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Avid Media Composer Effects and Color Correction Guide • 0130-30394-01 Rev F • December 2014

Contents

Using This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Symbols and Conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

If You Need Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Avid Training Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Chapter 2 Effects Concepts and Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Types of Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Real-Time Effects and Non-Real-Time Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Color Coding on Effect Icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Understanding the Effect Palette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Displaying and Adjusting the Effect Palette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Working with Effects in HD and in Progressive Frame Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Changing Timeline View Settings for Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Adjusting Trim Settings for Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Setting Effect Grid Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Setting Effect Aperture Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Chapter 3 Basics of Effects Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Applying Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Deleting Effects in a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Sizing Effects to Fit the Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Adjusting Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Updating and Reverting Existing Effects in Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Working with Effect Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Promoting Existing Effect Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Playing Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Basics of Effects Rendering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Chapter 4 Applying and Customizing Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Applying Dissolve Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

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Working with the Quick Transition Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Adjusting Transitions in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Modifying Transition Effects in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Preserving Effect Transitions in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Replacing an Effect in Effect Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Using the Effect Preview Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Stepping Through Field-Based Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Using the Effect Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Manipulating Effects Directly in the Effect Preview Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Chapter 5 Working with Keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Understanding Keyframes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Track Types for Advanced Keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Viewing Advanced Keyframe Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Manipulating Advanced Keyframes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Controls and Settings for Advanced Keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Working with Standard Keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Chapter 6 Playing Effects, Rendering Effects, and Managing Effect Media Files . . 150

Real-Time Playback of Video Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

ExpertRender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Creating and Using Render Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Render Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Using Partial Render . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Using 16-Bit Processing Support for Rendered Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Ensuring the Quality Level of Precomputed Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Rendering 3D Effects Using the HQ (Highest Quality) Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Managing Effect Media Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Chapter 7 Working with Plug-In Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Understanding AVX Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Freeing Memory Used by AVX 1.x Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Installing AVX Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Locating the AVX 1.x Plug-Ins Folder (Windows Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Updating and Promoting AVX Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Assigning Multiple Tracks in Plug-in Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

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Using AVX Plug-In Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Using the Client Monitor to Preview a Plug-In Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Troubleshooting AVX Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Chapter 8 Creating and Customizing Motion Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Understanding Motion Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Creating Traditional Motion Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Playing and Rendering Motion Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Understanding Timewarp Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Creating Timewarp Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Promoting a Traditional Motion Effect to Timewarp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Using the Motion Effect Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Scaling a Graph Display in the Motion Effect Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Using the Source Anchor Frame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Using Adaptive Deinterlacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Motion Effect Editor Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Rendering Options for Timewarp Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Timewarp Speed Graph Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Timewarp Position Graph Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Timewarp Effect Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Understanding FluidMotion Timewarp Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

FluidMotion Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Using FluidMotion Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Example of Correcting FluidMotion Artifacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Timewarp Preset Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

FluidFilm Preset Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Setting Source and Output Options for Format Conversion with Timewarp Effects . . . 239

Chapter 9 Layered and Nested Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Key Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Working with Imported Graphics and Animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Nesting Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Submaster Editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Collapsing Layers into a Submaster Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Performing a Video Mixdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

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Chapter 10 Working with Camera Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Using the Reformat Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Working with the Pan and Scan Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Using Avid Pan & Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Chapter 11 Motion Tracking and Stabilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Understanding Motion Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Workflow for Motion Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Effects and Effect Parameters That Use Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Understanding the Tracking Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

Opening The Tracking Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Tracking Window Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Setting Up an Effect for Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

Preparing to Generate Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Generating Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Offset Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

Understanding Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Customizing the Display of Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

Setting the Reference Frame for a Tracker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

Understanding the SteadyGlide and Smoothing Options for Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

Using SteadyGlide or Smoothing to Process Tracking Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Selecting, Deleting, and Moving Tracking Data Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Moving Tracker Data Points Outside the Frame Boundary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

Stretching a Range of Tracker Data Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

Limiting the Effect of Position Tracking Data to a Single Axis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331

Playing Effects That Use Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

Understanding Stabilizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

Stabilizing an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334

Reviewing and Adjusting a Stabilized Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

Guidelines for Using Multiple Trackers When Stabilizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

Using the Region Stabilize Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338

Making Adjustments to the Region Stabilize Region of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340

Editing Segments That Use Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340

Reusing Existing Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

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Copying and Pasting Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Examples of Effects Using Motion Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

Chapter 12 Working with 3D Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

Understanding 3D Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

Applying the 3D Warp Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348

Using Xpress 3D Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Promoting 2D Effects to 3D Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

