Avid® Media Composer® and Film Composer® Effects Guide Contents Chapter 1 Effects Editing Displaying the Effect Palette . 16 Installing Third-Party Plug-In Effects . 19 Settings for Effects . 20 User Settings . 20 Effect Settings . 20 Render Settings . 22 Timeline View Settings. 24 Trim Settings. 25 Effect Types . 26 Real-Time Effects . 26 Playing Real-Time Effects . 27 Overlapping Real-Time Effects on the Same Track. 27 Overlapping Real-Time Effects and Non-Real-Time Effects 28 Overlapping Real-Time Effects on Multiple Tracks . 28 Applying Effects to a Sequence. 29 Displaying Effect Icons . 30 Applying a Single Effect . 30 Applying Multiple Effects. 31 Selecting Multiple Transitions . 31 Selecting Multiple Segments. 33 Selecting Multiple Layers . 35 Applying a Third-Party Plug-In Effect . 35 Deleting Effects in a Sequence . 36 ii Working with Transition Effects . 38 Types of Transition Effects . 38 Applying a Dissolve Effect . 38 Using the Effect Palette. 39 Using the Transition Parameters. 39 Using the Add Dissolve Button . 40 Sizing the Effect to Fit the Media. 42 Trimming a Transition Effect . 43 Adjusting Transitions in the Timeline . 44 Customizing a Transition Effect. 44 Working in Effect Mode . 45 Understanding the Effect Mode Window. 45 Effect Mode Buttons . 46 Selecting a New or Replacement Effect . 49 Selecting a Parameter . 50 Changing a Parameter . 50 Adjusting a Color Parameter. 51 Adjusting the EffectÕs Position . 51 Adjusting the EffectÕs Size . 53 Cropping an Effect . 53 Accessing an EffectÕs Additional Parameters. 54 Reversing an EffectÕs Direction . 55 Changing the EffectÕs Display Quality . 55 Displaying the Safe Title/Action Guidelines . 56 Displaying the Aspect Ratio Grid for Film . 57 Choosing a Media Volume . 58 Using Key Frames. 59 Creating a Key Frame . 59 Selecting a Key Frame . 60 Adjusting the Level between Key Frames . 60 Adjusting the Acceleration . 61 Moving a Key Frame. 62 Changing a Key FrameÕs Parameters . 62 iii Copying and Pasting Key Frame Parameters. 63 Deleting a Key Frame . 63 Playing an Effect. 64 Rendering an Effect . 65 Selecting the Render Setting for a Project . 65 Combining Real Time Effects and Rendered Effects. 65 Overlapping Real-Time Effects. 65 Overlapping Real-Time and Rendered Effects . 66 Speed Considerations . 66 Displaying Effects On-the-Fly . 66 Rendering a Single Effect . 67 Rendering Multiple Effects. 68 Rendering Third-Party Plug-in Effects . 69 Using an Effect Template . 69 Saving an Effect Template . 69 Applying an Effect Template . 70 Using Multilayer Effects . 72 Creating a Chroma or Luma Key Effect . 72 Creating a Matte Key Effect . 73 Working with Imported Graphics and Animation . 74 Editing with Imported Matte Key Clips. 75 Editing with Imported Master Clips . 77 Nesting Effects . 78 Nesting a Title within a Picture-in-Picture . 79 Nesting a Split Screen . 80 Another Nesting Technique . 81 Expanding Nested Effects in the Timeline . 81 Submaster Editing . 84 Submaster Editing of Multiple Clips . 85 Submaster Editing of Multiple Effects . 86 Collapsing Layers into One Sub-master Effect . 88 Video Mixdown . 89 Managing Your Media Files . 91 iv Locating and Deleting Effect Media Files . 91 Chapter 2 Creating and Editing Titles and Graphic Objects Task Overview Ñ Creating and Editing Titles . 94 Creating New Titles . 95 Understanding the Title Tool Window. 97 Setting Up the Drawing Environment . 98 Viewing Anti-Aliased Titles . 98 Using Title and Action Guidelines. 98 Using Safe Colors. 99 Selecting a Background . 99 Displaying a Grid . 100 Snapping to Grid . 101 Bringing the Title Tool Window to the Foreground . 101 Understanding the Tool Bar. 102 Working with Text . 105 The Text Formatting Tools . 107 Setting the Default Text Attributes . 108 Font Selection . 108 Text JustiÞcation. 109 Text Kerning . ..