Need someone to code my episode intro

episode.delilah · October 22, 2020, 9:13pm

Heyyy, it’s Delilah! So I’m working on a new story and I would like to add a cool, creative intro to it. Thing is… I have No clue how to! So if you know how to please help me out, or if you know someone who can help, please tag them!

Here’s what I want (if you need something more descriptive or something just let me know)

To start off, it’s pretty zoomed and it like moves to the left. then it goes to another part and does the same, and then again and again (about 5-6 times) then it zooms out all the way

images

if you are the one to code this intro for me, I’ll credit you on my instagram and in every episode that I use the intro

thank you so much and have a fantastic day <3

Maeverie.Rivera · October 22, 2020, 9:15pm

I can do it! But to be honest it to pan it 5-6 times is long and I as a reader will exit that story.

episode.delilah · October 22, 2020, 9:56pm

wow thank you so much! If 5-6 times is too much then just do however much you deem necessary, I definitely don’t want readers to click off. Thank you so much <3

Maeverie.Rivera · October 22, 2020, 11:17pm

Great! I’ll start in about 10 minutes when my mom will let me use the screen again

episode.delilah · October 22, 2020, 11:18pm

Okay thank you so much! <3

Maeverie.Rivera · October 22, 2020, 11:30pm

Do you have a specific background? And do you want it to be really zoomed in?

Maeverie.Rivera · October 22, 2020, 11:39pm

YOUR BACKGROUND GOES HERE

@zoom on 0 0 to 120% in 0

@cut to zone 1

@pan to zone 2

@pan to zone 3

@pan to zone 2

@pan to zone 1

@pan to zone 2

@pan to zone 3

@pan to zone 2

@pan to zone 1

@zoom on 0 0 to 100% in 0

@episode.delilah this should work.

episode.delilah · October 23, 2020, 2:43am

ouuuuu yesss thank you so much, imma test it out right now (I’ll let you know how it goes) <3

Elaina2 · October 23, 2020, 8:31am

Hello,
If you wanted it to zoom onto the character’s faces, I made this:
Also warning! There is a flash in there to imitate a camera flash.
(I can also take this flash out if you don’t want it in there.)

PUT THE NAME OF YOUR INTRO BACKGROUND HERE
music music_raprock_lp
@zoom on 116 279 to 587% in 0
@transition fade in black in 2
@pause for 1
@zoom on 235 174 to 587% in 0
@pause for 1
@zoom on 55 230 to 587% in 0
@pause for 1
@zoom on 261 258 to 587% in 0
@pause for 1
@zoom on 90 171 to 587% in 0
@pause for 1
@zoom on 194 265 to 587% in 0
@pause for 1
&zoom on 160 284 to 100% in 0
sound camera_flash
@transition fade in white in 3
@pause for 3
&overlay BLKBG create
&overlay BLKBG opacity 1 in 0
&overlay BLKBG shifts to 0 0 in zone 1
&overlay BLKBG scales to 1.000 1.000
&overlay BLKBG to layer 0

&overlay INTRO1 create
&overlay INTRO1 opacity 1 in 0
&overlay INTRO1 shifts to 0 0 in zone 1
&overlay INTRO1 scales to 1.000 1.000
&overlay INTRO1 to layer 3

&overlay INTRO2 create
&overlay INTRO2 opacity 1 in 0
&overlay INTRO2 shifts to 0 0 in zone 1
&overlay INTRO2 scales to 1.000 1.000
&overlay INTRO2 to layer 4

&overlay INTRO3 create
&overlay INTRO3 opacity 1 in 0
&overlay INTRO3 shifts to 0 0 in zone 1
&overlay INTRO3 scales to 1.000 1.000
&overlay INTRO3 to layer 5

&overlay INTRO4 create
&overlay INTRO4 opacity 1 in 0
&overlay INTRO4 shifts to 0 0 in zone 1
&overlay INTRO4 scales to 1.000 1.000
&overlay INTRO4 to layer 6

&overlay INTRO5 create
&overlay INTRO5 opacity 0 in 0
&overlay INTRO5 shifts to 85 163 in zone 1
&overlay INTRO5 scales to 0.485 0.485
&overlay INTRO5 to layer 2

