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From: How Camp
Subject: "Start-of-film" clip?
Date: 25 Nov 2002 18:26:45
Message: <3de2b1b5$1@news.povray.org>
I'm looking to have some fun with one of my POV animations.  I'd like to
render a small intro to my animation that utilizes the familiar
'start-of-a-film' clip where you see numbers counting down toward zero,
usually with a circle around it, etc.  Is there a technical name for this
intro portion you occasionally see?

Anyway, would anyone happen to have a small clip (or a link to one) showing
this phenomenon?  I can't seem to find one, and my poor attempts to render a
similar sequence look... well, not very much like what I seem to recall it
should look like.  Any help would be appreciated.

- How


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From: =Bob=
Subject: Re: "Start-of-film" clip?
Date: 25 Nov 2002 19:19:12
Message: <3de2be00@news.povray.org>
"How Camp" <kro### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message news:3de2b1b5$1@news.povray.org...
: I'm looking to have some fun with one of my POV animations.  I'd like to
: render a small intro to my animation that utilizes the familiar
: 'start-of-a-film' clip where you see numbers counting down toward zero,
: usually with a circle around it, etc.  Is there a technical name for this
: intro portion you occasionally see?
:
: Anyway, would anyone happen to have a small clip (or a link to one) showing
: this phenomenon?  I can't seem to find one, and my poor attempts to render a
: similar sequence look... well, not very much like what I seem to recall it
: should look like.  Any help would be appreciated.
: - How

It's called the "countdown" and runs from 10 down to 2 seconds
with the remaining 2 seconds being black before the actual start
of the production. I remember Adobe Premiere has a default
countdown that comes with it.
=Bob=


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From: Ken
Subject: Re: "Start-of-film" clip?
Date: 25 Nov 2002 20:56:31
Message: <3DE2D50A.855B6AFC@pacbell.net>
How Camp wrote:
> 
> I'm looking to have some fun with one of my POV animations.  I'd like to
> render a small intro to my animation that utilizes the familiar
> 'start-of-a-film' clip where you see numbers counting down toward zero,
> usually with a circle around it, etc.  Is there a technical name for this
> intro portion you occasionally see?
> 
> Anyway, would anyone happen to have a small clip (or a link to one) showing
> this phenomenon?  I can't seem to find one, and my poor attempts to render a
> similar sequence look... well, not very much like what I seem to recall it
> should look like.  Any help would be appreciated.

Some links I found through google that may be of use -

http://palmcomputing.palmgear.com/palm/searchresults.cfm?category=203

http://www.farewellanalog.net/collection3.html

-- 
Ken Tyler


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From: How Camp
Subject: Re: "Start-of-film" clip?
Date: 26 Nov 2002 00:57:33
Message: <3de30d4d$1@news.povray.org>
"Ken" <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote in message
news:3DE2D50A.855B6AFC@pacbell.net...
>
>
> Some links I found through google that may be of use -
>
> http://palmcomputing.palmgear.com/palm/searchresults.cfm?category=203
>
> http://www.farewellanalog.net/collection3.html
>
> --
> Ken Tyler

Perfect!  Thanks to both of you, Ken and Bob.

- How


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From: hughes, b 
Subject: Re: "Start-of-film" clip?
Date: 26 Nov 2002 00:59:54
Message: <3de30dda@news.povray.org>
Here's all I was able to find of one in action, very quick entrance page
animated gif.

http://www.flahertyseminar.org/

The other I found was a place selling the film strip leader itself for use
in film making but it only showed a still of a few frames. Seems the
rotating sweeping line type isn't the only kind now that I've looked for
this thing. Some say countdown to 2 others 3, with 2 being where black
frames and sound sync begins. Numbers 9 and 6 spelled out, for obvious
reasons.

I had done one of these before but only a very unofficial guess at it. Were
circled numbers as image maps, and no idea what I named the file or where it
is now anyhow.


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