Pinnacle Systems Xpress Pro - 4.5 Quick Reference
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Avid Xpress Pro Effects Reference Guide • Part 0130-06112-01 • June 2004
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Contents
Using This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
If You Need Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Accessing the Tutorial and Online Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
How to Order Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Avid Educational Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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. . . . . . . . . . . 22
Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Display Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Position for the Avid Pan & Zoom Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Velocity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Background for the Avid Pan & Zoom Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Advanced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Render Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Border . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Color Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Luma Adjust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Luma Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Luma Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Chroma Adjust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Color Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Color Gain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Crop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Foreground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Illusion FX Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Background. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Border. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Circle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Glow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Motion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Movement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Start Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Key Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Secondary Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Spill Suppression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
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Key Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Chroma Key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Matte Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Color Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Matrix Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Traditional Motion Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Freeze Frame Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Variable Speed and Strobe Motion Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Plug-in Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Scroll Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Region Stabilize Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Region of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Auto Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Progressive Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Transition Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
2D Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Blend Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Dip to Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Dissolve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Fade from Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Fade to Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Picture-in-Picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Superimpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Box Wipe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Bottom Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Bottom Left to Top Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Bottom Right to Top Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
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Left Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Right Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Top Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Top Left to Bottom Right. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Top Right to Bottom Left. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Conceal Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Bottom Left to Top Right. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Bottom Right to Top Left. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Bottom to Top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Left to Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Right to Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Top Left to Bottom Right. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Top Right to Bottom Left. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Top to Bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Edge Wipe Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Horizontal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Horizontal Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Lower Left Diagonal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Lower Right Diagonal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Upper Left Diagonal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Upper Right Diagonal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Vertical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Vertical Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Film Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
1.66 Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
1.85 Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
16:9 Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Anamorphic Mask. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Blowup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Film Dissolve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
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Film Fade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Illusion FX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Color Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Crystal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Film Grain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Flare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
FluidBlur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
FluidColorMap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
FluidMorph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Iris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Kaleidoscope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Lightning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Melt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Motion Blur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Page Curl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Particle Blast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Particle Orbit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Particle Wind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Pattern Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Pinch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Radial Blur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Random Blend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Ripple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Rollup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Shear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Sparkler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Sphere. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Swirl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Timecode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
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Twist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Wave. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Image Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Avid Pan & Zoom (AVX Plug-In Effect). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Color Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Color Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Flip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Flip-Flop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Flop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Region Stabilize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Resize. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Submaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Key Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Chroma Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Luma Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Matte Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
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RGB Keyer (AVX Plug-in Effect). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
L-Conceal Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Bottom Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Bottom Right. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Top Left. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Top Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Matrix Wipe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Grid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
One-Way Row . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Speckle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Spiral. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Zig-Zag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Motion Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Freeze Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Variable Speed and Strobe Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Peel Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Bottom Left Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Bottom Right Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Bottom to Top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Left to Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Right to Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Top Left Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Top Right Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Top to Bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Push Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Bottom Left to Top Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Bottom Right to Top Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Bottom to Top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Left to Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Right to Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Top Left to Bottom Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Top Right to Bottom Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Top to Bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Sawtooth Wipe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Horizontal Sawtooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Horizontal Open Sawtooth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Vertical Open Sawtooth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Vertical Sawtooth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Shape Wipe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
4 Corners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Center Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Circle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
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Diamond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Ellipse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Horizontal Bands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Horizontal Blinds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Vertical Blinds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Spin Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
X Spin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Y Spin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Squeeze Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Bottom Centered. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Bottom Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Bottom Right. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Bottom to Top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Centered Zoom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Horizontal Centered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Left Centered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Left to Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
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Right Centered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Right to Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Top Centered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Top Left. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Top Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Top to Bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Vertical Centered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Timewarp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Timewarp: 0% To 100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Timewarp: 100% To 0% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Timewarp: 50% Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Timewarp: FluidFilm 2:3 Cadence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Timewarp: FluidFilm Progressive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Timewarp: Trim to Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Timewarp: Reverse Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Timewarp: Speed Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Timewarp: Speed Bump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Title Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Comparison of Similar Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Chapter 2 3D Effects Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
3D Effects Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Global Versus Keyframeable Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
The Hierarchy of Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Direct Manipulation of 3D Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Acceleration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Axis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Border. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Crop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Foreground. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Shadow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Shape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Spline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Trail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Xpress 3D Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
3D Shape Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
3D PIP Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Page Fold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Tips for Page Fold Creation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
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3D Ball. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Limitations to 3D Ball Shapes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
3D Slats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
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Using This Guide
Congratulations on your purchase of an Avid editing application. You can use
your application 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.
