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Effects Reference for Avid Xpress Pro, Avid Xpress DV • Part 0130-05716-01 • September 2003

Using This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Who Should Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

If You Need Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

If You Have Documentation Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

How to Order Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Avid Educational Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Chapter 1 2D Effects Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

2D Effects Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Global and Keyframeable Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Acceleration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Avid Pan & Zoom Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Other Options button for the Avid Pan & Zoom Effect. . . . . . . . 23

Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Display Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Position for the Avid Pan & Zoom Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Velocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Background for the Avid Pan & Zoom Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Advanced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Border . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Color Effect Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Luma Adjust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Luma Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Luma Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Chroma Adjust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Color Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Color Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Crop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Foreground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Illusion FX Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Border . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Circle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Glow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Start Timecode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Key Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Secondary Key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Spill Suppression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Key Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Chroma Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Matte Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Color Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Matrix Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Traditional Motion Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Freeze Frame Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Variable Speed and Strobe Motion Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Plug-in Effect Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Scroll Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Region Stabilize Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Region of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Auto Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Progressive Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Transition Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

2D Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Blend Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Dip to Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Dissolve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Fade from Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Fade to Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Picture-in-Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Superimpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Box Wipe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Bottom Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Bottom Left to Top Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Bottom Right to Top Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Left Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Right Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Top Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Top Left to Bottom Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Top Right to Bottom Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Conceal Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Bottom Left to Top Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Bottom Right to Top Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Bottom to Top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Left to Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Right to Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Top Left to Bottom Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Top Right to Bottom Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Top to Bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Edge Wipe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Horizontal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Horizontal Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Lower Left Diagonal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Lower Right Diagonal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Upper Left Diagonal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Upper Right Diagonal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Vertical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Vertical Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Film Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

1.66 Mask. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

1.85 Mask. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

16:9 Mask. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Anamorphic Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Blowup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Film Dissolve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Film Fade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Mask. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Illusion FX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Color Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Crystal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Film Grain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Flare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

FluidBlur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

FluidColorMap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

FluidMorph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Iris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Kaleidoscope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Lightning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Melt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Motion Blur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Page Curl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Particle Blast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Particle Orbit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Particle Wind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Pattern Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Pinch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Radial Blur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Random Blend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Ripple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Rollup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Shear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Sparkler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Sphere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Swirl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Timecode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Twist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Wave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Image Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Avid Pan & Zoom (AVX Plug-In Effect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Color Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Color Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Flip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Flip-Flop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Flop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Region Stabilize. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Resize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Submaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Key Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Chroma Key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Luma Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Matte Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

RGB Keyer (AVX Plug-in Effect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

L-Conceal Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Bottom Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Bottom Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Top Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Top Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Matrix Wipe Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

One-Way Row . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Speckle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Spiral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Zig-Zag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Motion Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Freeze Frame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Variable Speed and Strobe Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Peel Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Bottom Left Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Bottom Right Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Bottom to Top. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Left to Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Right to Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Top Left Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Top Right Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Top to Bottom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Push Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Bottom Left to Top Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Bottom Right to Top Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Bottom to Top. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Left to Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Right to Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Top Left to Bottom Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Top Right to Bottom Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Top to Bottom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Sawtooth Wipe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Horizontal Sawtooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Horizontal Open Sawtooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Vertical Open Sawtooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Vertical Sawtooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Shape Wipe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

4 Corners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Center Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Circle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Diamond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Ellipse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Horizontal Bands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Horizontal Blinds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Vertical Blinds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Spin Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

X Spin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Y Spin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Squeeze Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Bottom Centered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Bottom Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Bottom Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Bottom to Top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Centered Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Horizontal Centered. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Left Centered. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Left to Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Right Centered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Right to Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Top Centered. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Top Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Top Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Top to Bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Vertical Centered. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Timewarp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Timewarp: 0% To 100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Timewarp: 100% To 0% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Timewarp: 50% Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Timewarp: Trim to Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Timewarp: Reverse Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Timewarp: Speed Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Timewarp: Speed Bump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Title Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Comparison of Similar Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Chapter 2 3D Effects Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

3D Effects Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Global Versus Keyframeable Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

The Hierarchy of Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Direct Manipulation of 3D Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Acceleration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Axis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Border. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Crop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Foreground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Shadow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Shape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Spline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Trail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Xpress 3D Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

3D Shape Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

3D PIP Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Page Fold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Tips for Page Fold Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

3D Ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Limitations to 3D Ball Shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

3D Slats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Using This Guide

Congratulations on your purchase of an Avid editing application. You can use it to create broadcast-quality output incorporating every possible production element from full-speed, high-resolution footage, to multimedia artwork and animation, to computer-generated effects and titling.

The documentation describes the features and hardware of all models. Therefore, your system might not contain certain features and hardware that are covered in the documentation.

Who Should Use This Guide

This guide is intended for all Avid users, from beginning to advanced.

About This Guide

This guide contains reference material for your Avid application’s effects capabilities. It is a companion volume to the Effects Guide for Avid Xpress Pro, Avid Xpress DV, which contains a complete explanation of all the tools and techniques required to create, apply, and adjust various effects and graphics, including useful tips, shortcuts, and custom options.

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Symbols and Conventions

Unless noted otherwise, the material in this document applies to the Windows

XP and Mac® OS X operating systems. When the text applies

to a specific operating system, it is marked as follows:

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Avid Xpres s DV

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the mouse button (Macintosh) while you move the mouse.

Ctrl+key

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Chapter 1

2D Effects Reference

This chapter describes all 2D effects parameters and then summarizes all 2D effects in alphabetical order within each effect category. For information on effects editing, see the chapter “Basics of Effects Editing” in the effects guide or the Help.

• 2D Effects Parameters

• 2D Effects

• Comparison of Similar Effects

Chapter 1 2D Effects Reference

2D Effects Parameters

This section provides a general description of all 2D parameters, in alphabetical order. Some parameters apply to a wide range of effects; others are specific to a small group of effects, such as keys or motion effects.

Effect parameters are grouped in the following categories:

• Acceleration

• Avid Pan & Zoom Parameters

• Background

• Border

• Color Effect Parameters

• Crop

• Foreground

• Illusion FX Parameters

• Key Parameters

• Matrix Parameters

• Traditional Motion Effect Parameters

• Plug-in Effect Parameters

• Position

• Region Stabilize Parameters

• Scaling

• Transition Parameters

For an explanation of how to change a parameter, see “Understanding Effect Parameters” in the effects guide or the Help.

Global and Keyframeable Parameters

The effects parameters are divided into two types:

• Global

Changes apply to all keyframes. When you change a global parameter, the system automatically sets the value for all keyframes in the effect.

• Keyframeable

Changes can be applied to individual keyframes. You can use keyframe parameters to alter an effect over time.

This distinction is noted throughout this section for each parameter.

Acceleration

2D Effects Parameters

Parameter Type Global

Description Adjusts the effect’s speed over time by having the effect ease in and ease out of every

keyframe. This gives the effect a more natural appearance. The overall speed of an effect is determined by the duration of the effect, which is determined by the length of the clip in the sequence. If you want to slow down or speed up the movement of an effect, you will need to change the length of your effect or use add edits to limit the portion of the clip affected by the effect.

Use of Control Drag the slider to control ease in and ease out motion. When the slider is to the left

(value of 0), there is no ease in and ease out motion. The effect maintains a constant speed throughout its path. As the slider moves to the right (toward a maximum value of 100), ease in and ease out motion increases.

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Avid Pan & Zoom Parameters

This section describes the parameter categories available for the Avid Pan & Zoom AVX plug-in effect.

Other Options button

Other Options button for the Avid Pan & Zoom Effect

Parameter type: Global

The Other Options button opens a file selection dialog box. Use it to specify the image file for the Avid Pan & Zoom effect.

2D Effects Parameters

Display

If you move the image file after importing it into the Avid Pan & Zoom effect, the effect will not be able to locate the file and you must reimport the image.

Parameter type: Global

The Display Fast menu lets you choose how you view the image as you work on it.

