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Avid Media Composer | Software Effects and Color Correction Guide • 0130-30394-01 Rev E • May 2014

Contents

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

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

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

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

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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

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

Chapter 3 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Using the Effect Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Manipulating Effects Directly in the Effect Preview Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Chapter 4 Working with Keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Understanding Keyframes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Track Types for Advanced Keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Viewing Advanced Keyframe Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Manipulating Advanced Keyframes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Controls and Settings for Advanced Keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Working with Standard Keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Chapter 5 Playing Effects, Rendering Effects, and Managing Effect Media Files . . 151

Real-Time Playback of Video Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

ExpertRender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Creating and Using Render Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Render Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Using Partial Render . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Using 16-Bit Processing Support for Rendered Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Ensuring the Quality Level of Precomputed Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Rendering 3D Effects Using the HQ (Highest Quality) Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Rendering Effects for the Media Station XL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

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

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

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Assigning Multiple Tracks in Plug-in Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

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

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

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

Chapter 7 Creating and Customizing Motion Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Understanding Motion Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Creating Traditional Motion Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Playing and Rendering Motion Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Understanding Timewarp Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Creating Timewarp Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Promoting a Traditional Motion Effect to Timewarp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Using the Motion Effect Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Scaling a Graph Display in the Motion Effect Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Using the Source Anchor Frame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Using Adaptive Deinterlacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Motion Effect Editor Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Rendering Options for Timewarp Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Timewarp Speed Graph Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Timewarp Position Graph Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Timewarp Effect Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Understanding FluidMotion Timewarp Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

FluidMotion Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Using FluidMotion Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Example of Correcting FluidMotion Artifacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Timewarp Preset Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

FluidFilm Preset Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Setting Source and Output Options for Format Conversion with Timewarp Effects . . . 243

Chapter 8 Layered and Nested Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Key Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Working with Imported Graphics and Animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Nesting Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Submaster Editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Collapsing Layers into a Submaster Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

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Performing a Video Mixdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Chapter 9 Working with Camera Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Using the Reformat Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Working with the Pan and Scan Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Using Avid Pan & Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Chapter 10 Motion Tracking and Stabilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Understanding Motion Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

Workflow for Motion Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Effects and Effect Parameters That Use Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Understanding the Tracking Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

Opening The Tracking Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Tracking Window Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Setting Up an Effect for Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Preparing to Generate Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Generating Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Offset Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

Understanding Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

Customizing the Display of Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Setting the Reference Frame for a Tracker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Understanding the SteadyGlide and Smoothing Options for Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Using SteadyGlide or Smoothing to Process Tracking Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

Selecting, Deleting, and Moving Tracking Data Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

Moving Tracker Data Points Outside the Frame Boundary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

Stretching a Range of Tracker Data Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

Limiting the Effect of Position Tracking Data to a Single Axis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

Playing Effects That Use Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

Understanding Stabilizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

Stabilizing an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338

Reviewing and Adjusting a Stabilized Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340

Guidelines for Using Multiple Trackers When Stabilizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341

Using the Region Stabilize Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Making Adjustments to the Region Stabilize Region of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

Editing Segments That Use Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

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Reusing Existing Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346

Copying and Pasting Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346

Examples of Effects Using Motion Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

Chapter 11 Working with 3D Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

Understanding 3D Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

Applying the 3D Warp Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

Using Xpress 3D Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

Promoting 2D Effects to 3D Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Using Matte Keys with 3D Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Real-Time Playback of 3D Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Understanding 3D Geometry and Degrees of Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356

Working with 3D Effects Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

Manipulating 3D Effects Directly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

Applying 3D Effects: Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359

Chapter 12 Creating Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

Opening the Title Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

Using Marquee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

Overview of Title Creation in the Title Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

Installing Fonts for Use in the Title Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

Understanding the Title Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

Toolbar Reference for the Title Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

Using the Selection and Text Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376

Understanding the Drawing Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377

Setting Up the Drawing Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

Creating Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380

Sizing and Positioning Text Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

Editing a Text String . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Formatting Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Creating Graphic Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387

Creating Rolling and Crawling Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388

Modifying and Manipulating Title Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394

Modifying Box Corners, Lines, and Borders on Title Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395

Understanding Color and Transparency Controls in the Title Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398

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Selecting Colors and Setting Transparency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400

Adding Shadows to Title Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

Adjusting Shadows on Title Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404

Manipulating Title Objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406

Saving Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

Revising a Title in a Bin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

Creating and Using Title Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

Saving and Recalling Title Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Exporting a Title as a Graphics File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417

Chapter 13 Editing with Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418

Displaying Title Clips and Frames in Bins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418

Editing a Title into a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

Removing a Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423

Replacing a Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424

Fading a Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424

Setting Marks in a Rolling or Crawling Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424

Trimming the Duration of Rolling and Crawling Titles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425