&overlay INTRO6 create
&overlay INTRO6 opacity 0 in 0
&overlay INTRO6 shifts to 85 163 in zone 1
&overlay INTRO6 scales to 0.485 0.485
&overlay INTRO6 to layer 1

&overlay INTRO7 create from INTRO6
&overlay INTRO7 opacity 0 in 0
&overlay INTRO7 shifts to 85 163 in zone 1
&overlay INTRO7 scales to 0.485 0.485
&overlay INTRO7 to layer 1

@pause for 0.1
&overlay INTRO2 shifts to 240 -1 in zone 1 in 3
&overlay INTRO4 shifts to 1 -374 in zone 1 in 3
&overlay INTRO1 shifts to 1 306 in zone 1 in 3
&overlay INTRO3 shifts to -240 -1 in zone 1 in 3
&pause for 1 then overlay INTRO6 opacity 1 in 0.5
readerMessage | bold , color:magenta |Tap play to start the story!
&overlay INTRO5 opacity 1 in 0.5 then overlay INTRO5 opacity 0 in 1 loop inf times

tappable
“INTRO7” {
volume music 0 2000
@transition fade out black in 2
goto start_season_1
}

label start_season_1

INT. BLACK - NIGHT
#Put the background for your first scene here.
volume music 100 0
music off
NARR
Put whatever is the first scene of the story here.

overlay's used

Make sure you open up the images all the way when you go to save them and then when you upload them to the portal don’t move it around or resize it in the screen, just upload it as is and name it the same.

Overlay Name: INTRO1

Overlay Name: INTRO2

Overlay Name: INTRO3

Overlay Name: INTRO4

Overlay Name: INTRO5

Overlay Name: INTRO6

Overlay Name: BLKBG

episode.delilah · October 23, 2020, 11:20am

hey luv, so it didn’t really work… I still very much appreciate the effort though <3

episode.delilah · October 23, 2020, 11:22am

Wow thank you so so so much, I’m going to try it right now!! I have good feeling it’s going to work, I’ll let you know how it goes

episode.delilah · October 23, 2020, 11:38am

OMGFHJMHF yess it worked! thank you so so so much! <3

(btw when I tried to use intro 1, 2, 3 and 4 as overlays it wouldn’t work because it said I needed PNG but my images were JPEG, but it still ended up working)

Thank you so much, I am forever grateful and I’ll let you know when my episode story comes out <3

Elaina2 · October 23, 2020, 6:25pm

Ugh crud, sorry I don’t know why it uploaded on here as a jpeg. Lol
It’s suppose to be pngs to break apart at one point and reveal the play button.

INTRO1

INTRO2

INTRO3

INTRO4

These should be png. At least they better be this time.

episode.delilah · October 23, 2020, 8:23pm

Okay, so I tested it out and the pngs work, but the animation looks a little weird… not to be rude or anything but the animation looks just a little choppy