• Source shows you the entire image scaled to fit inside the Effect Preview monitor. Use Source as you draft the effect.

• Tar ge t shows you the results of your pan and zoom settings. Use Target for previewing your moves.

For more information, see “Viewing the Image While You Work” in the effects guide or the Help.

Display Options

Parameter type: Global

Show Action Safe in the Display Options parameter category selects or deselects the display of the safe action area. When Show Action Safe is selected, the safe action area appears as a rectangle superimposed on the field of view.

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Size

Parameter type: Keyframeable

The Size parameter category contains the Zoom Factor slider. This slider controls how far you zoom into or out from the source image.

The Zoom Factor ranges from .1 to 20. At .1, the application scales down the image to one-tenth the original. At 1, the application applies no magnification to the source image. At 20, the application scales up the image 20 times - that is, by 2,000%.

The larger the Zoom Factor, the smaller the field of view rectangle appears when you use Source mode.

Position for the Avid Pan & Zoom Effect

Parameter type: Keyframeable

You control pan by either using the X and Y Position parameters or dragging the field of view across the source image.

The Position parameters refer to the center of the field of view. A Position of 0, 0 centers the field of view over the center of the image.

For more information, see “Panning Over the Source Image” in the effects guide or the Help.

Velocity

Parameter type: Keyframeable

The Avid Pan & Zoom effect uses Velocity In and Velocity Out at each keyframe to modify apparent camera speed as it pans across the image between keyframes. It modifies changes in the Zoom Factor setting in the same way.

The Velocity parameters divide the time between keyframes in half. Velocity In controls the rate of movement in the first half; Velocity Out controls the rate of movement in the second half.

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Parameter Option Description

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Velocity In Linear For the first half of the time between the selected keyframe and the next

keyframe (starting at the selected keyframe and ending at the midpoint between keyframes), the effect makes no modification to the pan and zoom movement. This results in apparent camera movement that begins immediately with no ease in.

Constant The effect does not use the keyframe’s Position parameters to calculate the

speed of the effect. However, the effect still uses the keyframe’s Position parameters to determine the path of the effect (the pan) and the keyframe’s Zoom Factor to calculate the zoom between the selected keyframe and the next keyframe. For more information on using the Constant option, see “Creating a Path with Constant Velocity” in the effects guide or the Help.

When you select Constant for Velocity In, the effect automatically selects Constant for Velocity Out, and vice versa.

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Parameter Option Description

Ease In For the first half of the time between the selected keyframe and the next

keyframe (starting at the selected keyframe and ending at the midpoint between keyframes), the effect modifies the pan and zoom movement by providing a slight acceleration. To ease in and ease out of the entire effect, see “Using Ease In and Ease Out” in the effects guide or the Help.

Velocity Out Linear For the second half of the time between the selected keyframe and the next

keyframe (starting at the midpoint and ending at the next keyframe), the effect makes no modification to the pan and zoom movement. This results in parameters that change at a constant rate up to the next keyframe.

Ease Out For the second half of the time between the selected keyframe and the next

keyframe (starting at the midpoint and ending at the next keyframe), the effect modifies the pan and zoom movement by providing a slight deceleration. To ease in and ease out of the entire effect, see “Using Ease In and Ease Out” in the effects guide or the Help.

Constant The effect does not use the keyframe’s Position parameters to calculate the

speed of the effect. However, the effect still uses the keyframe’s Position parameters in determining the path of the effect (the pan) and the keyframe’s Zoom Factor to calculate the zoom between the selected keyframe and the next keyframe. For more information on using the Constant option, see “Creating a Path with Constant Velocity” in the effects guide or the Help.

When you select Constant for Velocity Out, the effect automatically selects Constant for Velocity In, and vice versa.

Hold At the midpoint between the selected keyframe and the next keyframe, the

image freezes (pan and zoom movement stops). Movement resumes at the next keyframe. The effect disregards the Velocity In value of the next keyframe.

If you have Background set to Video, the background continues to update.

Path

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Parameter type: Global

The Path parameter controls how the Avid Pan & Zoom effect interpolates Position parameter changes between keyframes.

• Linear interpolation creates straight-line changes from one keyframe to the next.

• Spline interpolation smooths out changes between keyframes to create a more natural movement.

The Avid Pan & Zoom effect calculates a Spline path so that it is smooth through all points. If you move a point the effect recalculates the entire path.

If you combine a Spline path with Constant velocity, when you move a keyframe the path recalculation might result in a change to the velocity of the effect.

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Filtering

Parameter type: Global

Filtering controls the method by which the Avid Pan & Zoom effect renders and determines the quality of the rendered result. The various filtering methods allow you to trade off the clarity or sharpness of the resized image and the speed at which the effect renders.

The following illustration ranks the Filtering options from fastest render time and lowest quality image to longest render time and highest quality image. For more information, see “Filtering” in the effects guide or the Help.

Longest Render Time

Shortest Render Time

Quadratic

Triangle

Real Time

Lowest Image Quality

Avid Ultra Qual

Avid Hi Qual

Gaussian

B-Spline Catmull

Cubic

Highest Image Quality

Background for the Avid Pan & Zoom Effect

Parameter type: Global

With the Avid Pan & Zoom effect you can select a field of view from the original image that does not fill the entire screen. The Background parameter determines what appears outside the field of view.

• Color lets you select a background color using one of the following methods:

t Manipulate the RGB sliders directly, or use the numeric keypad to

enter values.

t Click the Other Options button to use the Windows Color dialog

box or the Macintosh Color Picker.

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t Click the Color Preview window, and use the eyedropper.

For more information, see “Adjusting a Color Parameter” in the effects guide or the Help.

• Video uses the video from the segment upon which you placed the Avid Pan & Zoom effect.

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Advanced

Parameter type: Global

The Advanced parameter category provides controls to compensate for differences in pixel shape between source and output, and to select input color levels.

• Source Has Square Pixels is enabled by default. The Avid Pan & Zoom effect makes the calculations necessary to produce results compatible with rectangular pixels.

When you deselect Source Has Square Pixels, the Avid Pan & Zoom effect makes no changes to the pixel shape.

•The Level setting tells the effect how to treat the color levels in the image.

- RGB is for images with a black level of 0 and a white level of 255.

Most images you import into the Avid Pan & Zoom effect (except those from a video source) use RGB values. The effect maps colors to video black and white levels, which are 16 and 235 respectively. RGB is the default Level setting.

- 601 refers to the ITU-R-601 standard for video black and white

levels. Select 601 in the rare case when you use images from a video source. When you select 601 for the Level setting, the effect makes no adjustment to color levels.

Cache

2D Effects Parameters

Parameter type: Global

The Cache parameter gives you control over the amount of memory used to store your images for playback. A full resolution image is always used for rendering.

• Video Resolution — The effect stores the resized source image at 720 x 480 pixels, using about 1 MB per image. Use Video Resolution if you have many images in your sequence and you need to limit how much memory they occupy.

• Image Resolution — The effect stores the resized source image at its original resolution. The amount of memory used varies with the size of the image.

• Multi-Resolution — The effect stores several versions of the image: original image resolution, half resolution, quarter resolution, and so on, for 8 versions of the image. The result is higher quality real-time preview and faster rendering. Multi-Resolution uses about twice the memory of Image Resolution.

• Free Current Cache — The effect frees all memory used for image storage and then reverts to Image Resolution. Use this setting to free up memory after you have rendered the clip.

• Cache All — The Cache All settings are shortcuts for setting the same parameter for all instances of the effect in a sequence. The descriptions are the same as above.

• Free All Caches — Frees the caches for all instances of the plug-in in that sequence.

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Background

Parameter Type Global

Description Sets the color for the background in effects that display a background. For example,

the background parameters determine the color to be used in a Fade to Color, Fade from Color, or Dip to Color effect.

