My overlays are flashing... help please!

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Hi, so I’m directing a scene where I have a character playing the guitar (it’s in limelight, so I can’t just use an animation like ink). I have three different overlays (LGU, LGM, and LGD) that I use over and over again. In between each overlay changing there’s a white flash. I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong.

Script:

&overlay LGU create
&overlay LGU shifts to 102 202 in zone 1
&overlay LGU scales to 0.226 0.226
&overlay LGU to layer 5
&overlay LGU opacity 1
@pause for 0.2
&overlay I_WISH create
&overlay I_WISH shifts to 120 245 in zone 1
&overlay I_WISH scales to 0.154 0.154
&overlay I_WISH to layer 15
&overlay I_WISH opacity 1
&overlay LGM create
&overlay LGM shifts to 102 202 in zone 1
&overlay LGM scales to 0.226 0.226
&overlay LGM to layer 5
&overlay LGM opacity 1
&overlay LGU clear
@pause for 0.2
&overlay LGD create
&overlay LGD shifts to 102 202 in zone 1
&overlay LGD scales to 0.226 0.226
&overlay LGD to layer 5
&overlay LGD opacity 1
&overlay LGM clear
@pause for 0.1
&overlay LGU create
&overlay LGU shifts to 102 202 in zone 1
&overlay LGU scales to 0.226 0.226
&overlay LGU to layer 5
&overlay LGU opacity 1
&overlay LGD clear
@pause for 0.2
&overlay LGM create
&overlay LGM shifts to 102 202 in zone 1
&overlay LGM scales to 0.226 0.226
&overlay LGM to layer 5
&overlay LGM opacity 1
&overlay LGU clear
@pause for 0.2
&overlay LGD create
&overlay LGD shifts to 102 202 in zone 1
&overlay LGD scales to 0.226 0.226
&overlay LGD to layer 5
&overlay LGD opacity 1
&overlay LGM clear
@pause for 0.2
&overlay LGU create
&overlay LGU shifts to 102 202 in zone 1
&overlay LGU scales to 0.226 0.226
&overlay LGU to layer 5
&overlay LGU opacity 1
&overlay LGD clear
@pause for 0.2
&overlay LGM create
&overlay LGM shifts to 102 202 in zone 1
&overlay LGM scales to 0.226 0.226
&overlay LGM to layer 5
&overlay LGM opacity 1
&overlay LGU clear
@pause for 0.2
&overlay LGD create
&overlay LGD shifts to 102 202 in zone 1
&overlay LGD scales to 0.226 0.226
&overlay LGD to layer 5
&overlay LGD opacity 1
&overlay LGM clear
@pause for 0.2
&overlay LGU create
&overlay LGU shifts to 102 202 in zone 1
&overlay LGU scales to 0.226 0.226
&overlay LGU to layer 5
&overlay LGU opacity 1
&overlay LGD clear
@pause for 0.2
&overlay LGM create
&overlay LGM shifts to 102 202 in zone 1
&overlay LGM scales to 0.226 0.226
&overlay LGM to layer 5
&overlay LGM opacity 1
&overlay LGU clear
@pause for 0.2
&overlay LGD create
&overlay LGD shifts to 102 202 in zone 1
&overlay LGD scales to 0.226 0.226
&overlay LGD to layer 5
&overlay LGD opacity 1
&overlay LGM clear
@pause for 0.2
&overlay LGU create
&overlay LGU shifts to 102 202 in zone 1
&overlay LGU scales to 0.226 0.226
&overlay LGU to layer 5
&overlay LGU opacity 1
&overlay LGD clear
@pause for 0.2
&overlay I_WISH clear
&overlay TO_GIVE create
&overlay TO_GIVE shifts to 120 249 in zone 1
&overlay TO_GIVE scales to 0.154 0.154
&overlay TO_GIVE to layer 15
&overlay TO_GIVE opacity 1
&overlay LGM create
&overlay LGM shifts to 102 202 in zone 1
&overlay LGM scales to 0.226 0.226
&overlay LGM to layer 5
&overlay LGM opacity 1
&overlay LGU clear
@pause for 0.2
&overlay LGD create
&overlay LGD shifts to 102 202 in zone 1
&overlay LGD scales to 0.226 0.226
&overlay LGD to layer 5
&overlay LGD opacity 1
&overlay LGM clear
@pause for 0.2
&overlay LGU create
&overlay LGU shifts to 102 202 in zone 1
&overlay LGU scales to 0.226 0.226
&overlay LGU to layer 5
&overlay LGU opacity 1
&overlay LGD clear
@pause for 0.2
&overlay LGM create
&overlay LGM shifts to 102 202 in zone 1
&overlay LGM scales to 0.226 0.226
&overlay LGM to layer 5
&overlay LGM opacity 1
&overlay LGU clear
@pause for 0.2

  • use this same script more times, but I didn’t want to send all of it
  • the overlays I_WISH and TO_GIVE are speech bubble overlays that are working fine
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I am not sure if this helpeps but I see you actualy do not change the size and spot of the overlay so there is no need to clear them and create them on and on

I would first create all the overlays shiftet tem to the right place an scale and layer them but not giving them the opacity comand and than I would write

@overlay AAA opacity 1 in 0
@pause for 1
&overlay AAA opacity 0 in 0
@overlay BBB opacity 1 in 0
@pause for 1
&overlay BBB opacity 0 in 0
@overlay CCC opacity 1 in 0
@pause for 1
&overlay CCC opacity 0 in 0
@overlay AAA opacity 1 in 0

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I’ll try that now. Thank you so much!

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hope it will help you.

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