alliesepisode · October 23, 2020, 8:47pm

INT. TEMPORARY
@zoom on 147 0 to 135% in 0
@ui BLUE COP LIGHT create
@ui BLUE COP LIGHT shifts to -206 -697 in 0
@ui BLUE COP LIGHT scales to 3.371 3.371 in 0
@ui BLUE COP LIGHT opacity 0 in 0
@ui BLUE COP LIGHT2 create from BLUE COP LIGHT
@ui BLUE COP LIGHT2 shifts to -206 -697 in 0
@ui BLUE COP LIGHT2 scales to 3.371 3.371 in 0
@ui BLUE COP LIGHT2 opacity 0 in 0
@ui BLUE COP LIGHT3 create from BLUE COP LIGHT
@ui BLUE COP LIGHT3 shifts to -206 -697 in 0
@ui BLUE COP LIGHT3 scales to 3.371 3.371 in 0
@ui BLUE COP LIGHT3 opacity 0 in 0
@ui BLUE COP LIGHT4 create from BLUE COP LIGHT
@ui BLUE COP LIGHT4 shifts to -206 -697 in 0
@ui BLUE COP LIGHT4 scales to 3.371 3.371 in 0
@ui BLUE COP LIGHT4 opacity 0 in 0
@ui BLUE COP LIGHT5 create from BLUE COP LIGHT
@ui BLUE COP LIGHT5 shifts to -206 -697 in 0
@ui BLUE COP LIGHT5 scales to 3.371 3.371 in 0
@ui BLUE COP LIGHT5 opacity 0 in 0
@transition fade in black in 1
@pause for 1.5
&ui BLUE COP LIGHT opacity 1 in 1
&ui BLUE COP LIGHT2 opacity 1 in 1
&ui BLUE COP LIGHT3 opacity 1 in 1
&ui BLUE COP LIGHT4 opacity 1 in 1
&ui BLUE COP LIGHT5 opacity 1 in 1
@pause for 1.5
@zoom on 0 0 to 100% in 0
&ui BLUE COP LIGHT opacity 0 in 1
&ui BLUE COP LIGHT2 opacity 0 in 1
&ui BLUE COP LIGHT3 opacity 0 in 1
&ui BLUE COP LIGHT4 opacity 0 in 1
&ui BLUE COP LIGHT5 opacity 0 in 1
@ui BLUE COP LIGHT2 opacity 0 in 1
@ui BLUE COP LIGHT shifts to -1 380 in 0
@ui BLUE COP LIGHT scales to 0.532 0.532 in 0
&ui BLUE COP LIGHT opacity 1 in .5 THEN ui BLUE COP LIGHT opacity 0 in .5 loop infinite times
@pause for 1.5
@speechbubble is 166 376 to 100%
NARRATOR 
| bold , underline , color:royalblue |Episode __: Title Here

@transition fade out black in 2

This is what I made…
Personally, I would upload the title and season as an overlay, and have it fade on to the screen instead. If you code it yourself, you’ll be able to do more than we can with just a background

If you do use this, please be sure to give me credit. My instagram is @alliesepisode

Elaina2 · October 23, 2020, 8:58pm

No you’re fine, that’s weird on my end it’s not choppy do you have insta? Like maybe you can send a video of how it’s looking on there to me?

Elaina2 · October 24, 2020, 12:41am

I didn’t like the readerMessage in there so I added a Tap text instead. I also put a note on how to remove the camera flash.

Script

NAME OF YOUR INTRO BACKGROUND HERE
music music_raprock_lp
@zoom on 116 279 to 587% in 0
@transition fade in black in 2
@pause for 1
@zoom on 235 174 to 587% in 0
@pause for 1
@zoom on 55 230 to 587% in 0
@pause for 1
@zoom on 261 258 to 587% in 0
@pause for 1
@zoom on 90 171 to 587% in 0
@pause for 1
@zoom on 194 265 to 587% in 0
@pause for 1
&zoom on 160 284 to 100% in 0

sound camera_flash
@transition fade in white in 3
#if you want the camera flash out, remove these two lines and change the last zoom into a timed zoom so example below
#@zoom on 160 284 to 100% in 1
#with that it’ll take 1 second to zoom all the way out.

@pause for 3
&overlay BLKBG create
&overlay BLKBG opacity 1 in 0
&overlay BLKBG shifts to 0 0 in zone 1
&overlay BLKBG scales to 1.000 1.000
&overlay BLKBG to layer 0

&overlay INTRO1 create
&overlay INTRO1 opacity 1 in 0
&overlay INTRO1 shifts to 0 0 in zone 1
&overlay INTRO1 scales to 1.000 1.000
&overlay INTRO1 to layer 3

&overlay INTRO2 create
&overlay INTRO2 opacity 1 in 0
&overlay INTRO2 shifts to 0 0 in zone 1
&overlay INTRO2 scales to 1.000 1.000
&overlay INTRO2 to layer 4

&overlay INTRO3 create
&overlay INTRO3 opacity 1 in 0
&overlay INTRO3 shifts to 0 0 in zone 1
&overlay INTRO3 scales to 1.000 1.000
&overlay INTRO3 to layer 5

&overlay INTRO4 create
&overlay INTRO4 opacity 1 in 0
&overlay INTRO4 shifts to 0 0 in zone 1
&overlay INTRO4 scales to 1.000 1.000
&overlay INTRO4 to layer 6

