Aviutl Tips, Tricks and Support thread

[PhotoCat]

BTW I have verified that the long address awareness is working but u have to set it running aviutl as admin Tks!
It allocated up to 3.6GB memory for my test case before aviutl crashed.

[PhotoCat]

Is Aviutl capable of creating a Ken Burns Slideshow effect (pan & zoom based on still images) Automatically?

I know I can do it manually by editing each slide. Anyone knows how to do it like Windows Live Movie Maker?
i.e. Just load all images in a folder into aviutl and then automatically apply random pan zoom effect for each image.

Tks!

[racer-x]

I made some presets for zoom-in zoom-out and page-curl left/right. Here are my effects in a zip file. Unpack and copy the folder into Aviutl root directory.

1) Import your still image or video.
2) When you go to add effects, you'll see my "Racer-x Effects" in the list.

[MaverickTse]

Is Aviutl capable of creating a Ken Burns Slideshow effect (pan & zoom based on still images) Automatically?

I know I can do it manually by editing each slide. Anyone knows how to do it like Windows Live Movie Maker?
i.e. Just load all images in a folder into aviutl and then automatically apply random pan zoom effect for each image.

Tks!

Possible if someone write such an FX with LUA scripting, but I don't aware of any existing one.

Again, if you know a freeware can already do what you want, the most efficient way is to use that known piece of software.

[MaverickTse]

Tks for the backup tips...

Tried the clipping fix but it is not working:

For placing a video object:
"Can not read the video because image size is too large
The maximum image size can be changed in the System Setting"

For placing an image object:
Still the same clipping

For D&D:
still the same clipping

Nothing seems to hv changed... I just copies the 2 files into the same folder as aviutl.exe.
Perhaps there is more I need to do to activate it?? Tks!

DO YOU EVER READ MANUAL?

You need to adjust the import plugin priority (Under the File>Settings menu)!

Of course D&D will not change anything! READ AGAIN on the =Points to Note= section(In RED)

[PhotoCat]

Thank you so much racer-x once again! They all work! U r a master of this tool!

Still wondering though... what is the reason to create this zoom in and zoom out presets, when
one can do it on the "standard drawing" panel? Anything I am missing? Tks!

[poisondeathray]

Hey Racer - how about putting all the preset effects in the 1st post ? or at least somewhere together? If people upload more, they might become buried in the thread or difficult to find for someone looking for them

[PhotoCat]

Possible if someone write such an FX with LUA scripting, but I don't aware of any existing one.

Again, if you know a freeware can already do what you want, the most efficient way is to use that known piece of software.

A few reasons:

1) WLMM only generates .wmv file and I have to convert it to .mp4
2) I am addicted to FFmpeg2's small output file size LOL
3) This is probably the major reason: WLMM's zoom ratio is too small. With Aviutl, I can zoom to whatever I want
4) Now addicted to aviutl! It rocks!

[poisondeathray]

Another option for KenBurnsEffect automatically (I think) is the DVDSlideShowGUI . I think it actually uses KenBurnsEffect() from avisynth

[racer-x]

Hey Racer - how about putting all the preset effects in the 1st post ? or at least somewhere together? If people upload more, they might become buried in the thread or difficult to find for someone looking for them

I just posted the zip file along with a tutorial on the use of the Page-Curl effect to the 1st post.

[PhotoCat]

Another option for KenBurnsEffect automatically (I think) is the DVDSlideShowGUI . I think it actually uses KenBurnsEffect() from avisynth

Good to cu agn poisondeathray! Thanks for the pointers!

[MaverickTse]

Hey Racer - how about putting all the preset effects in the 1st post ? or at least somewhere together? If people upload more, they might become buried in the thread or difficult to find for someone looking for them

I second this motion.

[MaverickTse]

Possible if someone write such an FX with LUA scripting, but I don't aware of any existing one.

Again, if you know a freeware can already do what you want, the most efficient way is to use that known piece of software.

A few reasons:

1) WLMM only generates .wmv file and I have to convert it to .mp4
2) I am addicted to FFmpeg2's small output file size LOL
3) This is probably the major reason: WLMM's zoom ratio is too small. With Aviutl, I can zoom to whatever I want
4) Now addicted to aviutl! It rocks!

"addicted"....
(speechless)

[racer-x]

Still wondering though... what is the reason to create this zoom in and zoom out presets, when
one can do it on the "standard drawing" panel? Anything I am missing? Tks!

I created those presets for a slideshow I did recently. It makes it much faster to apply a saved effect than to manually do each image....

You could also do an animation on one image, copy and paste it multiple times, then change the file reference to a different image...

