Dara Amarie's Official Help Thread! [closed]

[Dara.Amarie]

A Guide to Typed-in Choices

Typed-in Choices the code: input Question? | Question? | Done (ANSWER) “Question?” can be replaced by whatever you want your typed-in choice question to be. Most people use “What is your name?” to let readers type in their own names. Notice how Question? is repeated. You need to add in your question twice in the code. The word “Done” can be anything you want it to be. This is the button you tap when you have completed typing in your choice. It can say “Finished”, “Unlock”, “Okay”, etc… …

[wrenwrites]

Yes

[watermilannn]

Hey I’m trying to zoom in on a character and have the camera follow her, still zoomed in, as she walks to a new zone. Is that possible? Thank you for your time!

[ioanna]

Hey, I need help, I’m using an overlay and it won’t show up on the previewer!
Here’s my script:

INT. GRAY
&cut to zone 1
&zoom on 98 92 to 139% in 0
&overlay NEWLABS12 create
&overlay NEWLABS12 shifts to -79 21 in zone 1
&overlay NEWLABS12 scales to 0.838 0.838
&overlay NEWLABS12 opacity 1
&overlay NEWLAS12 to layer 1
&overlay LABBARS create
&overlay LABBARS shifts to -79 21 in zone 1
&overlay LABBARS scales to 0.838 0.838
&overlay LABBARS opacity 1
&overlay LABBARS to layer 2

The overlay LABBARS is the one that doesn’t show up.

[Dara.Amarie]

Pan and zoom at the same time.

&pan to zone # in [time] and zoom on _____ in [time]
@CHARACTER walks to [spot] in [time]

[Dara.Amarie]

Since you want the overlays to already be in the scene from the beginning, just add the overlays next to the background name.

A Guide to Using & Animating OVERLAYS

INT. BACKGROUND NAME - DAY with OVERLAYNAME to % x y in zone # at layer #

INT. GRAY with NEWLABS12 to 0.838 -79 21 in zone 1 at layer 1 with LABBARS to 0.838 -79 21 in zone 1 at layer 2

[ioanna]

thanks I’ll try.

[SocialButterfly]

How would you make the screen shake?

[Shadys18]

Hi, Dara
I was wondering if it is possible to pan in between zones.
For example, if you have zone 1 and zone 2, how to zoom on something that’s right in between the zones?
I hope you understand what I mean oh well…
Thanks
S.

[Epyxcillerie]

Ok @Dara.Amarie , hey i need help… Ok When you are changing the backround you can do this @transition fade out black 2 and then change the backround… do you know how to change the backround in a more cool way?

[Dara.Amarie]

To make a “shake” effect, you have to zoom in at random spots in a span of 0.1 seconds each

@zoom on ------ in 0.1
@zoom on ------ in 0.1
@zoom on ------ in 0.1
@zoom on ------ in 0.1

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[Dara.Amarie]

You’d have to play around with zooms. The x coordinate for zone 1 is between 0 and 320, so zoom into a spot thats way over 320. So an example would be: @zoom on 1000 0 to 110% in 0. Save and preview. If it’s still not quite in between the zones, keep changing the number to something even higher.

[Dara.Amarie]

What transitions are there?

Command: @transition STYLE DIRECTION COLOR DURATION Choose Style from: fade iris shade curtain Choose Direction: For fade: (in, out) For iris: (in, out) For shade (up, down) For curtain (in_left, out_left, in_right, out_right, in_top, out_top, in_bottom, out_bottom) Choose Color (Optional): white yellow blue green red magenta black (default color) orange grey Choose Duration (Optional): Here you can put any number you want (Ex. 0.0001, 3, 120). One second is the default. …

[Epyxcillerie]

Thxx

[ioannag]

how can i make the waitress go behind that counter?

[Dara.Amarie]

The counter needs to be an overlay

[ioannag]

Thanks for the quick reply!However i cant find an overlay that looks like that counter what do i do?Should i find another backround?

[Dara.Amarie]

Where did you get that background?

[ioannag]

From episode life

[Dara.Amarie]

When you click on a background from that site, it tells you who the creator is. The creator of that background is @miya.episode. She has overlays specifically for those backgrounds on her Instagram. ALWAYS REMEMBER TO GIVE CREDIT TO WHOEVER THE CREATOR IS WHEN YOU USE THEIR BACKGROUNDS.