VR movies and arrow keys

[Rodney Tamblyn]

Klaus,

Thanks for the reply.
>> VR question number 2:
>> ... is there any way to detect drag movements in a zoomed VR? (I know 
>> about and am
>> using drag, tilt and zoom, what I'm interested in is drag position in 
>> a zoomed VR)
>
> Maybe the "pan" property could be useful to you?
Sorry, I meant pan... this isn't what I mean.  To see what I am 
referring to, try zooming in on a vr, then click the "drag zoomed 
object" button on the movie controller (the 4 way arrow icon), then 
drag the VR....
>>

>> VR question number 3:
>> .... is there any way to paint an object over the top of a VR?
>> I'd like to be able control and record movement of a "pointer" 
>> graphic -
>> to enable specific features of a VR to be highlighted. One work around
>> I've thought of is to take a snapshot of the VR frame, load it as a 
>> graphic
>>  and hide the VR.  Movies always seem to appear in the top layer 
>> (this is hardly surprising).
>> Just want to check if my understanding is correct.
>
> I am afriad not. QT always wants to be on top... (Another QT feature 
> ;-)
>
> If you set the alwaysbuffer of a player to true, then you can put 
> other object above
> that player, but the interactivity is gone...

Thanks - alwaysbuffer works fine for my purposes!

>
>> Is there any way to send a message from Metacard *to* a sprite track 
>> within a quicktime movie?
>> (I'm aware of QTdebug, but that's going from the movie to MC)
>
> Sorry, don't know, but would also like to hear a positive answer :-)

R.

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