Avid Media Composer 6.0 User guide

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Avid Media Composer and NewsCutter Effects and Color Correction Guide • 0130-30394-01 Rev C • November

2011

Contents

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

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

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

Accessing the Goodies Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Avid Training Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Chapter 1 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Working with Effects in HD and in Progressive Frame Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Changing Timeline View Settings for Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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

Setting Effect Grid Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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

Chapter 2 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Playing Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Basics of Effects Rendering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

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Chapter 3 Applying and Customizing Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Applying Dissolve Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Working with the Quick Transition Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Adjusting Transitions in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Modifying Transition Effects in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Preserving Effect Transitions in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Replacing an Effect in Effect Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Using the Effect Preview Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Stepping Through Field-Based Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Using the Effect Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Manipulating Effects Directly in the Effect Preview Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Chapter 4 Working with Keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Understanding Keyframes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Track Types for Advanced Keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Viewing Advanced Keyframe Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Manipulating Advanced Keyframes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Controls and Settings for Advanced Keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Working with Standard Keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Chapter 5 Playing Effects, Rendering Effects, and Managing Effect Media Files 153

Real-Time Playback of Video Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

ExpertRender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Creating and Using Render Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Render Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Using Partial Render . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Using 16-Bit Processing Support for Rendered Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Ensuring the Quality Level of Precomputed Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Rendering 3D Effects Using the HQ (Highest Quality) Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Rendering Effects for the Media Station XL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Managing Effect Media Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Chapter 6 Working with Plug-In Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Understanding AVX Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Freeing Memory Used by AVX 1.x Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Installing AVX Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

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Locating the AVX 1.x Plug-Ins Folder (Windows Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Updating and Promoting AVX Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Assigning Multiple Tracks in Plug-in Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Using AVX Plug-In Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Using the Client Monitor to Preview a Plug-In Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Troubleshooting AVX Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Working with the Avid After Effects EMP Plug-In (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Considerations for Using the Avid After Effects EMP Plug-in (Windows Only). . . . 197

Chapter 7 Creating and Customizing Motion Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Understanding Motion Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Creating Traditional Motion Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Playing and Rendering Motion Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Understanding Timewarp Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Creating Timewarp Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Promoting a Traditional Motion Effect to Timewarp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Using the Motion Effect Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Scaling a Graph Display in the Motion Effect Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Using the Source Anchor Frame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Using Adaptive Deinterlacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Motion Effect Editor Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Rendering Options for Timewarp Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Timewarp Speed Graph Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Timewarp Position Graph Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Timewarp Effect Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Understanding FluidMotion Timewarp Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

FluidMotion Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Using FluidMotion Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Example of Correcting FluidMotion Artifacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Timewarp Preset Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

FluidFilm Preset Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Setting Source and Output Options for Format Conversion with

Timewarp Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

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Chapter 8 Layered and Nested Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Key Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Working with Imported Graphics and Animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Nesting Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Submaster Editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Collapsing Layers into a Submaster Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Performing a Video Mixdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Chapter 9 Working with Camera Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Using the Reformat Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Working with the Pan and Scan Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Using Avid Pan & Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Chapter 10 Motion Tracking and Stabilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Understanding Motion Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Workflow for Motion Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

Effects and Effect Parameters That Use Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Understanding the Tracking Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

Opening The Tracking Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Tracking Window Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Setting Up an Effect for Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

Preparing to Generate Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

Generating Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

Offset Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

Understanding Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334

Customizing the Display of Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

Setting the Reference Frame for a Tracker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

Understanding the SteadyGlide and Smoothing Options for Tracking . . . . . . . . . . 337

Using SteadyGlide or Smoothing to Process Tracking Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

Selecting, Deleting, and Moving Tracking Data Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

Moving Tracker Data Points Outside the Frame Boundary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Stretching a Range of Tracker Data Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Limiting the Effect of Position Tracking Data to a Single Axis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

Playing Effects That Use Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

Understanding Stabilizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

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Stabilizing an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