Use of Controls

Other Options button

Hue Identifies the background color. The Hue parameter is

Sat (saturation)

Lum (luminance)

Opens the Windows Color dialog box or Macintosh Color Picker for precise color selection. For more information, see “Using the Windows Color Dialog Box” and “Using the Macintosh Color Picker” in the effects guide or the Help.

measured as values on a color wheel ranging from 0 to 255. The start (0) and ending (255) values are both red.

Specifies the amount or intensity of the color. Values range from 0 to 255, where 0 is no chrominance and 255 is a fully saturated color.

Specifies the brightness of the color. Values range from 0 to 255, where 0 is black and 255 is full brightness or white.

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Border

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description Allows you to place a border on the inner or incoming picture in many effects. The

Border parameters allow you to specify the color, softness, and width of the border. Some effects also include Blend Color parameters for blending border color.

Use of Controls Other Options

button

Hue Identifies the border or blend color. The Hue parameter is

Sat (saturation) Specifies the intensity of the color. Values range from 0 to

Lum (luminance)

Width Specifies the width of the border. Values range from 0 (no

Soft (softness) Blends the border with the background image. Values range

measured as values on a color wheel ranging from 0 to 255. The start (0) and ending (255) values are both red.

255, where 0 is no chrominance and 255 is a fully saturated color.

Specifies the brightness of the color. Values range from 0 to 255, where 0 is black and 255 is full brightness or white.

border) to 63 (widest border).

from 0 (no softness) to 63 (maximum softness).

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Color Effect Parameters

The Color Effect parameters, which apply to the Color Effect only, allow you to perform color correction or to create certain colorization effects such as posterization or solarization.

Luma Adjust

Parameter Type Global

Description Allows you to adjust the luminance characteristics of the image.

Use of Controls Bright

(brightness)

Cont (contrast) Controls the contrast of light and dark areas in the image. Values

Invert Reverses the image’s brightness, such that the brightest parts

Changes the brightness of the image. The parameter ranges from –100 to +100, where a value of 0 indicates no change. A value of –100 darkens the image; a value of +100 brightens the image.

range from –100 to +100, where a value of 0 indicates the image is unchanged. A negative value is less contrast; a positive value is more contrast.

become the darkest and the darkest parts become the lightest.

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Brightness Example

Original – Brightness 0 Brightness –50 Brightness +50

Contrast Example

Original – Contrast 0 Contrast –50 Contrast +50

Luma Range

Parameter Type Global

Description Allows you to adjust the range of brightness of the image.

Use of Controls Fast menu:

16 to 235

The default for video images.

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W Point (white point)

B Point (black point)

Allows you to map normal video to alpha ranges. This is useful if you have a high-contrast image that you want to expand to the full dynamic range. For example, use this value when you want to convert video to alpha for Matte Key effects.

When you change the Luma Range to 0 to 255, the system

attempts to go from 0 to 255 but will be clipped by the Low Clip and High Clip values in the Luma Clip parameter category. If it is your intent to “open up” the image to the full dynamic range, you need to change the Low Clip and High Clip values to 0 and 255, respectively.

Allows you to set the white point in the image. All pixels with that value become white, and all pixels with higher values are also clipped to white. The default is 235 (the broadcast value for white).

Raising the black point and lowering the white point values increase the contrast by reducing the number of shades of gray in an image. The number of shades is reduced because you map some to extreme black and others to extreme white.

Allows you to set the black point in the image. All pixels with that value become black, and all pixels with lower values are also clipped to black.

For example, you could use the eyedropper to select a shadow on the floor and change it from gray to black, clipping everything below that shade to black. The default is 16 (the broadcast value for black).

Black point control does not change the Black setup level. To

adjust the Black setup level, use the Video Output tool. For more information, see “Output Options” in the Help.

Luma Clip

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Gamma Allows you to adjust the midtones in an image without affecting the

extreme white or black values. Lowering the value darkens midtones and brings the image closer to black. Raising the value lightens the midtones and brings the image closer to white.

For example, a person shot in front of a window in daylight may be very dark, almost in silhouette. You can use gamma correction to increase the midtones without changing the blacks or whites. Values range from –100 to +100 with 0 being no change.

The W Point, B Point, and Luma Clip sliders determine the number of shades of gray. The Gamma point allows you to move the distribution of the shades closer to black or closer to white. Negative values move the distribution closer to black. Positive values move the distribution closer to white.

Parameter Type Global

Description Allows you to determine the levels at which the effect limits the brightness or

darkness in the picture.

Use of Controls High Provides a simple clip function for brightness values. When you

specify a value for High, no pixel in the image can be brighter than that value. The default is 235 (the broadcast value for white).

Low Provides a simple clip function for darkness values. When you

specify a value for Low, no pixel in the image can be darker than that value. The default is 16 (the broadcast value for black).

When preparing video for broadcast, normally you do not adjust these values. They allow you to adjust the brightness and contrast (using other controls in the Color Effect) while still maintaining legal broadcast values for black and white.

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Chroma Adjust

Parameter Type Global

Description Allows you to adjust the chrominance characteristics of the entire image.

Use of Controls Invert Invert reverses the colors in both Hue and Saturation such that all

colors display as their complement.

Hue Hue varies the tint of all colors in the image. The Hue parameter is

measured as degrees on a color wheel from –180 to +180, where 0 does not change the hue. Changing the value of the Hue causes all colors in the image to rotate around the color spectrum. For example, a Hue setting of –20 causes skin tones to look more red, while a Hue setting of +20 causes skin tones to look more green.

Sat (saturation) Saturation varies the amount of all colors in the image. The

Saturation parameter has a value of –100 to +100. Zero is the default. A value of –100 displays as gray tones. Positive values display all colors with more saturation.

Color Style

Parameter Type Global

Description Allows you to create effects by limiting or inverting the color values of the image.

2D Effects Parameters

Use of Controls Post

(posterization)

Solar (solarization)

Posterization allows you to limit the number of colors in the image by controlling the number of luminance steps that are displayed. This gives the image a graphic appearance. The range of values is 0 to 25, where 0 displays all colors and 25 displays the least number of colors.

Solarization allows you to make the lightest points in the image dark to achieve a partial inversion of the luminance. Values above the threshold set for the parameter will be inverted. Solarization can have a value of 0 to 255, where 0 is normal luminance and 255 inverts all luminance values in the picture. Values of 0 to 127 display the lightest points in the image as dark. Values of 128 to 255 display both the lightest points as dark and the darkest points as light, which gives the appearance of a film negative.

Posterization Example

Original image Posterization 10 Posterization 20

Solarization Example

Original image Solarization 100 Solarization 200

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Color Gain

Parameter Type Global

Description Allows individual control of the Color Gain for each of the three color components:

red, green, and blue.

Use of Controls Red Changes the amount of red in the whole image. The parameter

value is a percentage of the range from 0 to 200, where a value of 100 indicates that the color is unchanged.

Green Changes the amount of green in the whole image. The parameter

value is a percentage of the range from 0 to 200, where a value of 100 indicates that the color is unchanged.

Blue Changes the amount of blue in the whole image. The parameter

value is a percentage of the range from 0 to 200, where a value of 100 indicates that the color is unchanged.

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Crop

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description Removes material from the top, bottom, left, and right edges of the video.

Use of Controls T (top) Removes video from the top of the inner or incoming video. Values

range from 0 to 999; 0 is the top of the screen, 500 is the middle of the screen, and 999 is the bottom of the screen.

B (bottom) Removes video from the bottom of the inner or incoming video.

Values range from –999 to 0; 0 is the bottom of the screen, –500 is the middle of the screen, and –999 is the top of the screen.

L (left) Removes video from the left side of the inner or incoming video.

Values range from 0 to 999; 0 is the left side of the screen, 500 is the middle of the screen, and 999 is the right side of the screen.