Using Matte Keys with 3D Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

Real-Time Playback of 3D Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

Understanding 3D Geometry and Degrees of Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

Working with 3D Effects Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Manipulating 3D Effects Directly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Applying 3D Effects: Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Chapter 13 Creating Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

Opening the Title Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

Using Marquee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Overview of Title Creation in the Title Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Installing Fonts for Use in the Title Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368

Understanding the Title Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368

Toolbar Reference for the Title Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

Using the Selection and Text Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

Understanding the Drawing Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

Setting Up the Drawing Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375

Creating Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376

Sizing and Positioning Text Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377

Editing a Text String . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378

Formatting Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378

Creating Graphic Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

Creating Rolling and Crawling Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Modifying and Manipulating Title Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390

Modifying Box Corners, Lines, and Borders on Title Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391

Understanding Color and Transparency Controls in the Title Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394

Selecting Colors and Setting Transparency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396

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Adding Shadows to Title Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399

Adjusting Shadows on Title Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400

Manipulating Title Objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402

Saving Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

Revising a Title in a Bin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407

Creating and Using Title Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408

Saving and Recalling Title Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

Exporting a Title as a Graphics File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

Chapter 14 Editing with Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

Displaying Title Clips and Frames in Bins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

Editing a Title into a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416

Removing a Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420

Replacing a Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421

Fading a Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421

Setting Marks in a Rolling or Crawling Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421

Trimming the Duration of Rolling and Crawling Titles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422

Adjusting Title Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423

Revising a Title in a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424

Replacing Fill Tracks in a Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426

Rendering Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427

Re-creating Title Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427

Troubleshooting Titles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428

Chapter 15 Working with the SubCap Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432

Understanding the SubCap Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432

How the SubCap Effect Handles Caption Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434

Applying the SubCap Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436

Entering Caption Text Directly in the Effect Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437

Importing a Caption File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438

Adding Information to a SubCap Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440

Editing Text in the Master Caption List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440

Adjusting SubCap Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441

Synchronizing SubCap Effect Parameters and Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442

Exporting SubCap Effect Data to Caption Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443

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Working with Unicode Text in the SubCap Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445

Working with SubCap Effect Stylesheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446

Examples of SubCap Effect Parameter Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448

Chapter 16 Intraframe Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451

Understanding the Intraframe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451

Rendering Intraframe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453

Applying the Paint or AniMatte Effect to a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454

Effect Editor Reference for the Paint and AniMatte Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454

Using the Intraframe Drawing Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457

Working with Vector-Based Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468

Using the Previsualization Marker Tool for Film Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478

Manipulating Intraframe Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479

Layering, Grouping, and Locking Intraframe Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483

Exporting a Matte Key Created With the AniMatte Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485

Scratch Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487

Intraframe Editing Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500

Working with the Blur Effect and Mosaic Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512

Chapter 17 PlasmaWipe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517

Understanding PlasmaWipe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517

Folder Structure for PlasmaWipe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519

Using PlasmaWipe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520

Creating Gradient Images for PlasmaWipe Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520

Understanding PlasmaWipe Frame and Border Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530

Applying and Adjusting PlasmaWipe Frame and Border Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531

Creating Custom PlasmaWipe Border and Frame Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532

Chapter 18 Effects Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535

Blend Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536

Box Wipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539

Conceal Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540

Edge Wipes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541

Film Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542

Generator Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543

Illusion FX Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544

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Image Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550

Key Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556

L-Conceal Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559

Matrix Wipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560

Motion Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561

Peel Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562

PlasmaWipe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564

Push Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564

Reformat Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565

Sawtooth Wipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566

Shape Wipes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567

Spin Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569

Squeeze Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570

Timewarp Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572

Title Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577

Xpress 3D Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578

Comparison of Similar Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579

Chapter 19 Effects Parameter Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581

Color Parameter Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582

Common 2D Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583

Film Effects Blowup Parameter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593

Generator Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594

Illusion FX Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603

Image Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629

Key Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653

Motion Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671

Reformat Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674

FluidMotion Edit Parameters for Timewarp Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675

Rolling Title and Crawling Title Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679

3D Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680

Chapter 20 Understanding Color Correction Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704

Overview of Color Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704

Reasons for Making Color Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706

15

Entering and Exiting Color Correction Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707

The Color Correction Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708

The Color Correction Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715

Working with Color Correction Effect Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 734

(Media Composer | Symphony Option) Displaying Color Correction Information in the Time-

line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741

(Media Composer | Symphony Option) Understanding Color Correction Indicator Lines

in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742

Chapter 21 Performing Color Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743

General Workflow for Making Color Corrections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743

Using Automatic Color Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745

Using the Color Match Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753

The HSL (Hue, Saturation, Luminance) Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762

