Dara Amarie's Official Help Thread! [closed]

Because there are thousands of other backgrounds submitted by other users every day and the team needs to go through every single one of those backgrounds to approve/deny them.

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It’s really not that hard. Just read through that thread carefully. It’s very easy to understand and it’s a step by step guide with pictures.

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Thanks for the help!

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Oh! This makes way more sense! Thank you very much for the help! Sorry to bug you with a question you probably get often. This cleared it up. Thank you for that! :slight_smile:

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How do you make a reflection in the mirror

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Hi again, I’m having trouble with using the overlay SELFIE FEMALE 3
This is my script:
@CHRISTINA is listen_phone_eyeroll
CHRISTINA (talk_phone_sad_loop)
Alright, Cya
@CHRISTINA is idle_phone_hold
@pause for a beat
@transition fade out black

@overlay SELFIE FEMALE 3 create
@overlay SELFIE FEMALE 3 shifts to -11 -18 in zone 1
@overlay SELFIE FEMALE 3 scales to 0.693 0.693
@overlay SELFIE FEMALE 3 opacity 1 in 0

But the problem is, that this is what I get:

And I also placed the “Pause.” at the end since I wanted to see how it looks like.
But, Instead of the girl, I wanted either a white or a black background, But I tried doing this:

INT. BLACK - NIGHT
@overlay SELFIE FEMALE 3 create
@overlay SELFIE FEMALE 3 shifts to -11 -18 in zone 1
@overlay SELFIE FEMALE 3 scales to 0.693 0.693
@overlay SELFIE FEMALE 3 opacity 1 in 0

But it didn’t seem to work as well, Is it possible to have this overlay. while the background is at least white?

Thank you so much

The middle part of that overlay shows the background behind it, so yes you need to use a plain background if you want nothing to be on the phone screen, but INT. BLACK - NIGHT and INT. WHITE - DAY are not really good to use with overlays. The overlay is always extremely extremely huge on those backgrounds. You’d have to zoom all the way to see the overlay, then you’d have to shrink it all the way down. The best option is to upload your own white or black background and use that for the overlay.

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Oh okay, but is the script I used for the
INT. BLACK - NIGHT
Correct if I used it using another background?

Yes it’s correct, just change the background.

Okay Thanks <3

Could really use some help figuring out where I went wrong. I’m sure it is something simple that I am just overlooking.

My ORANGE LIGHT overlay is not showing up at all and my ELEVATOR BUTTON overlay has a brief flash at the beginning of the scene, when it should be unseen.

Now the ORANGE LIGHT overlay does show up if I take out it’s scale and position.

Also I am not getting any script errors.

Here is the script:

INT. WINDOW BACKGROUND - DAY with ELEVATOR BUTTON at layer 0 with ORANGE LIGHT to 1.000 -0 8 at layer 1
&overlay ORANGE LIGHT opacity 0 in 0 AND overlay ELEVATOR BUTTON opacity 0 in 0
&zoom on 320 426 to 105% in 0
@NAME spot 2.727 297 -626 in zone 1 AND NAME faces left AND NAME is idle
@NAME moves to layer -1
&NAME is kneel_reach
@YOU becomes NAME
@pause for 0.3
@overlay ELEVATOR BUTTON opacity 1 in 0
&YOU spot 5.369 699 -1236 in zone 1 AND YOU faces right AND YOU is reach_kneel_rear
@pause for a beat
@overlay ORANGE LIGHT opacity 1 in 0.3
&YOU walks to spot 5.369 888 -1216 in zone 1
&overlay ORANGE LIGHT opacity 0 in 0 AND overlay ELEVATOR BUTTON opacity 0 in 0
@pause for 0.4
@NAME walks to spot 2.727 102 -627 AND NAME faces right
sound phone_text
@pause for 0.9
@NAME is idle_read_phone_neutral

Thanks for any help in advance.

Have you tried testing it using the app? The web previewer can be a bit glitchy at times with overlay opacity. The app is the most trusted way of testing your stories.

