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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Types of Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Real-Time Effects and Non-Real-Time Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Color Coding on Effect Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Understanding the Effect Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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

Setting Effect Aperture Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Chapter 2 Basics of Effects Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Applying Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Deleting Effects in a Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Sizing Effects to Fit the Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Adjusting Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Updating and Reverting Existing Effects in Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Working with Effect Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Promoting Existing Effect Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Playing Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Basics of Effects Rendering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Chapter 3 Applying and Customizing Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Applying Dissolve Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Working with the Quick Transition Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

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Adjusting Transitions in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Preserving Effect Transitions in the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Replacing an Effect in Effect Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Using the Effect Preview Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Stepping Through Field-Based Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Using the Effect Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Manipulating Effects Directly in the Effect Preview Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

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

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

Track Types for Advanced Keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

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

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

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

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

Chapter 5 Playing Effects, Rendering Effects, and Managing Effect Media Files 149

Real-Time Playback of Video Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

ExpertRender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Rendering Effects for the Media Station XL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Managing Effect Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Chapter 6 Working with Plug-In Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Understanding AVX Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Freeing Memory Used by AVX 1.x Plug-ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Installing AVX Plug-ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Locating the AVX 1.x Plug-Ins Folder (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Updating and Promoting AVX Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Assigning Multiple Tracks in Plug-in Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Using AVX Plug-In Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

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Using the Client Monitor to Preview a Plug-In Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Troubleshooting AVX Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Working with the Avid After Effects EMP Plug-In (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Considerations for Using the Avid After Effects EMP Plug-in (Windows Only). . . . 194

Chapter 7 Creating and Customizing Motion Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Understanding Motion Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Creating Traditional Motion Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Playing and Rendering Motion Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Understanding Timewarp Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Creating Timewarp Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Promoting a Traditional Motion Effect to Timewarp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Using the Motion Effect Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Scaling a Graph Display in the Motion Effect Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Using the Source Anchor Frame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Using Adaptive Deinterlacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Motion Effect Editor Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Rendering Options for Timewarp Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Timewarp Speed Graph Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Timewarp Position Graph Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Timewarp Effect Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Understanding FluidMotion Timewarp Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

FluidMotion Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Using FluidMotion Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Example of Correcting FluidMotion Artifacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Timewarp Preset Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

FluidFilm Preset Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Setting Source and Output Options for Format Conversion with Timewarp Effects 246

Chapter 8 Layered and Nested Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Key Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Working with Imported Graphics and Animation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Nesting Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Submaster Editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Collapsing Layers into a Submaster Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

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Performing a Video Mixdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Chapter 9 Working with Camera Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Using the Reformat Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Working with the Pan and Scan Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Using Avid Pan & Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Chapter 10 Motion Tracking and Stabilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

Understanding Motion Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

Workflow for Motion Tracking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Effects and Effect Parameters That Use Tracking Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Understanding the Tracking Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Opening The Tracking Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

Tracking Window Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Setting Up an Effect for Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Preparing to Generate Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Generating Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Offset Tracking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Understanding Tracking Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331

Customizing the Display of Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

Setting the Reference Frame for a Tracker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

Understanding the SteadyGlide and Smoothing Options for Tracking. . . . . . . . . . 334

Using SteadyGlide or Smoothing to Process Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

Selecting, Deleting, and Moving Tracking Data Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

Moving Tracker Data Points Outside the Frame Boundary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

Stretching a Range of Tracker Data Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

Limiting the Effect of Position Tracking Data to a Single Axis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341

Playing Effects That Use Tracking Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Understanding Stabilizing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

Stabilizing an Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

Reviewing and Adjusting a Stabilized Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346

Guidelines for Using Multiple Trackers When Stabilizing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

Using the Region Stabilize Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348

Making Adjustments to the Region Stabilize Region of Interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

Editing Segments That Use Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

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Reusing Existing Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

Copying and Pasting Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

Conforming Symphony Meridien Sequences with Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Examples of Effects Using Motion Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Chapter 11 Working with 3D Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359

Understanding 3D Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359

Applying the 3D Warp Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360

Using Xpress 3D Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

Promoting 2D Effects to 3D Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

Using Matte Keys with 3D Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

Real-Time Playback of 3D Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Understanding 3D Geometry and Degrees of Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Working with 3D Effects Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

Manipulating 3D Effects Directly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

Applying 3D Effects: Examples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368

Chapter 12 Creating Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

Opening the Title Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380

Using Marquee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

Overview of Title Creation in the Title Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

Installing Fonts for Use in the Title Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Understanding the Title Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

Toolbar Reference for the Title Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Using the Selection and Text Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

Understanding the Drawing Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387

Setting Up the Drawing Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389

Creating Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390

Sizing and Positioning Text Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391

Editing a Text String . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

Formatting Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393

Creating Graphic Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398

Creating Rolling and Crawling Titles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399

Modifying and Manipulating Title Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

Modifying Box Corners, Lines, and Borders on Title Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406

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Understanding Color and Transparency Controls in the Title Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