Reviewing and Adjusting a Stabilized Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Guidelines for Using Multiple Trackers When Stabilizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

Using the Region Stabilize Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

Making Adjustments to the Region Stabilize Region of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

Editing Segments That Use Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

Reusing Existing Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Copying and Pasting Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Conforming Symphony Meridien Sequences with Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356

Examples of Effects Using Motion Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357

Chapter 11 Working with 3D Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

Understanding 3D Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

Applying the 3D Warp Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

Using Xpress 3D Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Promoting 2D Effects to 3D Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

Using Matte Keys with 3D Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

Real-Time Playback of 3D Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Understanding 3D Geometry and Degrees of Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Working with 3D Effects Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

Manipulating 3D Effects Directly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

Applying 3D Effects: Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

Chapter 12 Creating Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

Opening the Title Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Using Marquee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

Overview of Title Creation in the Title Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

Installing Fonts for Use in the Title Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Understanding the Title Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

Toolbar Reference for the Title Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

Using the Selection and Text Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388

Understanding the Drawing Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389

Setting Up the Drawing Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391

Creating Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393

Sizing and Positioning Text Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394

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Editing a Text String . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395

Formatting Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395

Creating Graphic Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400

Creating Rolling and Crawling Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402

Modifying and Manipulating Title Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408

Modifying Box Corners, Lines, and Borders on Title Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

Understanding Color and Transparency Controls in the Title Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Selecting Colors and Setting Transparency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

Adding Shadows to Title Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418

Adjusting Shadows on Title Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

Manipulating Title Objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421

Saving Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424

Revising a Title in a Bin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427

Creating and Using Title Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428

Saving and Recalling Title Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429

Exporting a Title as a Graphics File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434

Chapter 13 Editing with Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435

Displaying Title Clips and Frames in Bins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436

Editing a Title into a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437

Removing a Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441

Replacing a Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441

Fading a Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442

Setting Marks in a Rolling or Crawling Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442

Trimming the Duration of Rolling and Crawling Titles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442

Adjusting Title Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443

Revising a Title in a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445

Replacing Fill Tracks in a Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446

Rendering Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446

Re-creating Title Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447

Troubleshooting Titles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448

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Chapter 14 Working with the SubCap Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452

Understanding the SubCap Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453

How the SubCap Effect Handles Caption Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454

Applying the SubCap Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456

Entering Caption Text Directly in the Effect Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458

Importing a Caption File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458

Adding Information to a SubCap Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460

Editing Text in the Master Caption List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461

Adjusting SubCap Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461

Synchronizing SubCap Effect Parameters and Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462

Exporting SubCap Effect Data to Caption Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464

Working with Unicode Text in the SubCap Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466

Working with SubCap Effect Stylesheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466

Examples of SubCap Effect Parameter Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469

Chapter 15 Intraframe Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471

Understanding the Intraframe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471

Rendering Intraframe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473

Applying the Paint or AniMatte Effect to a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474

Effect Editor Reference for the Paint and AniMatte Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475

Using the Intraframe Drawing Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477

Working with Vector-Based Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489

Using the Previsualization Marker Tool for Film Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499

Manipulating Intraframe Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501

Layering, Grouping, and Locking Intraframe Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506

Exporting a Matte Key Created With the AniMatte Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508

Scratch Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510

Intraframe Editing Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524

Working with the Blur Effect and Mosaic Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537

Chapter 16 PlasmaWipe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541

Understanding PlasmaWipe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541

Folder Structure for PlasmaWipe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543

Using PlasmaWipe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544

Creating Gradient Images for PlasmaWipe Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544

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Understanding PlasmaWipe Frame and Border Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555

Applying and Adjusting PlasmaWipe Frame and Border Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556

Creating Custom PlasmaWipe Border and Frame Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558

Using PlasmaWipes with HD Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560

