Is there a way to make this banner effect with RW/3rd Party apps

Edward · February 2012

I'm wondering if it's possible to make text move over your banner in an animation similar to the following site?

http://www.barnesir.com/

any suggestions greatly appreciated.

ronoi · February 2012

Hi Ed,

Welcome to the forum and to RapidWeaver.

Yes, absolutely.

There are a whole host of 3rd party plugins for doing slideshows and also for having background images behind stacks.

Some of my personal favorites:

DooBox - www.doobox.co.uk

Joe Workman - joeworkman.net/rapidweaver/

Weaver Addons - www.weaveraddons.com

But there are obviously loads more. See how you get on and if you need some more info, give me a shout.

Good luck.

Chris

ronoi · February 2012

I forgot to add this too:

http://www.rapid-ideas.com/addons/overlay.html

and have a look at PlusKit - a very useful tool to have and well worth the money. http://loghound.com/pluskit/index.html

Chris

Edward · February 2012

Thanks Ronoi,

I currently have PlusKit, as well as Multitool lite and symNivo.

I have a symNivo picture slideshow running in a banner but I need text layers to animate over that slideshow.

Would you know of a specific add-on that would accomplish that?

ronoi · February 2012

Hi Ed,

In the example you gave, it was a static image with the text "slides" going across the top.

Are you looking to have the images sliding independently of the text? It can be done but I'm not sure if it might be a bit too much (visually)?

I'll have a look when I get in and see what I can find.

Chris

ronoi · February 2012

Hi Ed,

I've just found this: http://rwextras.com/layerup/.html

I might invest in it myself

Chris

ronoi · February 2012

Link doesn't work. try this: http://rwextras.com/layerup/layerup.html

There are some great looking demos on the site and it will definitely do what you want.

I'm working on a project right now that this would be perfect for, i might purchase this evening and have a play around and let you know how i get on.

Edward · February 2012

thanks a lot!
I'm going to check it out right now.

I won't need to use this for another few days so in case you end up buying it,
please do let me know how it works out for you...

ronoi · February 2012

Hi Ed,

So here is what i found - I bought the stack, installed and have had a play around for half an hour.

I't quite good. You can get some really nice overlapping Fade-Ins and outs (I've yet to read the instructions so i'm only going on what i've done through trial and error). What i've been playing with so far is here: http://www.chrisadamsdesignstudio.com/test

I did however then see a chart comparing LayerUp with AnimatePro (also by rwextras) - It seems that Animate Pro may be a better option for you.

The chart in question is here: http://rwextras.com/media_files/compare.jpg and the link to Animate Pro is here: http://rwextras.com/animate_pro/

I think in retrospect, i should have looked a little harder first and gone with Animate Pro as it seems to do everything LayerUp does (and more) for the same price.

All the best

Chris

Edward · February 2012

animatePro definitely seems like the way to go for what I'm looking for.
Will probably download it tomorrow and test it out.
Thanks so much!

Colorwave · February 2012

I'd say that you could fake it with the first slideshows that Chris mentioned, but that AnimatePro would be the best solution to give you total control over the design. I used it here, for reference: http://www.lippsandson.com/pacific

I've been playing around with a more powerful animation tool that I won in a contest, MotionComposer. It is more powerful still, but has a fairly steep learning curve. I'm finding that what I was hoping to do with it is too slow to load, for my first project, so I'm in the process of redesigning it to not use PNGs. I built it as totally transparent, but will have to fake that with JPEGs to get a more reasonable file size. Here's the test page, just to give you any idea: http://www.surftoart.com/test

If you don't need more complex effects, AnimatePro is a lot less expensive and very capable.

Edward · February 2012

Thanks Ron,

Your first example is pretty much exactly what I'm looking for.
Just wish I could put the text over a symNivo slideshow but that doesn't appear to be possible.

btw, now I really want one of those surboards for my wall

Colorwave · February 2012

Glad to help, Edward. Moving things is kinda fun, so have at it, and post your results, so we can see what you come up with.

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