R (right) Removes video from the right side of the inner or incoming video.

Values range from –999 to 0; 0 is the right side of the screen, –500 is the middle of the screen, and –999 is the left side of the screen.

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Foreground

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description Used, together with keyframes, to set the relative amount of the effect to be displayed

over time. The additional options included with the Level slider vary, depending on the effect.

Use of Controls Level Controls the opacity of the foreground image. A Level of 0 is

0 percent opacity (the foreground is transparent), a Level of 50 is 50 percent opacity, and a Level of 100 is 100 percent opacity (no transparency).

Swap Sources This option applies to key effects (such as Chroma Key or Luma

Key) and the PIP (Picture-in-Picture) effect only.

Click Swap Sources to swap the image source for the foreground and background layers of the effect.

Reverse Animation

This option is available for all effects.

Click the Reverse Animation button to cause the entire effect to be reversed, including the direction of movement as well as the incoming and outgoing sources.

This maintains the shot continuity while reversing the movement. For example, instead of the outgoing shot peeling off from the top left corner, the incoming shot peels on from the bottom right corner. This option effectively creates a mirror image of the sequence of keyframes for the effect as they appear in the Effect Preview monitor’s position bar.

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Invert Key This option applies to key effects only (such as Chroma Key or

Luma Key). Select Invert Key to reverse the key.

In the case of a Chroma Key effect, inverting the key displays the key color regions while showing the background image source through the foreground image area.

In the case of a Luma Key effect, inverting the key displays the background image source through the darker areas rather than the lighter areas of the foreground image source.

In the case of a Matte Key effect, inverting the key effectively reverses the black and white areas of the alpha channel so that foreground and background are reversed.

Show Alpha This option applies to key effects only (such as Chroma Key or

Luma Key).

Displays the grayscale alpha channel used to apply the key effect to the foreground and background source. This allows you to examine the problem areas of the key while making adjustments.

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Illusion FX Parameters

This section describes the parameter categories available for the Illusion FX AVX plug-in effects.

Background

Pattern Type Fast menu

Axis Fast menu

Base Color

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Background parameter category is available only for the Pattern Generator effect.

For more information, see “Pattern Generator” on page 168.

2D Effects Parameters

Use of Controls

Axis Fast menu

•X axis

•Y axis

Pattern Type Fast menu

• Solid color

• EBU bars (75%)

• Color bars (75%)

• Color bars (100%)

•EIA bars

•SMPTE bars

• Color ramps

• Cross ramp

•Grid

R, G, B (Base Color)

Selects whether color bars are drawn horizontally (X axis) or vertically (Y axis).

Sets the pattern to be used.

If you select the Grid option, the background color is black if Base Color has 50% or greater luminance, or white if Base Color has less than 50% luminance.

Sets the color of the clip when the Pattern Type is set to Solid Color

Sets the color of the grid lines when the Pattern Type is set to Grid.

Select the color by doing one of the following:

t Directly manipulate the RGB sliders.

t Use the Windows Color dialog box or the Macintosh Color

Picker.

t Use the eyedropper.

The background color of the grid is black if Base Color has 50% or greater luminance, or white if Base Color has less than 50% luminance.

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Border

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description Use the Left, Right, Top, and Bottom sliders to prevent black edges of the source clip

from warping into the effect.

Use of Controls Left, Right,

Top, Bottom

Remove between 0 and 20 pixels from the edge of the image.

Center

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description Sets the center of the Kaleidoscope effect. The Center parameter category is available

only for the Kaleidoscope effect. For more information, see “Kaleidoscope” on

page 159.

Use of Controls X, Y The X and Y values range from –999 to +999, where 0, 0 is the

center of the screen. Use the sliders, or click the corresponding marker and drag within the image, to set the center of the mirrors.

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Circle

Color

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Circle parameter category is available only for the Pattern Generator effect. For

more information, see “Pattern Generator” on page 168.

Use of Controls

Size Sets the radius of the circle.

Width Sets the width of the circle outline.

Opacity Sets the opacity of the circle.

R, G, B (Color) Sets the color of the circle. Select the color by doing one of the

following:

t Directly manipulate the RGB sliders.

t Use the Windows Color dialog box or the Macintosh Color

Picker.

t Use the eyedropper.

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Core

Lightning Sparkler

Color

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Core parameter category is available for the Lightning effect and the Sparkler

effect. For more information, see “Lightning” on page 160 and “Sparkler” on

page 175.

Use of Controls

Core Radius,

Sets the radius of the core in pixels.

Width

R, G, B (Color) Sets the color of the core. Select the color by doing one of the

following:

t Directly manipulate the RGB sliders.

t Use the Windows Color dialog box or the Macintosh Color

Picker.

t Use the eyedropper.

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Generation

Lightning effect Sparkler effectRipple effect

Render Mode Fast menu

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Generation parameter category is available for the Lightning, Ripple, and

Sparkler effects. For more information, see “Lightning” on page 160, “Ripple” on

page 172, and “Sparkler” on page 175.

Use of Controls Parameter Effect Description

Amount Lightning

Anti-alias Ripple Sets whether or not transformed areas are smoothed.

Birth Rate Sparkler Sets the number of sparks generated every frame.

Branch Probability

Length Ripple Sets the distance between the wave peaks.

Lightning

Sets the proportion of the lightning to be displayed. A value of 0 is no lightning. 100 is the complete lightning bolt. Typical keyframing is 0 at the first keyframe to 100 at the last keyframe.

This parameter is not keyframeable.

Sets the likelihood that the lightning will have few or many branches. A value of 0 displays no branches. The higher the value, the more branches are likely.

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Length Sparkler Sets the cumulative exposure of the sparks. For

Lifetime Sparkler Sets (in frames) how long each spark lives.

Link Speed Sparkler If you keyframe the center of the effect, Link Speed

example, a value of 3 produces an image that looks as though you left a virtual camera shutter open for the last three frames.

causes the movement of the center to be added to the movement of the sparks.

Number of Ripples

Random Seed Lightning,

Render Mode Fast menu

•Quick

• Standard

• Anti-aliased

Speed Bias X, Speed Bias Y

Strength Ripple Sets the height of the waves.

X, Y Sparkler Sets the center of the effect. The X and Y values range

Ripple Sets the number of ripples.

Sets the base number upon which all random values

Ripple

Lightning

Sparkler Sets the bias to the direction of the sparks. The system

are calculated. Each value will result in a different random effect.

This parameter is not keyframeable.

Sets the quality of the rendered lightning:

• Quick to view just the motion of the lightning.

• Standard to view the full lightning without antialiasing while editing the animation.

• Anti-aliased to ensure that fine branches do not break up.

adds these values to the initial random directions.

from –999 to +999, where 0, 0 is the center of the screen.

Glow

2D Effects Parameters

Lightning effect Sparkler effect

Color

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Glow parameter category is available for the Lightning effect and the Sparkler

effect. Use it to control the effect’s glow. For more information, see “Lightning” on

page 160 and “Sparkler” on page 175.

Use of Controls Parameter Effect Description

Glow Radius Sparkler Sets the radius of the glow in pixels.

R, G, B (Color) Lightning,

Sparkler

Sets the color of the glow. Select the color by doing one of the following:

t Directly manipulate the RGB sliders.

t Use the Windows Color dialog box or the

Macintosh Color Picker.

t Use the eyedropper.

Width Lightning Sets the radius of the glow in pixels.

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Illumination

Color

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Illumination parameter category is available only for the Ripple effect. Use it to

highlight the ripples in the effect. For more information, see “Ripple” on page 172.

Use of Controls

Angle Sets the source direction of the light. A value of 0 degrees is three

o’clock; positive values move counterclockwise.