This guide is intended for all users, from beginning to advanced.
Unless noted otherwise, the material in this document applies to the
Windows XP and Mac OS X operating systems.The majority of screen shots
in this document were captured on a Windows XP system, but the information
applies to both Windows XP and Mac OS X systems. Where differences exist,
both Windows XP and Mac OS X screen shots are shown.
The following terms are used in this document:
• “effects guide” refers to the Effects Guide for Avid Xpress Pro,
Avid Xpress DV
• “user’s guide” refers to the User’s Guide for Avid Xpress Pro,
Avid Xpress DV
n
• “supplement” refers to the User’s Guide Supplement for
Avid Xpress Pro, Avid Xpress DV
• “online library CD-ROM” refers to the Avid Xpress Products Online
Library CD-ROM
The effects guide, user’s guide, and supplement are all available on the
online library CD-ROM.
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.
Using This Guide
Symbols and Conventions
Avid documentation uses the following symbols and conventions:
Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action
n
c
w
> This symbol indicates menu commands (and
t
k
Margin tips
(Windows), (Windows
only), (Macintosh), or
(Macintosh only)
A note provides important related information,
reminders, recommendations, and strong suggestions.
A caution means that a specific action you take could
cause harm to your computer or cause you to lose data.
A warning describes an action that could cause you
physical harm. Follow the guidelines in this document
or on the unit itself when handling electrical
equipment.
subcommands) in the order you select them. For
example, File > Import means to open the File menu
and then select the Import command.
This symbol indicates a single-step procedure.
Multiple arrows in a list indicate that you perform one
of the actions listed.
This symbol represents the Apple or Command key.
Press and hold the Command key and another key to
perform a keyboard shortcut.
In the margin, you will find tips that help you perform
tasks more easily and efficiently.
This text indicates that the information applies only to
the specified operating system, either Windows XP or
Macintosh OS X.
16
Italic font Italic font is used to emphasize certain words and to
indicate variables.
Courier Bold font
Ctrl+key or mouse action
k+key or mouse action
Courier Bold font identifies text that you type.
Press and hold the first key while you press the last
key or perform the mouse action. For example,
k+Option+C or Ctrl+drag.
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If you are having trouble using this Avid editing application:
1. Retry the action, carefully following the instructions given for that task in
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2. Check for the latest information that might have become available after
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Accessing the Tutorial and Online Library
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tutorial and the library from the Tutorial and Online Library DVD or
CD-ROM or from the Help menu.
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2. Double-click the Mainmenu file.
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1. Insert the Tutorial and Online Library DVD or CD-ROM into the drive.
2. In your Avid application, select Help > Online Library.
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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
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• 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
Description
Use of Control
Global
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.
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.
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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.
Display
Display Options
2D Effects Parameters
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.
• Ta rg et 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.
Size
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.
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.
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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.
Velocity
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For more information, see “Panning Over the Source Image” in the effects
guide or the Help.
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.
2D Effects Parameters
Velocity Parameter Options
Parameter Option Description
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.
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.
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Velocity Parameter Options (Continued)
Parameter Option Description
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
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.
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• 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.
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.
2D Effects Parameters
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
B-Spline Catmull
Cubic
Quadratic
Triangle
Real Time
Shortest Render
Time
Lowest Image Quality
Background for the Avid Pan & Zoom Effect
Parameter type: Global
Avid Ultra Qual
Avid Hi Qual
Gaussian
Highest Image Quality
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.
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.
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• Video uses the video from the segment upon which you placed the Avid
Pan & Zoom effect.
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.
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- 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.
Render Mode
• 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.
Parameter type: Global
If you are working in a progressive project, (23.976p, 24p, 25p), click the
Progressive check box in the Render Mode parameter category. Selecting this
option creates a smoother animation when using progressive frames.
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Background
Parameter Type
Description
Use of Controls
Global
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.
Other Options
button
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.
Hue
Identifies the background color. The Hue parameter is
measured as values on a color wheel ranging from 0 to 255.
The start (0) and ending (255) values are both red.
Sat (saturation)
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.
Lum
(luminance)
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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