Adjusting Title Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426

Revising a Title in a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427

Replacing Fill Tracks in a Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429

Rendering Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430

Re-creating Title Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430

Troubleshooting Titles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

Chapter 14 Working with the SubCap Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435

Understanding the SubCap Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435

How the SubCap Effect Handles Caption Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437

Applying the SubCap Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439

Entering Caption Text Directly in the Effect Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440

Importing a Caption File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441

Adding Information to a SubCap Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443

Editing Text in the Master Caption List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443

Adjusting SubCap Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444

Synchronizing SubCap Effect Parameters and Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445

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Exporting SubCap Effect Data to Caption Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446

Working with Unicode Text in the SubCap Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448

Working with SubCap Effect Stylesheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449

Examples of SubCap Effect Parameter Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451

Chapter 15 Intraframe Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454

Understanding the Intraframe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454

Rendering Intraframe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456

Applying the Paint or AniMatte Effect to a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457

Effect Editor Reference for the Paint and AniMatte Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457

Using the Intraframe Drawing Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460

Working with Vector-Based Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471

Using the Previsualization Marker Tool for Film Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481

Manipulating Intraframe Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483

Layering, Grouping, and Locking Intraframe Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487

Exporting a Matte Key Created With the AniMatte Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489

Scratch Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491

Intraframe Editing Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504

Working with the Blur Effect and Mosaic Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516

Chapter 16 PlasmaWipe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521

Understanding PlasmaWipe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521

Folder Structure for PlasmaWipe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523

Using PlasmaWipe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524

Creating Gradient Images for PlasmaWipe Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524

Understanding PlasmaWipe Frame and Border Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534

Applying and Adjusting PlasmaWipe Frame and Border Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535

Creating Custom PlasmaWipe Border and Frame Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536

Chapter 17 Effects Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539

Blend Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540

Box Wipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543

Conceal Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544

Edge Wipes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545

Film Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546

Generator Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547

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Illusion FX Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548

Image Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554

Key Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560

L-Conceal Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563

Matrix Wipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564

Motion Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565

Peel Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566

PlasmaWipe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568

Push Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568

Reformat Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569

Sawtooth Wipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570

Shape Wipes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571

Spin Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573

Squeeze Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574

Timewarp Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576

Title Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581

Xpress 3D Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582

Comparison of Similar Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584

Chapter 18 Effects Parameter Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585

Color Parameter Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586

Common 2D Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587

Film Effects Blowup Parameter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597

Generator Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598

Illusion FX Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607

Image Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633

Key Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657

Motion Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675

Reformat Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678

FluidMotion Edit Parameters for Timewarp Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679

Rolling Title and Crawling Title Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683

3D Effect Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684

Chapter 19 Understanding Color Correction Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708

Overview of Color Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708

15

Reasons for Making Color Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710

Entering and Exiting Color Correction Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711

The Color Correction Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712

The Color Correction Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718

Working with Color Correction Effect Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738

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

line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745

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

in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746

Chapter 20 Performing Color Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747

General Workflow for Making Color Corrections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747

Using Automatic Color Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 749

Using the Color Match Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757

The HSL (Hue, Saturation, Luminance) Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766

The Channels Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783

(Media Composer | Symphony Option) The Levels Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 789

The Curves Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803

(Media Composer | SymphonyOption) The Secondary Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816

Keyframing Color Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 837

Working with the Waveform Monitors and Vectorscope Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 841

Applying Color Corrections to an Entire Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850

Using the Color Correction Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851

Chapter 21 (Media Composer | Symphony Option) Managing Color-Corrected Sequenc-

es 857

Updating Color-Corrected Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857

Merging Color-Corrected Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 859

Color Correction Merging Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 861

Flattening Color-Corrected Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 862

Removing Color Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864

Chapter 22 Color Correction Techniques. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866

Guiding Principles for Color Correction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866

Examples of Color Correction Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 871

16

Chapter 23 Safe Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 882

Overview of Safe Color Limits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 882

Safe Color Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883

Understanding the Graphical View of Safe Color Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 884

Understanding Safe Color Warnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886

Managing Safe Color Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 887

Making Adjustments to Achieve Safe Color Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888

Safe Color Limits with Waveform and Vectorscope Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 890

Working with the Safe Color Limiter Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 891

Chapter 24 (Media Composer | Symphony Option) Spot Color Correction . . . . . . . . 896

Understanding the Spot Color Correction Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 896

Making Corrections Using the Spot Color Correction Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 897

Using Paint Effect Modes for Color Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 898

Chapter 25 Using Avid Artist Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900

Installing EuControl Software and Configuring the Avid Artist Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900

Using Artist Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910

Editing Without Entering Color Correction Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 918

Avid Artist Color Soft Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 919

Customizing Avid Artist Color Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 920

Avid Artist Color Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 924

Controller Application Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 926

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

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.

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Courier Bold font

Courier Bold font identifies text that you type.

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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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