[MaverickTse]

Still wondering though... what is the reason to create this zoom in and zoom out presets, when
one can do it on the "standard drawing" panel? Anything I am missing? Tks!

I created those presets for a slideshow I did recently. It makes it much faster to apply a saved effect than to manually do each image....

You could also do an animation on one image, copy and paste it multiple times, then change the file reference to a different image...

EXA is not limited to FX, you can click on the object bar and make an alias out of the WHOLE object(with attached FX).
This can speed up work even more (just need to change file reference)

[PhotoCat]

DO YOU EVER READ MANUAL?

You need to adjust the import plugin priority (Under the File>Settings menu)!

Of course D&D will not change anything! READ AGAIN on the =Points to Note= section(In RED)

Yes, I did read the manual twice otherwise I wouldn't hv used a "video file" to import a still image LOL!
I am sorry I missed the plugin priority there but to be honest, as a newbie, I had no idea what "plugin priority" was
and how to set it. Would have been helpful if the "plugin priority change note" was included in the "installation procedure section".

Anyway, it works now!! Yay!! My test images came from my buddy's Nikon D800E, a 36meg jpg and my own 29meg jpg!
They both have no problem! I hv noticed that I needed to check "loopback" in order to extend the image-clip length and I
guess that is normal.

Thanks for all the hard work Maverick!

[PhotoCat]

Still wondering though... what is the reason to create this zoom in and zoom out presets, when
one can do it on the "standard drawing" panel? Anything I am missing? Tks!

I created those presets for a slideshow I did recently. It makes it much faster to apply a saved effect than to manually do each image....

You could also do an animation on one image, copy and paste it multiple times, then change the file reference to a different image...

EXA is not limited to FX, you can click on the object bar and make an alias out of the WHOLE object(with attached FX).
This can speed up work even more (just need to change file reference)

Good Tip Maverick & Racer! Yes! To copy the entire object with effects and just change the file reference!! Brilliant!
So I can make more specific effects like zoom-in-pan_upper_right, zoom-in-pan_left etc... and reuse them to different images...

Racer, how to use your zoom-in preset? Zoom% I can understand, but X & Y seem to be a scaling function rather than a pan function.
I would think one would need a pan function... to zoom into a specific spot on the image. Confused here...

BTW, sharing a tip I accidentally found out: to do panning, there is no need to adjust the numbers X & Y. Just drag the image around at its starting point and X & Y will follow automatically. Similarly for the finishing point. Just make sure X & Y movements are turned on. Thanks!

[PhotoCat]

Is there a programming guide for creating these .EXA presets?
It looks like a text file with some programming... tks!

edit: oh... just saw the tutorial posted by racer on page 1... will check it out... tks!

[MaverickTse]

Is there a programming guide for creating these .EXA presets?
It looks like a text file with some programming... tks!

edit: oh... just saw the tutorial posted by racer on page 1... will check it out... tks!

.EXA is similar to .EXO and they are not really programming scripts. They are .INI-like files just documenting what FX or objects are there.
The actual programming scripts for FX are those .ANM, ,.TRA and .OBJ files which are written in LUA(v5.1) syntax.

Since you 're a newbie, don't jump into the programming/hacking stuff. Get used to the usual operation first.

[PhotoCat]

Just noticed the .aup project file is a binary file so it is hard to make modifications to it.
Is there a way for aviutl to read in a project "text" file?
I am thinking for a slideshow of 50 images, it is troublesome to import 50 images manually. (even copy & paste 50 objects
and change references is troublesome) If aviutl can read a "text" project file, perhaps creating such a text file with 50 lines of references
would be easier... Tks!

[MaverickTse]

Just noticed the .aup project file is a binary file so it is hard to make modifications to it.
Is there a way for aviutl to read in a project "text" file?
I am thinking for a slideshow of 50 images, it is troublesome to import 50 images manually. (even copy & paste 50 objects
and change references is troublesome) If aviutl can read a "text" project file, perhaps creating such a text file with 50 lines of references
would be easier... Tks!

Yes, the EXO I mentioned eariler is in essence a "project file in text"(almost)
An EXO documents all objects and attached effects in a single scene. You create this EXO by [right click on timeline> File> Export object file].
Once you understood its structure, you can create an EXO with programming/text editor.(I have done this once when making an EXO->SRT/ASS converter)

Note that an EXO does not contains:
> custom layer name
> objects in other scene
> Text object as human-readable string (in UTF-16LE instead)
> File references load into AviUtl Base program directly

For Image sequence however, you can rename your images as 4-digit numbers (0000.png, 0001.png....) and load the FIRST one as Video Object.
This should load all remaining image on its own. However, You'll need to add the 49 transition effects in the right positions...