Selecting Colors and Setting Transparency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

Adding Shadows to Title Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Adjusting Shadows on Title Objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

Manipulating Title Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417

Saving Titles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420

Revising a Title in a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422

Creating and Using Title Templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423

Working with Multiple Title Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424

Saving and Recalling Title Styles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426

Exporting a Title as a Graphics File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

Chapter 13 Editing with Titles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433

Displaying Title Clips and Frames in Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433

Editing a Title into a Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434

Removing a Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438

Replacing a Title. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439

Fading a Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439

Setting Marks in a Rolling or Crawling Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439

Trimming the Duration of Rolling and Crawling Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440

Adjusting Title Effect Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440

Revising a Title in a Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442

Working with Existing Multiple Format Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443

Replacing Fill Tracks in a Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444

Rendering Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444

Re-creating Title Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444

Troubleshooting Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447

Chapter 14 Working with the SubCap Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451

Understanding the SubCap Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451

How the SubCap Effect Handles Caption Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453

Applying the SubCap Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455

Entering Caption Text Directly in the Effect Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457

Importing a Caption File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457

Adding Information to a SubCap Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459

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Editing Text in the Master Caption List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460

Adjusting SubCap Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460

Synchronizing SubCap Effect Parameters and Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461

Exporting SubCap Effect Data to Caption Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462

Working with Unicode Text in the SubCap Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464

Working with SubCap Effect Stylesheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465

Examples of SubCap Effect Parameter Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498

Manipulating Intraframe Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500

Layering, Grouping, and Locking Intraframe Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505

Exporting a Matte Key Created With the AniMatte Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507

Scratch Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508

Intraframe Editing Examples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523

Working with the Blur Effect and Mosaic Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534

Chapter 16 PlasmaWipe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539

Understanding PlasmaWipe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539

Folder Structure for PlasmaWipe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541

Using PlasmaWipe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542

Creating Gradient Images for PlasmaWipe Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542

Understanding PlasmaWipe Frame and Border Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552

Applying and Adjusting PlasmaWipe Frame and Border Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553

Creating Custom PlasmaWipe Border and Frame Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554

Using PlasmaWipes with HD Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557

Chapter 17 Effects Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559

Blend Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560

Box Wipes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563

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Conceal Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564

Edge Wipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565

Film Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566

Generator Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568

Illusion FX Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568

Image Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574

Key Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580

L-Conceal Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583

Matrix Wipes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584

Motion Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585

Peel Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586

PlasmaWipe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588

Push Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589

Reformat Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590

Sawtooth Wipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591

Shape Wipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592

Spin Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594

Squeeze Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595

Timewarp Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596

Title Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603

Xpress 3D Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604

Comparison of Similar Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605

Chapter 18 Effects Parameter Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607

Color Parameter Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608

Common 2D Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609

Film Effects Blowup Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620

Generator Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620

Illusion FX Effect Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630

Image Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656

Key Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681

Motion Effect Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699

Reformat Effect Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702

FluidMotion Edit Parameters for Timewarp Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703

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Rolling Title and Crawling Title Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707

3D Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708

Chapter 19 Understanding Color Correction Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733

Overview of Color Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733

Reasons for Making Color Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 736

Entering and Exiting Color Correction Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737

The Color Correction Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737

The Color Correction Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744

Working with Color Correction Effect Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762

Displaying Color Correction Information in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768

Understanding Color Correction Indicator Lines in the Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769

Chapter 20 Performing Color Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771

General Workflow for Making Color Corrections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771

Using Automatic Color Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773

Using the Color Match Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781

The HSL (Hue, Saturation, Luminance) Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790

The Channels Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806

The Levels Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811

The Curves Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825

The Secondary Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 836

Keyframing Color Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857

Working with the Waveform Monitors and Vectorscope Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 862

Using the Color Correction Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 871

Chapter 21 Managing Color-Corrected Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 877

Updating Color-Corrected Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 877

Merging Color-Corrected Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 879

Color Correction Merging Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881

Flattening Color-Corrected Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883

Removing Color Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 884

Chapter 22 Color Correction Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 887

Guiding Principles for Color Correction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 887

Examples of Color Correction Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 892

Chapter 23 Safe Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903

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Overview of Safe Color Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903

Safe Color Settings Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 904

Understanding the Graphical View of Safe Color Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905

Understanding Safe Color Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907

Managing Safe Color Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909

Making Adjustments to Achieve Safe Color Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910

Safe Color Limits with Waveform and Vectorscope Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 911

Working with the Safe Color Limiter Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913

Chapter 24 Spot Color Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917

Understanding the Spot Color Correction Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917

Making Corrections Using the Spot Color Correction Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 918

Using Paint Effect Modes for Color Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 919

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 921

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.

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Avid documentation uses the following symbols and conventions:

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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.

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

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- 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.

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only), (Macintosh), or

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This text indicates that the information applies only to the specified

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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.

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Accessing the Goodies Folder

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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

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personal data or information by the operators of such Web sites. All information and product

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