Roxio Creator 6 - NXT Getting Started Guide

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Roxio Creator NXT

VideoWave

Roxio® Creator® NXT includes VideoWave for editing your videos. This online guide
includes some of the latest features in VideoWave.

VideoWave is available from the Roxio Creator Home page or the Video/Movies page.

In this guide, you can find the following topics:

•Track Transparency

•Motion Tracking

•360 Video

Track Transparency

You can adjust the opacity level of clips in an overlay track to create a superimposed effect
or to create a custom fade in or fade out effect.

To adjust th e t r an spare nc y of a n ove rlay track

1 In the Production Editor area, click the Timeline tab.
2 On the overlay track that you want to edit, click the Track Transparency icon.

Track Tr ansparency m ode is ac tiva ted across t he T im eline s pace with an opacity value
scale from 0 at the bottom (completely transparent), to 100 at the top (completely
opaque). A yellow line represents the current setting.

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3 Do one of the following:

• To adjust the opacity of the entire track, drag the yellow line up or down to the level
you want. If there are any keyframes on the line, you must remove them (right-click a
keyframe and from the context menu, choose Remove all keyframes).

• To vary the transparency for the track, click the yellow line to add as many keyframe
nodes as you need. Drag the nodes to adjust the opacity.

Note: If you want to delete a single keyframe, right-click a keyframe and from the
context menu, choose Remove keyframe.

4 To exit Tra ck Tr anspare nc y mode, click the Close button in the upper-right corner of

the Timeline area.

Motion Tracking

You ca n tr ac k th e mo tio n of elements in your videos and add masks or objects that follow
the same motion. For example, you can apply a mask to obscure a face, license plate, or
trademarked logo that is visible in your video.

You can also track the motion of an element so that you can follow it with an object. For
example, you can add a name label to follow a player in a video of a sporting event. You can
track more than one element in a video.

Note: It’s best to create tag or label image files (PNGs work well) in advance of opening
Motion Tracking. You can use the application of your choice to create a Follow Object tag or
label. Simply store the files so that they are accessible from the Media Selector.

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The yellow name labels were imported to VideoWave and applied to separate trackers.

To track and m ask a n e le ment in a video

1 In the Production Editor area, click the Timeline tab.

2 Select a clip in the Video track, and click the Motion Tracking button in the toolbar

or right-click the track and choose Motion Tracking from the context menu.

3 Click the Mask Object tab, and click a Shape icon.

4 Drag in the preview window to apply the shape to the area that you want to cover. Fine-

tune the mask by dragging the mask nodes

5 In the Mosaic or Blur area, enable the corresponding check box, and adjust the Amount

to obscure the selected area.

Mosaic effect (left). Blur effect (right)