Gif Overlay help needed - animated gif overlay not smooth/clean running

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This is my script - it only split into 3 pics, but created doubles of each because I can’t work out how to do it just for 3, and it shows 6 gifs in @Farah_DeSantis script template
It’s not clean/smooth animating, it does the commands but then it flashes white at same time (not like on the original gif) not smooth like on Mary D Sava’s youtube vid

This is my script could you advice where I’ve gone wrong please and how to do it just for 3 pics please? Also adding the 3 pics
INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 1 with overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 1_OVERLAY at layer 1 with overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 2_OVERLAY at layer 1 with overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 3_OVERLAY at layer 1
&cut to zone 1 AND zoom on 0 0 to 100% in 0
&overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 1_OVERLAY shifts to 0 0 in zone 1 AND overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 1_OVERLAY scales to 1.000 1.000 in zone 1 AND overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 2_OVERLAY shifts to 0 0 in zone 1 AND overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 2_OVERLAY scales to 1.000 1.000 in zone 1 AND overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 3_OVERLAY shifts to 0 0 in zone 1 AND overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 3_OVERLAY scales to 1.000 1.000 in zone 1
&overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 1_OVERLAY_4 create from INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 1_OVERLAY AND overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 1_OVERLAY_4 shifts to 0 0 in zone 1 AND overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 1_OVERLAY_4 scales to 1.000 1.000 in zone 1 AND overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 1_OVERLAY_4 moves to layer 1 AND overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 2_OVERLAY_5 create from INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 2_OVERLAY AND overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 2_OVERLAY_5 shifts to 0 0 in zone 1 AND overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 2_OVERLAY_5 scales to 1.000 1.000 in zone 1 AND overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 2_OVERLAY_5 moves to layer 1 AND overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 3_OVERLAY_6 create from INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 3_OVERLAY AND overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 3_OVERLAY_6 shifts to 0 0 in zone 1 AND overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 3_OVERLAY_6 scales to 1.000 1.000 in zone 1 AND overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 3_OVERLAY_6 moves to layer 1
&overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 1_OVERLAY opacity 1 in 0.4 THEN overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 3_OVERLAY_6 opacity 0 in 0 THEN overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 2_OVERLAY opacity 1 in 0.4 THEN overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 1_OVERLAY opacity 0 in 0 THEN overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 3_OVERLAY opacity 1 in 0.2 THEN overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 2_OVERLAY opacity 0 in 0 THEN overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 1_OVERLAY_4 opacity 1 in 0.4 THEN overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 3_OVERLAY opacity 0 in 0 THEN overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 2_OVERLAY_5 opacity 1 in 0.4 THEN overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 1_OVERLAY_4 opacity 0 in 0 THEN overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 3_OVERLAY_6 opacity 1 in 0.4 THEN overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 2_OVERLAY_5 opacity 0 in 0 loop INFINITE times

rainbow stars 1
rainbow stars 1640×1136 90.7 KB

rainbow stars 2
rainbow stars 2640×1136 91.1 KB

rainbow stars 3
rainbow stars 3640×1136 91 KB

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I think I found the error, lemme just hop into the portal and try to fix it real quick :3

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Knowing my luck it’s something so simple haha
But the more I’ve stared at it, the more confused I’m getting haha
If you do fix it you are a life saver :smiley:

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INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 1 with INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 1_OVERLAY at layer 1 with INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 2_OVERLAY at layer 2 with INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 3_OVERLAY at layer 3
&cut to zone 1 AND zoom on 0 0 to 100% in 0
&overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 1_OVERLAY shifts to 0 0 in zone 1 AND overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 1_OVERLAY scales to 1.000 1.000 in zone 1 AND overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 2_OVERLAY shifts to 0 0 in zone 1 AND overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 2_OVERLAY scales to 1.000 1.000 in zone 1 AND overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 3_OVERLAY shifts to 0 0 in zone 1 AND overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 3_OVERLAY scales to 1.000 1.000 in zone 1
&overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 1_OVERLAY opacity 1 in 0.4 THEN overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 2_OVERLAY opacity 1 in 0.4 THEN overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 1_OVERLAY opacity 0 in 0 THEN overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 3_OVERLAY opacity 1 in 0.4 THEN overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 3_OVERLAY opacity 0 in .4 THEN overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 1_OVERLAY opacity 1 in 0 THEN overlay INT. RAINBOW STAR GIF 2_OVERLAY opacity 0 in .4 loop INFINITE times

Here you go :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

Essentially, I only made a few small changes.

  1. In the first line of the script, I changed the command “with overlay NAME” to just “with NAME” You don’t have to put the word overlay in front of the overlay for the “with” command for backgrounds.
  2. I changed the layers they were in. The first overlay is in layer 1, the second in layer 2 and the third in layer 3. This is what eliminated the “white” look. Instead of them all being in the same layer, they faded on top of each other
  3. I deleted overlays 4, 5 & 6. All I had to do was delete the creation of them and the overlay animation for them. You don’t have to do anything different for the coding with 3 or 6 overlays. Just don’t animate the last three.
  4. I also had the overlays fade out after they all faded in so that the loop was a bit more seamless

Hope this all works and helps! If you have any questions or something isn’t working let me know

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