R, G, B (Color) Sets the color of the light. Select the color by doing one of the

following:

t Directly manipulate the RGB sliders.

t Use the Windows Color dialog box or the Macintosh Color

Picker.

t Use the eyedropper.

Input

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The set of Input parameters varies between Illusion FX effects. Each set of parameters is listed in its own section:

• Color Mix Input Parameters

• Crystal Input Parameters

• Film Grain Input Parameters

• Flare Input Parameters

• FluidBlur Input Parameters

• FluidColorMap Input Parameters

• FluidMorph Input Parameters

• Iris Input Parameters

• Kaleidoscope Input Parameters

• Melt Input Parameters

• Motion Blur Input Parameters

• Page Curl Input Parameters

• Particle Blast Input Parameters

• Particle Orbit Input Parameters

• Particle Wind Input Parameters

• Pinch Input Parameters

• Radial Blur Input Parameters

• Random Blend Input Parameters

• Rollup Input Parameters

• Shear Input Parameters

• Sphere Input Parameters

• Swirl Input Parameters

• Timecode Input Parameters

• Twist Input Parameters

• Wave Input Parameters

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Color Mix Input Parameters

Color

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Input parameters for the Color Mix effect control the color and the color level.

For more information, see “Color Mix” on page 153.

Use of Controls

Color Level Sets the amount of color to add, from 0 (no color) to 100

(maximum color).

R, G, B (Color) Sets the color. Select the color by doing one of the following:

t Directly manipulate the RGB sliders.

t Use the Windows Color dialog box or the Macintosh Color

Picker.

t Use the eyedropper.

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Crystal Input Parameters

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Input parameters for the Crystal effect control the size and randomness of the

polygons. For more information, see “Crystal” on page 154.

Use of Controls

Size Sets the radius of the polygons in pixels.

Jitter Sets the randomness of the shape of the polygons. A value of 0

creates regular hexagons — the higher the value, the more random the shapes.

Random Seed Sets the base number upon which all random values are calculated.

Each value will result in a different random effect. This parameter is not keyframeable.

Anti-alias Sets whether or not transformed areas are smoothed.

This parameter is not keyframeable.

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Film Grain Input Parameters

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Input parameters for the Film Grain effect add a grainy texture to a video clip to

simulate the imperfections present in some film footage. For more information, see

“Film Grain” on page 155.

Use of Controls

Level Sets the amount of graininess.

Size Sets the size of the individual grain elements.

Color Film footage often contains slight color and luminance

imperfections caused by the chemical processes used to transfer the negative to the film. You can think of these as very small color smears on the film. The default setting applies a balanced combination of color and luminance imperfections. Increase the color value to add more color imperfections and fewer luminance imperfections. Decrease the value to increase the luminance imperfections and decrease the color imperfections.

Field Mode When selected, the grain pattern updates every field.

Hilite Grain Adds grain to the brighter areas of the image.

Shadow Grain Adds grain to the darker areas of the image.

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Flare Input Parameters

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Input parameters for the Flare effect create a random flare ring. For more

information, see “Flare” on page 156.

Use of Controls

Brightness Sets the brightness of the flare, from 0 (no flare) to 100 (maximum

brightness).

Size Sets the diameter of the flare ring.

Width Sets the distance between the inner and outer edges of the flare

ring.

Amount Sets the amount of distortion to the flare ring; 0 is no distortion.

Random Seed Sets the base number upon which all random values are calculated.

Each value will result in a different random effect.

This parameter is not keyframeable.

X, Y Sets the center of the flare ring.

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FluidBlur Input Parameters

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Input parameters for the FluidBlur effect create a motion blur. For more

information, see “FluidBlur” on page 156.

Use of Controls

Blur Amount The level of blur for objects that are moving.

The amount of blur ramps linearly from 0 to Blur Amount as the pixel motion increases from the Lower Motion Threshold value to the Upper Motion Threshold value. This means that the faster an object moves, the more it is blurred.

Lower Motion Threshold, Upper Motion Threshold

Objects moving less than the Lower Motion Threshold number of pixels between frames or fields are not blurred. Objects moving more than the Upper Motion Threshold number of pixels between frames or fields are not blurred. Objects whose movement falls between the two values are blurred by the Blur Amount.

Trail Instructs the system to add an amount from the previous frame’s (or

field’s) blur to the current frame. This produces smooth movement, especially as objects move along curved paths.

Sharpen Leading Edge

Progressive Source

Allows you to keep the front edge of an object crisp and clear while other portions are blurred.

Use this option if your footage was captured or converted to progressive footage (i.e., not interlaced). If your sources are progressive, enabling Progressive Source produces smoother results. This option has no effect in 24p projects because the system assumes that you are using progressive footage.

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FluidColorMap Input Parameters

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Input parameters for the FluidColorMap effect create a color representation of

motion in a scene. For more information, see “FluidColorMap” on page 157.

Use of Controls

Min Motion Threshold, Max Motion Threshold

Constant Saturation

Progressive Source

Objects moving less than the Min Motion Threshold number of pixels between frames (or fields) will have the minimum saturation and luminance. Objects moving more than the Max Motion Threshold number of pixels between frames (or fields) receive the maximum saturation and luminance. The amount of saturation depends on the Constant Saturation value.

Brightness and color saturation increase as the motion of an object increases from the minimum threshold value to the maximum threshold value. The faster an object moves, the brighter and more color saturated it becomes.

This setting controls how much the Min Motion Threshold and Max Motion Threshold values affect the color saturation. The minimum and maximum values always control the luminance (brightness) of the image. However, for a low Constant Saturation value, the minimum and maximum values strongly affect saturation as well as luminance. For a high Constant Saturation value, the minimum and maximum values affect saturation to a lesser degree. If Constant Saturation is set to the maximum value, motion will have no effect on color saturation.

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FluidMorph Input Parameters

Parameter Type Global

Description The Input parameters for the FluidMorph effect control morphing between two clips.

For more information, see “FluidMorph” on page 157.

Use of Controls

Feature Match When selected, the system attempts to match features between the

two clips when it creates the morph for each frame.

When deselected, the system creates the morph based on the brightness of the two images.

Swap Sources Specifies whether to apply the effect to incoming or outgoing

video.

Progressive Source

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Iris Input Parameters

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Input parameters for the Iris effect create a wipe transition. For more information,

see “Iris” on page 158.

Use of Controls

Amount Sets the proportion of each clip to be displayed. A value of 0

displays all of the foreground clip; a value of 100 displays all of the background clip. Typical keyframing would be from 0 at the first keyframe to 100 at the last keyframe.

Softness Sets the size of the area over which the pixels are faded from the

foreground clip to the background clip.

X, Y Sets the center of the iris wipe.

Swap Sources Specifies whether to apply the effect to incoming or outgoing

video.

This parameter is not keyframeable.

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Kaleidoscope Input Parameters

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Input parameters for the Kaleidoscope effect create an image resembling a

kaleidoscope using the input video. For more information, see “Kaleidoscope” on

page 159.

Use of Controls

Symmetry Sets the number of mirrors.

Angle Sets the angle of the mirrors.

Scale Sets the scale of the image.

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Melt Input Parameters

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Input parameters for the Melt effect control a transition effect that “melts” the

foreground image away to reveal the background image. For more information, see

“Melt” on page 161.

Use of Controls

Bleed Changes the melt image to a more dramatic effect.

Melt Up Reverses the direction of the melt.

Amount Sets the progression of the effect. A value of 0 is no effect; all of the

foreground clip shows. The higher the value, the more of the foreground clip melts away, and more of the background clip shows. Typical keyframing would be from 0 at the first keyframe to 100 at the last keyframe.

Strength Sets the strength of the distortion; the higher the value, the greater

the distortion.

Random Seed Sets the base number upon which all random values are calculated.

Each value results in a different random effect.

This parameter is not keyframeable.

