Spot Directing (Moving Characters Around)

Apes · May 31, 2019, 1:42am

Bump!

sayykim · June 9, 2019, 8:01pm

@zoom on 0 0 to 202% in 2
@WILDER enters from left to spot 0.965 46 179 in 4 AND WILDER faces right AND WILDER does it while walk_talk_neutral_loop
WILDER
More like looking for things to take

I need help with the character walking to that position without it walking like enter from left or right
but its back left but I changes his height I just need help with him walking to talk position without all that
(I might have just confused you a little )

RudeInception · June 10, 2019, 5:46am

I’m guessing you mean you want your character to come into the scene at the same size as the spot command you have up. Correct me if I’m wrong.

If I’m right:
When you use the enter command, even if it’s combined with a spot command, brings the character in at a default height. So you need to use Spot Walking in order to get the effect you want. I’ve made a guide on this method and you can find the answer to your question on number 1.

sayykim · June 10, 2019, 1:49pm

yes

Apes · June 10, 2019, 2:05pm

Spot Walking (Walking w/Spot Direction)

1. Making the character enter into the scene with a spot direction:

You can use the enters command when spotting:

@CHAR enters from left/right to spot S X Y in T

But in doing so, the character will enter in the default size.

So we’ll have to do the following:
    @CHAR spot 0.900 50 90 in zone 1
@CHAR spot 0.900 100 90 in zone 2

@CHAR walks to spot 0.900 50 90 in zone 1 in T

We place the character offscreen by putting them in another zone with the spot direction in place.
Then we have the character enter by changing the zone once again. This will ensure that when the character enters from right to left, they will be at the customized size. (I also changed the X coordinate to 100 just to make to make sure the character is completely offscreen.)

EXTRA TIP: Use the same technique when having a character enter from left to right. It should work, AS LONG AS IT ISN’T IN ZONE 1. If we want the character to enter from the left into zone 1, then we use a different technique. Use a negative X coordinate (I usually use -100). Then change the X coordinate to a positive integer. This will push the character onscreen.

Ex:

@CHAR spot 0.900 50 90 in zone 1
@CHAR spot 0.900 -100 90 in zone 1

@CHAR walks to spot 0.900 50 90 in zone 1 in T

RyRydoezepisode · June 20, 2019, 7:16am

Can someone maybe make me a template of some sort to get my character sitting behind the intern background?
this bg: INT. INTERN OFFICE - DAY
My character is: GRACE
Im having a really hard time spot directing and all

Apes · June 20, 2019, 11:33am

Use background with overlay

INT. INTERN OFFICE OL - DAY
&GRACE spot 1.280 86 -67 in zone 3
@cut to zone 3

Skyler2 · July 2, 2019, 11:39pm

Thx this was really helpful

Apes · August 9, 2019, 7:44pm

Bump!

Trentsenna · August 21, 2019, 11:09pm

I did the spot directing from within the app, but it didn’t keep any of my changes. Help please

SashaKia · August 22, 2019, 2:08pm

Did you copy the code from the app to your script?

Trentsenna · August 23, 2019, 9:48pm

At first I didn’t, but I left them how they were and I had to use spot directing later. Took me forever with it because the character was laying down.

SashaKia · August 23, 2019, 10:24pm

Is it in your script? It doesn’t save automatically from the app preview, you have to type it in the Writer’s Portal. Otherwise, can you post the code you used here?

Trentsenna · August 23, 2019, 10:26pm

It’s in my code now. From the way everyone was explaining I thought it somehow did save it, I thought I wasn’t saving it right some how. But I just have them on basic screen directions. Now that I have a better hold on the spot directing I’m going to try making them the sizes that I want.

SashaKia · August 23, 2019, 10:33pm

Does it show you any error or warning? You can try using the Web Previewer and copy/paste the spot directing code directly from there. Anyway, I hope you get it to work!

Trentsenna · August 23, 2019, 10:34pm

I didn’t have her in the right zone was my major problem, once I realized that I was golden.

Rihanna90 · September 13, 2019, 11:44am

I am need you help they are not straight tell me kind code need to put down spot light leshell is not straight.she keep dance on side please help me

April_on_episode · October 3, 2019, 5:23am

Hi, I want my character to move while he is dustoff_loop, but when I do it he just goes to the spot not doing anything. What should I use in my script to make it work correctly?

April_on_episode · October 3, 2019, 5:26am

If you’re talking about she won’t dance straight with that command, it won’t change. Some commands can only be done on sides. Hope this helped

Apes · October 3, 2019, 1:18pm

what’s your script?