Avid® Media Composer® and Film Composer® Effects Guide a tools for storytellers® © 2000 Avid Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Avid Media Composer and Film Composer Effects Guide • Part 0130-04528-01 Rev. A • August 2000 2 Contents Chapter 1 Preparing to Work with Effects About Effect Types. 29 About Horizontal, Vertical, and Nested Effects . 30 Effects Creation Tools . 31 About Real-Time and Downstream Key Effects . 32 About Downstream Key Effects. 32 About Real-Time Effects . 32 Playing Real-Time Effects . 33 Playback Capabilities for Two-Stream Video . 33 Playback Capabilities for Single-Stream Uncompressed Video. 35 Additional Suggestions for Playback . 35 Hardware Limitations for Real-Time Effects . 36 Combined Rendering of Real-Time and Non-Real-Time Effects . 36 Displaying Effects On-the-Fly . 36 Interrupting Render On-the-Fly. 37 About Effects in 24p or 25p Projects . 37 Using the Effect Palette . 39 Displaying the Effect Palette . 40 Resizing the Effect Palette. 41 Understanding the Color Coding. 42 Displaying Effect Templates . 44 Using Third-Party Plug-in Effects. 46 AVX Plug-Ins and Memory Usage . 47 3 Installing Photoshop-Compatible Plug-in Effects (Macintosh) . 47 Installing AVX Plug-Ins. 49 Locating the AVX_Plug-Ins Folder (Windows) . 51 Upgrading AVX Plug-ins and Effects . 52 Assigning Multiple Tracks in Plug-in Effects . 53 Using AVX Plug-in Controls. 54 Accessing an AVX Custom Interface . 55 Custom AVX Controls in the Effect Editor . 55 Troubleshooting AVX Plug-Ins. 56 Changing Timeline View Settings for Effects . 58 Adjusting Trim Settings for Effects . 59 Chapter 2 Basics of Effects Editing Deconstructing Effects. 61 Applying Effects to a Sequence. 64 Applying an Effect to a Single Transition or Segment . 64 Applying an Effect to Multiple Transitions. 66 Applying an Effect to Multiple Segments . 67 About Deleting Effects in a Sequence . 68 Deleting a Single Effect . 69 Deleting Multiple Transition Effects . 70 Deleting Multiple Segment Effects . 70 Using the Fade Effect Button . 71 Working with Transition Effects . 72 Types of Transition Effects . 72 Applying a Dissolve Effect . 72 Using the Effect Palette. 73 Using the Transition Parameters. 73 Using the Add Dissolve Button . 74 Using the Add Dissolve Button to Apply Effects to Multiple Transitions . 78 Sizing the Effect to Fit the Media. 81 4 Trimming a Transition Effect . 81 Adjusting Transitions in the Timeline . 81 Creating Motion Effects . 82 Playing and Rendering Motion Effects. 83 Rendering Considerations When Creating Motion Effects. 83 Rendering and Rerendering Existing Motion Effects. 84 Understanding Motion Effect Type Changes . 87 About Motion Effects in 24p or 25p Projects . 88 Creating a Freeze Frame. 89 Creating a Rolling Clip That Freezes . 91 Creating a Variable Speed Effect . 92 Creating a Strobe Motion Effect. 96 Chapter 3 Customizing Effects in Effect Mode Entering Effect Mode. 101 Customizing the Effect Mode Display. 102 Understanding the Effect Preview Monitor. 102 About Big Effect Mode (Windows) . 103 Using Big Effect Mode (Windows) . 103 Mapping User-Selectable Buttons in Effect Mode. 104 Understanding the Tracking Information . 105 Displaying the Safe Title and Safe Action Guidelines . 105 Working with the Effect Grid . 107 Setting the Effect Grid Options . 108 Displaying the Effect Grid in Effect Mode. 112 Displaying Position Coordinates . 113 Using Local Grid Parameters. 114 Obtaining Position Information in a Film Project . 114 Position Information for the Paint and AniMatte Effects. 114 Position Information for the Blowup Effect. 115 Navigating in Effect Mode . 116 5 Changing Position. 116 Using Single-Field Step . 117 Using the Effect Editor . 117 Effect Editor Buttons. 119 Moving an Enlarged Image in Effect Mode. 121 Selecting a Parameter . 123 Changing a Parameter . 123 Accessing an Effect’s Additional Parameters. 124 Adjusting a Color Parameter. 125 Using the Eyedropper . 125 Using the Windows Color Dialog Box. 125 Using the Macintosh Color Picker . 127 Replacing an Effect with the Effect Editor. 129 Using Keyframes . 129 Adding a Keyframe. 130 Selecting a Keyframe . 130 Moving a Keyframe . 131 Changing a Keyframe’s Parameters. 132 Copying and Pasting Keyframe Parameters . 132 Deleting a Keyframe. 133 Defining a Motion Path . 133 Moving the Image Directly . 134 Using an Effect Template . 136 Saving an Effect Template. 137 Applying an Effect Template . 138 Playing an Effect. 139 Basic Playback . 139 Playing an Effect in a Continuous Loop. 140 Playing a Preview of an Effect . 140 Rendering Effects . 140 Creating and Using Render Settings. 142 Creating a New Render Setting. 142 Adjusting Render.