&overlay TAP create
&overlay TAP opacity 0 in 0
&overlay TAP shifts to 120 267 in zone 1
&overlay TAP scales to 0.485 0.485
&overlay TAP moves to layer 2

&overlay INTRO5 create
&overlay INTRO5 opacity 0 in 0
&overlay INTRO5 shifts to 85 163 in zone 1
&overlay INTRO5 scales to 0.485 0.485
&overlay INTRO5 to layer 1

&overlay INTRO6 create
&overlay INTRO6 opacity 0 in 0
&overlay INTRO6 shifts to 85 163 in zone 1
&overlay INTRO6 scales to 0.485 0.485
&overlay INTRO6 to layer -1

&overlay INTRO7 create from INTRO6
&overlay INTRO7 opacity 0 in 0
&overlay INTRO7 shifts to 85 163 in zone 1
&overlay INTRO7 scales to 0.485 0.485
&overlay INTRO7 to layer -1

@pause for 0.1
&overlay INTRO2 shifts to 240 -1 in zone 1 in 3
&overlay INTRO4 shifts to 1 -374 in zone 1 in 2.5
&overlay INTRO1 shifts to 1 306 in zone 1 in 3
&overlay INTRO3 shifts to -240 -1 in zone 1 in 2.5
&pause for 1 then overlay INTRO6 opacity 1 in 0.5
&overlay INTRO5 opacity 1 in 0.5 then overlay INTRO5 opacity 0 in 1 loop inf times
&overlay TAP opacity 1 in 0.5 then overlay TAP opacity 0 in 1 loop inf times
tappable
“INTRO7” {
volume music 0 2000
@transition fade out black in 2
goto start_season_1
}

label start_season_1
INT. BLACK - NIGHT
volume music 100 0
music off
@speechbubble is 160 237 to 100%
NARR
Put whatever is the first scene of the story here.

Overlay

Overlay Name: TAP

But anyway you definitely don’t have to use this, if you don’t like it! I’m not sure what’s coming out choppy because it’s not on my end so if you’d like to work on this idea, I can see what’s going on with it and change it to something you like better or fix whatever’s going on lol I’d have to see a video of it to see what you mean by choppy on your end so you can send me a screen recording of it to me on insta if you want, that’s up to you.

I also agree that if you could get the text on the background into overlays instead, that’s a great way to animate the intro. And that’s how I would do it but because it’s not separated I couldn’t. There’s very little to work with if it’s only just one picture.

If you wanted it the way I understood how you described it without all the extra stuff then it would just be:

Summary

INT. INTRO
#music music_raprock_lp
#put whatever music you want.
@zoom on 116 279 to 587% in 0
@transition fade in black in 2
@pause for 1
@zoom on 235 174 to 587% in 0
@pause for 1
@zoom on 55 230 to 587% in 0
@pause for 1
@zoom on 261 258 to 587% in 0
@pause for 1
@zoom on 90 171 to 587% in 0
@pause for 1
@zoom on 194 265 to 587% in 0
@pause for 1
@zoom on 160 284 to 100% in 1
@pause for 4
@transition fade out black in 3

Other than that, Happy Writing! And I hope someone can help you with this!

episode.delilah · October 24, 2020, 4:46pm

thank you so so so much for this, im going to try it right now and I’ll let you know how it goes. (based on the coding it looks like its going to work so imma try it out right now!)

episode.delilah · October 24, 2020, 4:48pm

thank you so so so much for being so kind and thoughtful I really do appreciate it. but as of right now im not going to be using it, not because I don’t like it bc I really do like it, it’s just a little complicated so thank you for being so understanding and thanks for trying to help me out <3

lavendar · October 27, 2020, 8:23pm

hey, i noticed that you used the &overlay NAME opacity 0 in 0. i’ve been making a title page for my story. and the overlay title has to start at opacity 0 and then fade on screen. i know the coding to make it fade and everything but when i published this story (it looks fine in the writer’s portal), it glitches and you see it for a split second before it goes to opacity 0 and fades in. (sorry if that doesn’t make much sense) i was wondering if you know how to help with this?