Another n00b question...

[beeferoni]

Man I know there must be such an obvious answer to this, but it will really save me a lot of time to know beforehand. Do I make the preset in the order I want things to appear (i.e., background elements first, then fore) or vice versa, or perhaps it makes no difference? (but I'm sure it does) Thanks for your help.

[PAK-9]

Yes, the render order is from top to bottom, blended accordingly. You can change the order somewhat with buffer saves but dont worry about that unless you want to do 'advanced' stuff

[beeferoni]

Thanks, PAK. good to see you again.

[beeferoni]

no advanced stuff for me just yet. I'm still figuring out these basics! :P

[PAK-9]

No! I have to shove more information into your brain than it can handle!

[beeferoni]

ha ha. I dont think my brain will implode, but it's a great thing to have these forums and all the guides there are if you know where to look, so you dont have to remember everything all at once. So any info you think may be pertinent, go ahead and give it, I'll try to hold my head in place. )

[PAK-9]

Well, with respect to render order it will render from top to bottom, however remember that trans elements above a render element will have the render element rendered over it, make a preset that has a superscope and a movement and swap them around to see the effect it has.

If you need to render/trans a series of elements seperately from another series of elements use an effect list. If you want to save what has been rendered up to a point, use a buffer save. Then you can get that back with a buffer save set to 'restore'. I cant really suggest anything else important, you need to learn by exprimenting really.

[beeferoni]

I understand. That is a wealth of information right there. I am currently mixing different presets and tweaking them to see what happens, and I have already learned quite a bit. (Please don't worry, I am not someone who is going to try to claim releaed presets as my own whether they are mixed and/or tweaked or not). Thanks again. Excelsior!

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hey pak, anything wrong with you? No offending "noobs stink" today, just plain and helpful explanations! Not bad!

[PAK-9]

I like beeferoni, I've taken him under my wing

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said by the grandmasta of flame, the personified fright of any noob...

btw, i didn't knew that there is that much space under a sparrow's wing

[PAK-9]

Theres plenty of space under my giant albatross-esque appendage.

[^..^]

watch out not to get overloaded! When you have to lift that appendix and your charge you might be unabled to fly!

[PAK-9]

Its an appendage (body part) not an appendix (piece of collateral information to a document)

I'm afraid your post is a mix of innapropriate words and exclamation marks that I cant really follow.

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ah, pak its always the same with you: if you don't know a good counter, you blame the opponent for using a bad english. However, i'm sorry to correct you, but actually "appendix" means the small end-thing of the intestines. (Besides, you should also keep an eye on your own spelling.)

Ok let's leave it with this. Somehow it's really petty to discuss about correct english and that...

Perhaps we should stop our permanent quarrels in genral?!