Perhaps making an EXO slideshow generation helper will be worthy...

[PhotoCat]

This is so cool Maverick! I can see the info inside the project file now
Also read the project back in and it recreated the whole project, though a little slow! Vy interesting!
Still need to do more detective work to understand the file format. I love Aviutl! Tks once again!

[PhotoCat]

Perhaps making an EXO slideshow generation helper will be worthy...

+1

[MaverickTse]

Perhaps making an EXO slideshow generation helper will be worthy...

+1

↑Done.
See post #3 of this thread.
There is a small ZIP attachment there.
Requires .NET 4.5

Three types of output:
1> typical sildeshow using SceneChange object(cross-fade)
2> Slideshow uisng SceneChange object but RANDOMIZED pattern for each transition
3> PageCurl FX with SimpleWrap_V2

The actual image files need not to be there at the time of EXO creation. It just take the folder path and filename pattern:
[Folder path]/<Prefix><##><Suffix>
at the time of creation.
The no. of # is defined by the "Digits" number box, and will pad leading zeros if appropriate.

For example, if you have the following files:

r_twikabe01_1920_1080.jpg
r_twikabe02_1920_1080.jpg
r_twikabe03_1920_1080.jpg
r_twikabe04_1920_1080.jpg
r_twikabe05_1920_1080.jpg
r_twikabe06_1920_1080.jpg
r_twikabe07_1920_1080.jpg

then
No. of Image= 7
Prefix= r_twikabe
Digits= 2
Suffix= _1920_1080.jpg
Note that counter starts from 1

[PhotoCat]

Yay! It works! It was the fastest project in development!
Thank you Maverick! U r super!

A few tiny things, if possible, may further enhance the program:

1) Keep an ini file such that when one opens the program again, the previous values are displayed. This helps tweaking.
Though now I just have to keep the program open and not close it until I am happy with the results:

2) Would it be easy to add random pan & zoom effects too?

A few working ones for zoom are:

For each image:
Randomly pick:

zoom%=120.00,100.00,1
or
zoom%=100.00,120.00,1

A few working ones for pans are:

For each image:
Randomly pick:

X=-200.0,0.0,1
or
X=200.0,0.0,1

as well as:

Y=0.0,-200.0,1
or
Y=0.0,200.0,1

Perhaps you can let us type in our own user-defined pan and zoom values in an array and then randomly pick them for us

Thanks you once again the Marvellous Maverick!

[PhotoCat]

Your input dialog is so cool! What programming language is that? I am still using shell scripts sight... vy rusty too... Tks!

[PhotoCat]

For the enhancement of slideshow helper, I would recommend that the random X, Y & Zoom values be added directly to the "standard drawing" panel, but not to a new additional panel for simplicity n usability.

For now, I have added all the random X, Y, & Zoom values myself directly into the "standard drawing" panel inside the .EXO file, which was generated by Maverick's slideshow helper.

With the modified EXO file, I can now easily drag the slideshow image to adjust its start and end position for pan! It is so easy now!! Tks to Maverick agn!
This automated way of doing Ken Burns pan & zoom effect is way better than WLMM! I can zoom into however close I want and I have full control on the start and stop position of the pans. It is so amazing! The .EXO file support saves so much user elbow grease! Aviutl & Maverick rock!!

[MaverickTse]

Yay! It works! It was the fastest project in development!
Thank you Maverick! U r super!

A few tiny things, if possible, may further enhance the program:

1) Keep an ini file such that when one opens the program again, the previous values are displayed. This helps tweaking.
Though now I just have to keep the program open and not close it until I am happy with the results:

2) Would it be easy to add random pan & zoom effects too?

A few working ones for zoom are:

For each image:
Randomly pick:

zoom%=120.00,100.00,1
or
zoom%=100.00,120.00,1

A few working ones for pans are:

For each image:
Randomly pick:

X=-200.0,0.0,1
or
X=200.0,0.0,1

as well as:

Y=0.0,-200.0,1
or
Y=0.0,200.0,1

Perhaps you can let us type in our own user-defined pan and zoom values in an array and then randomly pick them for us


Thanks you once again the Marvellous Maverick!

Please post a sample project file or EXO file, using Text objects for your annotation.

[MaverickTse]

Your input dialog is so cool! What programming language is that? I am still using shell scripts sight... vy rusty too... Tks!

C# (.Net Framework 4.5)

[PhotoCat]

Here is the .exo file I am using on my slideshow project.
It contains about 70 images with ken burns effect.