Yes, I used the app. The ORANGE LIGHT overlay does not show up under Overlay Help, but the ELEVATOR BUTTON overlay does.

Also the flash of the ELEVATOR BUTTON overlay at the begin is in the app too.

That’s weird. Just tested your code and everything works perfectly in my script.

Try adding that overlay to a different background to see if it shows up for that background.

Also, to get rid of the “flashes”, try using the create command instead of adding the overlays to the background name.

INT. WINDOW BACKGROUND - DAY
&zoom on 320 426 to 105% in 0
@NAME spot 2.727 297 -626 in zone 1 AND NAME faces left AND NAME is idle
@NAME moves to layer -1
&NAME is kneel_reach
@YOU becomes NAME
@pause for 0.3
&overlay ELEVATOR BUTTON create
&overlay ELEVATOR BUTTON scales to 1 1 in 0
&overlay ELEVATOR BUTTON shifts to 0 0 in 0
&overlay ELEVATOR BUTTON opacity 1 in 0
&overlay ELEVATOR BUTTON to layer 0
&YOU spot 5.369 699 -1236 in zone 1 AND YOU faces right AND YOU is reach_kneel_rear
@pause for a beat
&overlay ORANGE LIGHT create
&overlay ORANGE LIGHT scales to 1 1 in 0
&overlay ORANGE LIGHT shifts to 0 8
&overlay ORANGE LIGHT opacity 0 in 0
&overlay ORANGE LIGHT to layer 1
@overlay ORANGE LIGHT opacity 1 in 0.3
&YOU walks to spot 5.369 888 -1216 in zone 1
&overlay ORANGE LIGHT opacity 0 in 0 AND overlay ELEVATOR BUTTON opacity 0 in 0
@pause for 0.4
@NAME walks to spot 2.727 102 -627 AND NAME faces right
sound phone_text
@pause for 0.9
@NAME is idle_read_phone_neutral

That script worked. Thank you so much!!! I thought I was going to go crazy. Thank you!!! Thank you!!! Thank you!!!

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I’ve come back with another question again.

How do you fade into a background in a specific zone and have your characters in that zone. I’ve been playing around for about half an hour now trying to figure it out, and cannot. Let me show you some scripts I tried.

@transition fade out black 3
INT. TEEN SISTER’S BEDROOM - NIGHT
@transition fade in black 3
@cut to zone 3
@CHARACTER stands screen right AND CHARACTER faces left
@CHARACTER is idle_happy_loop

I tried this as well

@transition fade out black 3
INT. TEEN SISTER’S BEDROOM - NIGHT
@transition fade in black 3
@CHARACTER stands screen right AND CHARACTER faces left
@CHARACTER is idle_happy_loop
@cut to zone 3

And this

@transition fade out black 3
INT. TEEN SISTER’S BEDROOM - NIGHT
@cut to zone 3
@transition fade in black 3
@CHARACTER stands screen right AND CHARACTER faces left
@CHARACTER is idle_happy_loop

@cut to zone 3
@transition fade out black 3
INT. TEEN SISTER’S BEDROOM - NIGHT
@transition fade in black 3
@CHARACTER stands screen right AND CHARACTER faces left
@CHARACTER is idle_happy_loop

None of these opened up in zone 3 with my character being there as it fades in. I simply want to fade into a zone 3 with my character being there as it fades in. I’ve had it start in zone 1 for the fade in, then cut to zone 3 with the character there.

I understand that things load in sequential, being line 36 will load, then 37, and so on. That being the case, is there a special script line to write so that my story fades in on zone 3 with my character being there as it fades in?

Thank you again for the help.

You need to cut to the zone and place your character in the scene using the & sign before the transition command.

INT. BACKGROUND NAME - DAY
&CHARACTER stands [position] and CHARACTER faces [left/right] and CHARACTER is [animation]
&cut to zone #
@transition fade in

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Oh okay!! Thank you! Man, you must be helping people all day. God bless ya for it :joy: That answers all my questions (for now at least)! Thank you!

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