script by Daniel Bates, except for the background obviously.
5. combine background by SaulGoode

This was just a quick test to see roughly how it works, as you can see the matrix layer is quite ugly, didn't do any tweaking and used default timings.

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There is a matrix script, so you could use that to create the animation and then use displace mapping and merge it with the background
with combine background or animation merge script. There's usually multiple ways to reach the goal in graphics.
Attached the matrix script if you wanna try it, it's old and not so nice and makes only random numbers.


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 Post subject: Re: Request for Matrix Animation Action
PostPosted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:56 am  (#7) 
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Nidhogg wrote:
Quick test
1. create matrix layer, use seamless advanced script, then Art's move layer script to create downwards scroll (50 layers).
The move layer script allows you to make angled movements too.
2. run the displacement on all matrix layers, thanks for the pdf Rod.
3. use selection tool for the face, feather 50px, invert selection, clear layers: visible (ofnuts plugin clear-layers-0.2.py)
4. edit attributes of layers (overlay), script by Daniel Bates, except for the background obviously.
5. combine background by SaulGoode

This was just a quick test to see roughly how it works, as you can see the matrix layer is quite ugly, didn't do any tweaking and used default timings.

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There is a matrix script, so you could use that to create the animation and then use displace mapping and merge it with the background
with combine background or animation merge script. There's usually multiple ways to reach the goal in graphics.
Attached the matrix script if you wanna try it, it's old and not so nice and makes only random numbers.

A good start though! :bigthup

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 Post subject: Re: Request for Matrix Animation Action
PostPosted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 12:48 pm  (#8) 
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I do like this filter...

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 Post subject: Re: Request for Matrix Animation Action
PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 1:24 am  (#9) 
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Hello,
many thanks for your help. I
will be experimenting.

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 Post subject: Re: Request for Matrix Animation Action
PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 1:43 am  (#10) 
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Nidhogg, That is a seriously awesome animation!!

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 Post subject: Re: Request for Matrix Animation Action
PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 10:45 am  (#11) 
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Thank you for the compliment PhotoMaster. Will give another go when have time, I believe it has potential to be better and the letters/numbers don't look good at all.
The displace tutorial helped a lot.


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 Post subject: Re: Request for Matrix Animation Action
PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 11:18 am  (#12) 
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Pretty darn cool result, Nidhogg. :)

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 Post subject: Re: Request for Matrix Animation Action
PostPosted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 7:46 am  (#13) 
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Yes sadly Graechan and Fencepost have been awol for quite some time. Do hope they are both well.

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