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Anti-alias Sets whether or not transformed areas are smoothed.

Swap Sources Specifies whether to apply the effect to incoming or outgoing

Motion Blur Input Parameters

This parameter is not keyframeable.

video.

This parameter is not keyframeable.

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Input parameters for the Motion Blur effect allow you to blur the edges of

moving objects. For more information, see “Motion Blur” on page 162.

Use of Controls

Amount Sets the length of the blur.

Direction Sets the direction of the blur. A value of 0 degrees is three o’clock;

positive values move counterclockwise.

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Page Curl Input Parameters

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Input parameters for the Page Curl effect create a transition effect that peels the

foreground video off the background video. For more information, see “Page Curl”

on page 163. For examples of the Page Curl parameter combinations, see Table 2 on page 66.

Use of Controls

Turn Left Controls the direction of the page curl.

Reverse When selected, incoming video peels on. When deselected,

outgoing video peels off.

Swap Sources Specifies whether to apply the effect to incoming or outgoing

video.

This parameter is not keyframeable.

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Tabl e 2 describes the possible combinations of the three parameters and

shows an example of the results.

Table 2 Page Curl Parameter Combinations

Turn L e ft Reverse Swap Sources Result

Off Off Off

Off Off On

On Off Off

On Off On

Outgoing video peels off

Incoming video peels off

Outgoing video peels off

Incoming video peels off

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Table 2 Page Curl Parameter Combinations (Continued)

Turn L e ft Reverse Swap Sources Result

Off On Off

Off On On

On On Off

On On On

Incoming video peels on

Outgoing video peels on

Incoming video peels on

Outgoing video peels on

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Particle Blast Input Parameters

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Input parameters for the Particle Blast effect create a transition effect that turns

the foreground video into particles that blow off to reveal the background video. For more information, see “Particle Blast” on page 164.

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Use of Controls

Amount Sets the progression of the effect. The larger the difference in the

Amount value between keyframes, the faster the effect happens.

Size Sets the radius of the particles.

Spacing Sets the space between the center of the original position of the

particles.

This parameter is not keyframeable.

Front Speed Controls whether the particles in the center of the blast start to

move before the particles at the outside edges.

Front Randomness

Speed Sets the speed at which particles move apart.

Speed Randomness

Acceleration Controls how quickly a particle reaches the full speed of the blast.

Bumpiness Adds a shadow to the edge of the particles.

Allows particles nearest the center to move at different speeds.

Allows particles to move at different speeds to give a more natural effect.

The higher the value, the more quickly the particle reaches full speed.

Swap Sources Specifies whether to apply the effect to incoming or outgoing

video.

This parameter is not keyframeable.

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Particle Orbit Input Parameters

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Input parameters for the Particle Orbit effect create a transition effect that turns

the foreground video into circular particles that orbit around their original position. For more information, see “Particle Orbit” on page 165.

Use of Controls

Amount Sets the progression of the effect. The larger the difference in the

Amount value between keyframes, the faster the effect happens.

Size Sets the radius of the particles.

Spacing Sets the space between the center of the original position of the

particles.

This parameter is not keyframeable.

Bumpiness Adds a shadow to the edge of the particles.

Speed Sets the speed at which particles orbit.

Swap Sources Specifies whether to apply the effect to incoming or outgoing

video.

This parameter is not keyframeable.

Particle Wind Input Parameters

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Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Input parameters for the Particle Wind effect create a transition effect that turns

the foreground video into circular particles that blow off to reveal the background video. For more information, see “Particle Wind” on page 167.

Use of Controls

Amount Sets the progression of the effect. The larger the difference in the

Amount value between keyframes, the faster the effect happens.

Size Sets the radius of the particles.

Spacing Sets the space between the center of the original position of the

particles.

This parameter is not keyframeable.

Front Speed Controls whether the particles near the front edge (where the wind

first hits) start to move before the particles at the outside edge.

Front Randomness

Allows particles nearest the front to move at different speeds.

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Speed Sets the wind speed.

Speed Randomness

Acceleration Controls how quickly a particle reaches the full speed of the wind.

Angle Sets the source direction of the wind. A value of 0 degrees is three

Bumpiness Adds a shadow to the edge of the particles.

Swap Sources Specifies whether to apply the effect to incoming or outgoing

Allows particles anywhere within the effect to move at different speeds, giving a more natural effect.

The higher the value, the more quickly the particle reaches full speed.

o’clock; positive values move counterclockwise.

video.

This parameter is not keyframeable.

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Pinch Input Parameters

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Input parameters for the Pinch effect create an effect that pinches the image in

toward or pushes it out from a user-defined point. For more information, see “Pinch”

on page 169.

Use of Controls

Amount Sets the progression of the effect. The larger the difference in the

Amount value between keyframes, the faster the effect happens.

Size Sets the diameter of the affected area.

X, Y Sets the center of the effect.

Anti-alias Sets whether or not transformed areas are smoothed.

This parameter is not keyframeable.

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Radial Blur Input Parameters

Render Mode Fast m enu

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Input parameters for the Radial Blur effect create an effect that blurs the image

inward or outward from a user-defined point. For more information, see “Radial Blur”

on page 170.

Use of Controls

Zoom Sets the scaling of the blur. Smaller values zoom in and larger

values zoom out.

Angle Sets the rotation of the blur.

This effect can take a long time to render. The greater the

angle, the more time the rendering takes.

X, Y Sets the center of the effect.

Render Mode Fast menu

• Locate

• Render Low Quality

• Render Medium Quality

• Render High Quality

Sets whether only the center marker shows, or how the effect is rendered.

Select Locate to show the center marker. Use it while setting up the center.

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Random Blend Input Parameters

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Input parameters for the Random Blend effect control a random pattern to blend

incoming and outgoing video. For more information, see “Random Blend” on

page 171.

Use of Controls

Amount Sets the amount of blend.

Random Scale Sets the amount of randomness. This allows the system to blend

different portions of the image at different rates.

Swap Sources Specifies whether to apply the effect to incoming or outgoing

video.

This parameter is not keyframeable.

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Rollup Input Parameters

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Input parameters for the Rollup effect control a transition effect that rolls up the

foreground video to reveal the background video. For more information, see “Rollup”

on page 173.

Use of Controls

Amount Sets the proportion of each clip to be displayed. A value of 0

displays all of the foreground clip; 100 displays all of the background clip. Typical keyframing is from 0 at the first keyframe to 100 at the last keyframe.

Curl Size Sets the size of the roll.

Direction Sets the direction of the roll. A value of 0 degrees is three o’clock;

positive values move counterclockwise.

Anti-alias Sets whether or not transformed areas are smoothed.

This parameter is not keyframeable.

Swap Sources Specifies whether to apply the effect to incoming or outgoing

video.

This parameter is not keyframeable.

Shear Input Parameters

Parameter Type Keyframeable

2D Effects Parameters

Description The Input parameters for the Shear effect control a transition effect that divides the

foreground video into strips and slides them away in opposite directions to reveal the background video. For more information, see “Shear” on page 174.

Use of Controls

Amount Sets the proportion of each clip to be displayed. A value of 0

displays all of the foreground clip; 100 displays all of the background clip. Typical keyframing is from 0 at the first keyframe to 100 at the last keyframe.

Min Width, Max

Sets the minimum and maximum possible width of the slats.

Width

Width Randomness

Controls the variety of sizes of slats. The system creates slats of various widths in between the minimum and maximum width value.

Spread Sets the randomness of when individual strips start moving. A

value of 0 causes all strips to start at the same time.

Angle Sets the direction of the effect. A value of 0 degrees is three

o’clock; positive values move counterclockwise.

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Random Seed Sets the base number upon which all random values are calculated.

Anti-alias Sets whether or not transformed areas are smoothed.

Swap Sources Specifies whether to apply the effect to incoming or outgoing

Sphere Input Parameters

Each value results in a different random effect.

