Scratch Me animated texture created with PD Pro 4.1 see how it's done > tutorials	more Tutorials
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The Animated Texture	Mapped onto a 3D rectangle
	^ click image to see animation ^

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This was achieved in PD Pro by using the bluescreen compositing feature: One animation (image sequence) contains the 'background', the other contains the foreground  layer. By painting with blue we create an animated blue screen that acts as a hole from the front to the back 'layer' Then, we use the Timeline editor to composite bluescreen. The pixels which are blue in the front animation will show their corresponding pixels from the back clip.

Front Animation first sequence (before blue scratches painted over it). 90 frames total	first sequence (with blue paint progressively added over the images with the Stroke player in Hancock mode, and a bunch of first untouched frames inserted at the start and a bunch added at the end to extend to additional  time. 160 frames total	Back animation the second image sequence 160 frames total, in BMP format

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but wait,... there's more!

The image in the background that is revealed by the blue scratches, well, it is also an animation. So it doesn't necessarily have to show a static image ("You Win!"). That background clip can be an animation or a video clip too. Click this image to see an example:

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The Tutorials - how it's done

here's a set of tutorials and ideas on how to do this with PD Pro 4.1

step 1 - Storing images, getting started

step 2 - Creating the front animation

step 3 - The brush stroke player

step 4 - Inserting frames on either end of the animation

step 5 - Creating the second animation

step 6 - An Animated Example (of the background clip)

step 7 - Bluescreen Composting

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