Chapter 17 Effects Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562

Blend Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564

Box Wipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566

Conceal Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568

Edge Wipes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569

Film Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570

Generator Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572

Illusion FX Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573

Image Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578

Key Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584

L-Conceal Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587

Matrix Wipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588

Motion Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589

Peel Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590

PlasmaWipe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592

Push Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593

Reformat Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594

Sawtooth Wipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595

Shape Wipes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596

Spin Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598

Squeeze Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599

Timewarp Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600

Title Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606

Xpress 3D Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608

Comparison of Similar Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609

15

Chapter 18 Effects Parameter Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610

Color Parameter Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611

Common 2D Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612

Film Effects Blowup Parameter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623

Generator Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623

Illusion FX Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633

Image Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660

Key Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684

Motion Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703

Reformat Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706

FluidMotion Edit Parameters for Timewarp Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708

Rolling Title and Crawling Title Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711

3D Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712

Chapter 19 Understanding Color Correction Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738

Overview of Color Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738

Reasons for Making Color Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740

Entering and Exiting Color Correction Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740

The Color Correction Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741

The Color Correction Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745

Working with Color Correction Effect Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753

Chapter 20 Performing Color Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759

General Workflow for Making Color Corrections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759

Using Automatic Color Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 761

Using the Color Match Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768

The HSL (Hue, Saturation, Luminance) Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776

The Curves Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 784

Keyframing Color Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796

Working with the Waveform Monitors and Vectorscope Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801

Applying Color Corrections to an Entire Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 810

Using the Color Correction Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811

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Chapter 21 Color Correction Techniques. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815

Guiding Principles for Color Correction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815

Examples of Color Correction Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 821

Chapter 22 Safe Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827

Overview of Safe Color Limits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827

Safe Color Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828

Understanding the Graphical View of Safe Color Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 829

Understanding Safe Color Warnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831

Managing Safe Color Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 833

Making Adjustments to Achieve Safe Color Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 834

Safe Color Limits with Waveform and Vectorscope Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 836

Working with the Safe Color Limiter Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 838

Chapter 23 Using Avid Artist Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 842

Installing EuControl Software and Configuring the Avid Artist Color. . . . . . . . . . . . 842

Using Artist Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851

Editing Without Entering Color Correction Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 858

Avid Artist Color Soft Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 859

Customizing Avid Artist Color Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 861

Avid Artist Color Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 865

Controller Application Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 867

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 875

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.

If You Need Help

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.

2. Check the latest information that might have become available after the documentation was

published:

- If the latest information for your Avid product is provided as printed release notes, they

are shipped with your application and are also available online.

- If the latest information for your Avid product is provided as a ReadMe file, it is

supplied on your Avid installation CD or DVD as a PDF document

(README_product.pdf) and is also available online.

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.

(Windows), (Windows

only), (Macintosh), or

(Macintosh only)

This text indicates that the information applies only to the specified

operating system, either Windows or Macintosh OS X.

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

items and keyboard sequences.

Italic font Italic font is used to emphasize certain words and to indicate variables.

Courier Bold font

Courier Bold font identifies text that you type.

Ctrl+key or mouse action Press and hold the first key while you press the last key or perform the

mouse action. For example, Command+Option+C or Ctrl+drag.

Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action

Accessing the Goodies Folder

Avid supplies a Goodies folder located on the editing application DVD. Access the Goodies

folder by browsing the DVD. This folder contains programs and files you might find useful when

trying to perform functions beyond the scope of your Avid editing application.

The information in the Goodies folder is provided solely for your reference and as suggestions

for you to decide if any of these products fit into your process. Avid is not responsible for the

manufacture, support, or sales of these products. Avid is also not responsible for any loss of data

or time, or any other adverse results related to the use of these products. All risks of using such

products or accessing such Web sites are entirely your own. The Web sites listed in the Goodies

folder are not under the control of Avid, and Avid is not responsible for their content, any

changes or updates to them, or the collection of any personal data or information by the operators

of such Web sites. All information and product availability is subject to change without notice.

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1 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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