This parameter is not keyframeable.

video.

This parameter is not keyframeable.

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Input parameters for the Sphere effect control a spherical distortion in the image.

For more information, see “Sphere” on page 176.

Use of Controls

Amount Sets the scale of the distortion. Negative values distort the image

inward; positive values distort it outward.

Size Sets the diameter of the circle as a normalized proportion of the

vertical size of the image.

X, Y Sets the center of the effect.

Anti-alias Sets whether or not transformed areas are smoothed.

This parameter is not keyframeable.

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Swirl Input Parameters

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Input parameters for the Swirl effect control a distortion in the image where

pixels swirl within a circular area. For more information, see “Swirl” on page 177.

Use of Controls

Amount Sets the scale of swirl. Negative values swirl the image

counterclockwise; positive values swirl it clockwise.

Size Sets the diameter of the circle as a normalized proportion of the

vertical size of the image.

X, Y Sets the center of the effect.

Anti-alias Sets whether or not transformed areas are smoothed.

This parameter is not keyframeable.

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Timecode Input Parameters

Timecode Color Fast menu

Timecode Font and Size Fast menu

Timecode Type Fast menu

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Input parameters for the Timecode effect control burn-in timecode. For more

information, see “Timecode” on page 178.

Use of Controls

Timecode Color Fast menu

• White no background

• Black no background

• White on Black

• Black on White

Timecode Font and Size Fast menu

X, Y Sets the position of the lower left corner of the effect.

Select a color and background for the timecode text.

Select a font and size for the timecode text.

You can also drag the marker in the Effect Preview monitor.

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Timecode Type Fast menu

Selects the timecode type:

• Non-drop — Uses a colon (:) as a separator

• Drop frame — Uses a semicolon (;) as a separator (applies only to NTSC projects)

• Feet and Frames — Uses either a plus sign (+) or an ampersand (&) symbol as a separator.

The separator changes from + to & between the values 24 and 25. The + sign is used for 16mm projects and the & symbol is used for 35mm projects.

Frames per Foot Use the slider to specify the number of frames per foot. This option

applies when you select Feet and Frames from the Timecode Type Fast menu.

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Twist Input Parameters

Axis Fast menu

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Input parameters for the Twist effect create an effect that distorts the image by

twisting the two ends in opposite directions. For more information, see “Twist” on

page 179.

Use of Controls

Amount Sets the amount of twist.

X, Y Sets the center of the effect.

Axis Fast menu

•X axis

•Y axis

Anti-alias Sets whether or not transformed areas are smoothed.

Sets whether the twist applies horizontally (X axis) or vertically (Y axis).

This parameter is not keyframeable.

Wave Input Parameters

Parameter Type Keyframeable

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Description The Input parameters for the Wave effect create an effect that distorts the image by

applying waves to it. For more information, see “Wave” on page 180.

Use of Controls

Amount Sets the scale of swirl. Negative values swirl the image

counterclockwise; positive values swirl it clockwise.

Minimum Size,

Sets the minimum wavelength and the maximum wavelength.

Maximum Size

Horizontal Factor, Vertical

The amount of horizontal distortion and vertical distortion, where 0 is no distortion and 100 is maximum distortion.

Factor

Number of Wav es

Sets the number of waves. Wave effects are superimposed upon each other.

Speed Sets the progress of the effect.

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Random Seed Sets the base number upon which all random values are calculated.

Anti-alias Sets whether or not transformed areas are smoothed.

Motion

Each value results in a different random effect.

This parameter is not keyframeable.

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Motion parameter category is available only for the Ripple effect. Use it to

control the ripples in the effect. For more information, see “Ripple” on page 172.

Use of Controls

Amount Sets the progression of the effect. The larger the difference in the

time value between keyframes, the faster the effect will happen.

Wave Speed Sets how fast the waves move.

Ripple Spread Sets the width of the ripple from the inner ring to the outer ring.

Reflections When selected, waves reflect off the edges of the image, as though

hitting a wall.

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Movement

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Movement parameter category is available only for the Sparkler effect. Use it to

control the movement of the sparkler in the effect. For more information, see

“Sparkler” on page 175.

Use of Controls

Speed Sets the value around which the speed of the sparks is randomized.

Gravity Sets the attraction of the sparks downward or upward. The greater

the value, the more the sparks are attracted downward.

Air Resistance Sets the air resistance. The higher the value, the less the sparks

radiate outward.

Wind X, Wind Y Sets a virtual directional wind, which affects the trajectory of the

sparks.

Air Resistance must be greater than 0 for Wind to have an

effect.

Turbulence Adds randomness to the movement of the sparks.

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Number

Text color

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Number parameter category is available only for the Pattern Generator effect. For

more information, see “Pattern Generator” on page 168.

Use of Controls

Number Offset Sets the offset of the number from the current frame number.

Opacity Sets the opacity of the number.

Text Size Sets the size of the number.

Stroke Width Sets the width of the number stroke.

R, G, B (Text color)

Sets the color of the number. Select the color by doing one of the following:

t Directly manipulate the RGB sliders.

t Use the Windows Color dialog box or the Macintosh Color

Picker.

t Use the eyedropper.

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Offset

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Offset parameter category is available only for the Kaleidoscope effect. For more

information, see “Kaleidoscope” on page 159.

Use of Controls

X, Y Use the X and Y sliders to set the offset from the original source

area.

You can also click the corresponding marker, and drag within

the image.

Anti-alias

Sets whether or not transformed areas will be smoothed.

This parameter is not keyframeable.

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Source

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Source parameter category is available only for the FluidMorph effect. Select the

morphing method from the Source Fast menu. For more information, see

“FluidMorph” on page 157.

Use of Controls Source Fast menu Select the morphing method from the Source Fast menu:

• Still Image — The system takes snapshots of the first frame of outgoing video and the last frame of incoming video and creates an output that is a morph of the two images.

• Video Stream — The system creates the output by morphing the two clips, frame by frame.

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Start Timecode

Parameter Type Keyframeable

Description The Start Timecode parameter category is available only for the Timecode effect. For

more information, see “Timecode” on page 178.

Use of Controls

Starting timecode day

Starting timecode hour

Starting timecode minute

Starting timecode second

Starting timecode frame

Starting timecode feet

Sets the day for the starting timecode.

When Starting timecode day is 0, the value does not appear. You can use a non-zero Starting timecode day to identify items such as spool, reel, and so forth.

Sets the hour for the starting timecode.

Sets the minute for the starting timecode.

Sets the second for the starting timecode.

Sets the frame for the starting timecode.

When you select Feet and Frames as the Timecode Type, you can specify the starting feet. See “Timecode Input Parameters” on

page 80.

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Key Parameters

Key parameters appear only in the Chroma Key, Luma Key, and RGB Keyer effects. These parameters control the key color and allow you to fine-tune the edges of key effects and the appearance of the foreground elements.

For information on the workflow for applying key effects, see “Creating Key Effects” in the effects guide or the Help.

Key

Chroma Key and Luma Key Effects

Parameter Type Global

Description Selects the primary key color to be replaced by video. Available in both Chroma Key

and Luma Key.

Use of Controls Other Options

button

Hue Identifies the key color. The Hue parameter is measured as

Sat (saturation) Specifies the amount or intensity of the color. Values range from

Lum (luminance) Specifies the brightness of the color. Values range from 0 to

values on a color wheel ranging from 0 to 255. The start (0) and ending (255) values are both red.

0 to 255, where 0 is no chrominance and 255 is a fully saturated color.

255, where 0 is black and 255 is full brightness or white.

Secondary Key

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Gain Specifies how much of the foreground and the background

video is displayed. Values range from 0 to 63. A Gain of 0 shows only the foreground. A Gain of 63 replaces all the foreground video with the background video.