The Channels Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 779

(Media Composer | Symphony Option) The Levels Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785

The Curves Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 799

(Media Composer | SymphonyOption) The Secondary Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 812

Keyframing Color Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 833

Working with the Waveform Monitors and Vectorscope Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 837

Applying Color Corrections to an Entire Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846

Using the Color Correction Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847

Chapter 22 (Media Composer | Symphony Option) Managing Color-Corrected Sequenc-

es 855

Updating Color-Corrected Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855

Merging Color-Corrected Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857

Color Correction Merging Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 859

Flattening Color-Corrected Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 861

Removing Color Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 862

Chapter 23 Color Correction Techniques. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864

Guiding Principles for Color Correction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864

Examples of Color Correction Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 869

Chapter 24 Safe Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 880

Overview of Safe Color Limits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 880

16

Safe Color Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881

Understanding the Graphical View of Safe Color Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 882

Understanding Safe Color Warnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 884

Managing Safe Color Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 885

Making Adjustments to Achieve Safe Color Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886

Safe Color Limits with Waveform and Vectorscope Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888

Working with the Safe Color Limiter Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 889

Chapter 25 (Media Composer | Symphony Option) Spot Color Correction . . . . . . . . 894

Understanding the Spot Color Correction Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 894

Making Corrections Using the Spot Color Correction Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 895

Using Paint Effect Modes for Color Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 896

Chapter 26 Using Avid Artist Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 898

Installing EuControl Software and Configuring the Avid Artist Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 898

Using Artist Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 908

Editing Without Entering Color Correction Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 916

Avid Artist Color Soft Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917

Customizing Avid Artist Color Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 918

Avid Artist Color Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 922

Controller Application Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 924

Chapter 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 970

Using This Guide

This guide provides conceptual information and step-by-step instructions for the effects and

color correction features of your Avid

®

editing application. It also provides reference information

for every effect and effect parameter available in your application.

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

®

and Mac OS

®

X

operating systems. The majority of screen shots in this document were captured on a Windows

system, but the information applies to both Windows and Mac OS X systems. Where differences

exist, both Windows and Mac OS X screen shots are shown.

n

The documentation describes the features and hardware of all models and applies to both the

Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. Your system might not contain certain features and

hardware that are covered in the documentation, and might not be available on both Windows

and Mac OS X.

Symbols and Conventions

Avid documentation uses the following symbols and conventions:

Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action

n

A note provides important related information, reminders,

recommendations, and strong suggestions.

c

A caution means that a specific action you take could cause harm to

your computer or cause you to lose data.

w

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.

> This symbol indicates menu commands (and 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.

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If you are having trouble using your Avid product:

1. Retry the action, carefully following the instructions given for that task in this guide. It is

especially important to check each step of your workflow.

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published:

You should always check online for the most up-to-date release notes or ReadMe

because the online version is updated whenever new information becomes available. To

view these online versions, select ReadMe from the Help menu, or visit the Knowledge Base

at

www.avid.com/readme.

3. Check the documentation that came with your Avid application or your hardware for

maintenance or hardware-related issues.

4. Visit the online Knowledge Base at

www.avid.com/onlinesupport. Online services are

available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Search this online Knowledge Base to find

answers, to view error messages, to access troubleshooting tips, to download updates, and to

read or join online message-board discussions.

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This text indicates that the information applies only to the specified

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Bold font Bold font is primarily used in task instructions to identify user interface

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Courier Bold font

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2 Effects Concepts and Settings

This chapter describes concepts you should understand before you begin creating effects and

common settings adjustments that affect how you work with effects:

•

Types of Effects

• Real-Time Effects and Non-Real-Time Effects

• Color Coding on Effect Icons

• Understanding the Effect Palette

• Displaying and Adjusting the Effect Palette

• Working with Effects in HD and in Progressive Frame Projects

• Changing Timeline View Settings for Effects

• Adjusting Trim Settings for Effects

• Setting Effect Grid Options

• Setting Effect Aperture Options

Types of Effects

You can divide the effects in Avid editing applications into a number of groupings, which are

described in the remainder of this topic.

There is considerable overlap within these groupings. For example, Timewarp effects are one of

the main types of motion effects in Avid editing applications, but they are also examples of

segment effects. The following descriptions give you a basic understanding of the range of effects

available, and an introduction to some of the terminology Avid uses in its effects documentation.

Transition Effects

You apply transition effects at the cut point between two video clips that are on the same track

(the same video layer) in a sequence. Examples of transition effects are dissolves, fades, and

wipes.

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