Soft (softness) Determines how the bordering colors along the edge of the key

are processed in the effect. Colors that border the luminance or chroma specified for the key are displayed as a blend of the foreground and the background video. Values range from 0 to

63. The higher the Softness value, the more of the background video is blended in the border colors. Use the Soft slider to improve the appearance of the edges of the keyed areas.

Chroma Key Effect Only

Parameter Type Global

Description Selects a secondary background color to key out. For example, the floor in a blue

screen or green screen shot might be a slightly different shade from the background. You can select the floor color as your secondary color and key it out. Available for the Chroma Key effect only.

Use of Controls See “Key” on page 90.

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Spill Suppression

Chroma Key Effect Only

Parameter Type Global

Description Neutralizes the selected color for the Chroma Key effect without affecting the

luminance. The effect changes the spill color to a grayscale, allowing it to blend more easily with the foreground image.

Use the Spill Suppression key color to fix the following problems:

• Remove background color spill from the foreground image. Color spill occurs when the background color is present in the foreground image due to backdrop reflection.

• If the foreground object retains an outline of the chroma key color, you can use Spill Suppression to reduce the color effect in the outline.

Use of Controls See “Key” on page 90.

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Key Color

RGB Keyer Only

Parameter Type Global

Description Use the Key Color parameters in the RGB Keyer effect to select a color for the

chroma key.

Use of Controls H (hue)

S (saturation)

V (value)

See “RGB Keyer (AVX Plug-in Effect)” on page 195.

Specifies the hue or tint measured as values on a color wheel ranging from 0 to 255. The start (0) and ending (255) values are both red.

Specifies the amount or intensity of the color. Values range from 0 to 255, where 0 is no chrominance and 255 is a fully saturated color.

Specifies the value of the color.

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Chroma Key

RGB Keyer Only

Parameter Type Global

Description Use the Chroma Key parameters in the RGB Keyer effect to fine-tune the key effect.

Use of Controls Gain

Soft (softness)

Show Alpha

Spill

Level

Reverse

See “RGB Keyer (AVX Plug-in Effect)” on page 195.

Softens the edge of the key, with a range from 0 to 100.

Specifies the amount or intensity of the color. Values range from 0 to 255, where 0 is no chrominance and 255 is a fully saturated color.

Displays the grayscale alpha channel used to apply the key effect to the foreground and background sources. Viewing the alpha channel directly allows you to examine problem areas of the key while making adjustments.

Suppresses the spill from the key color onto foreground objects that often occurs due to color reflection in the scene. The range is from 0 to 100.

Controls transparency of the foreground elements against the key background.

Inverts the key.

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Matte Control

RGB Keyer Only

Parameter Type Global

Description Use Matte Control in the RGB Keyer effect to fine-tune the edges of the matte used in

the chroma key.

Use of Controls Blur

Erode

See “RGB Keyer (AVX Plug-in Effect)” on page 195.

Uses a box filter to blur the matte for the key. The range is 0 to 100; 0 indicates a blurring of 0 pixels, and 100 indicates a blurring of 10 pixels.

Used with blur, decreases or “erodes” the outer edges of the blurred matte key.

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Color Correction

RGB Keyer Only

Parameter Type Global

Description Use the Color Correction parameters in the RGB Keyer effect for post-key color

correction of the foreground elements in the Chroma Key effect. Because the foreground and background elements are often shot at different times and locations, post-key color correction is especially useful for maintaining the key while matching the visual characteristics of the foreground to the background.

Use of Controls Sat (saturation)

Bright (brightness) Specifies the brightness level. Values range from 0 to 255,

Cont (contrast) Controls the contrast of light and dark areas in the picture.

See “RGB Keyer (AVX Plug-in Effect)” on page 195.

Specifies the amount or intensity of the color. Values range from 0 to 255, where 0 is no chrominance and 255 is a fully saturated color.

where 0 is black and 255 is full brightness or white.

Values range from –100 to +100, where a value of 0 indicates the image is unchanged. A negative value is less contrast; a positive value is more contrast.

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Matrix Parameters

Parameter Type Global

Description Allows you to customize the grid used to define the position or progress of the

Matrix effect over time. For example, the grid defines the number of squares used for the Grid and Speckle effects, or the number of horizontal bars used for the One-Way Row effect. Available for Matrix Wipe effects, Sawtooth Wipe effects, and some Shape Wipe effects.

Use of Controls Other Options

button

Click to open the Matrix Effect dialog box.

Columns Rows

Graphical representation of the grid

Select a standard grid size or enter a custom number of rows and columns, and then click OK. The minimum number of rows and columns is 2 x 2. A graphical representation of the grid you select appears on the right side of the dialog box.

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Traditional Motion Effect Parameters

Traditional motion effect parameters apply to Freeze Frame, Variable Speed, and Strobe Motion effects. For information about applying and editing various motion effects, see “Creating Traditional Motion Effects” in the effects guide or the Help. See also “Timewarp” on page 257.

Freeze Frame Parameters

Duration

Custom duration

2D Effects Parameters

Parameter Type Global

Description Allows you to create and customize a freeze frame clip based on the image

currently displayed in the Source pop-up monitor.

Use of Menu Commands

Freeze frame parameters are menu commands in the Clip menu. To create a freeze frame and access freeze frame parameters, select Clip > Freeze Frame, and then select the appropriate submenu commands.

• Duration commands (in seconds or minutes)

Specifies the length of the freeze frame clip that the Avid editing application creates in the Source pop-up monitor. You can either select a duration from the Freeze Frame submenu or select Other to enter a custom duration.

• Other Opens a dialog box that allows you to specify a custom duration for the freeze

frame clip.

• Two Field Freeze Frames

• Using Duplicated Field

Opens a submenu with commands that allow you to determine how the system creates and displays the effect media when working with two fields.

The system uses a single field to create the effect. This option reduces the vertical resolution of the image by one-half, resulting in a lower quality image.

• Using Both Fields The system uses both fields to create the effect. This option is especially useful

when there is motion in the footage.

• Using Interpolated Field

The system creates a second field for the effect by combining scan line pairs from the first field in the original media. This might result in a slightly softer look to the freeze frame.

Chapter 1 2D Effects Reference

Variable Speed and Strobe Motion Parameters

Variable Speed effect

Strobe Motion effect

Parameter type Global

Description Allows you to create and customize variable speed or strobe motion clips based on

all or part of the clip currently displayed in the Source pop-up monitor.

Use of controls Variable Speed and Strobe Motion parameters are available in the Motion Effect

dialog box. To open the Motion Effect dialog box, click the Motion Effect button in the Source pop-up monitor.

Variable Speed

• Duration The duration of the effect in frames. Doubling the number of frames causes the frame rate to be half the current rate.

• Rate The rate of speed in frames per second (fps) at which the video will be played. Normal speed is 30 fps for NTSC, 25 fps for PAL.

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2D Effects Parameters

Global and Keyframeable Parameters

Acceleration

Avid Pan & Zoom Parameters

Other Options button for the Avid Pan & Zoom Effect

Display

Display Options

Size

Position for the Avid Pan & Zoom Effect

Velocity

Path

Filtering

Background for the Avid Pan & Zoom Effect

Advanced

Cache

Background

Border

Color Effect Parameters

Luma Adjust

Luma Range

Luma Clip

Chroma Adjust

Color Style

Color Gain

Crop

Foreground

Illusion FX Parameters

Background

Border

Center

Circle

Core

Generation

Glow

Illumination

Input

Motion

Movement

Number

Offset

Source

Start Timecode

Key Parameters

Secondary Key

Spill Suppression

Key Color

Chroma Key

Matte Control

Color Correction

Matrix Parameters

Traditional Motion Effect Parameters

Freeze Frame Parameters

Variable Speed and Strobe Motion Parameters