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on. The speaker actually stands in front of a blue
wall and is projected onto the weather map.
The background scene can be any motif. The fo-
reground scene, located in the storyboard directly
after the background scene, should show an object
(thing or person) in front of a single-colored
(blue is very suitable) background. You can choo-
se any color, but avoid using pale colors, black, or
white.
With "
Color Choice " you can set the largest
possible box that defines the color range of the
foreground scene to be masked.
In case the (blue) surface of the foreground scene
(because of illumination) is not completely sing-
le-colored, then you can use "
Color span
" to set
the range in percent that the color may deviate
from the selected box ("
Color choice ").
If you click " Include area ", the foreground scene
appears, but with the help of a box you select here
the portion of the background scene to be used
for this effect. If you want to see your object in
front of the entire background, set the box to be
as large as possible.
The "
Exclude Area " button specifies the portion
of the background that should remain in a single
color. If you don't want to use this portion in your
video material, then make the box smaller and
move it out of the picture.
Keep in mind before calculating to adjust the
running time of the effect to the duration of both
scenes by using the button "
x s
". Ideally, both sce-
nes will be the same length.
5. Circle wipe:
This real-time effect changes from
one scene to another with a circle containing
a scene and which becomes steadily larger or
smaller. The direction can be chosen with "
Mode
".
" In " means that the second scene overlays the first
scene with a circle that begins in the center of the
screen and grows outward until only the second
scene is visible.
With "
Out " the first scene is in a circle covering
the screen but which then becomes steadily smal-
ler until it disappears, having been replaced by
the second scene. The well-known end to cartoon
films can be replicated by using the "
Black " effect
from the "
New scene
" list and the mode "
Out
".
6. Color fade: With this real-time effect the first
scene fades into a specifiable color and from there
fades into the second scene. Such a fade is popu-
lar, for example, with edited interviews, where
a hard cut or other transition emphasizes the
participant's movement. The usual color box is
used here to set the "
Color ". For this effect black
or white is the usual choice.
7. Crossfade: This real-time effect is the classical
fade. Next to the hard cut, this is certainly the
most frequently used type of scene transition.
The first scene is transformed gradually into
the second, whereby with increasing time the
first scene becomes less and less visible and the
second more and more. As with all
Casablanca
Prestige
transition effects both scenes remain
in movement. Simply freezing a scene is not
attractive and is no longer supported by
Casablanca Prestige .
8. Double exposure: This real-time effect is the
classical double exposure as it has been used in
film for the last hundred years, and leads to a very
atmospheric picture transition. In essence, it is
an extended fade. With "
Mode " you can choose
between "
Crossfade
" (normal usage) and "
Fade
In/Out " (recommended for inserts). The " Fade
time " (sum of fade-in and fade-out) can be set
for up to 12 seconds. Under "
Mix
" you can set the
proportion of the scenes involved up to 100%. If
the control for the mix proportion is set to 0%,
then the first scene is shown in full. For 100% you
see only the second scene. With 50% both scenes
are shown with the same intensity. This is suitable
for normal transitions. Don't forget to specify
the duration of the effect with the corresponding
buttons. You will usually use the "
x s " button
to set the duration to the maximum so that the
transition takes effect throughout the entire
double scene. For this case you should trim both
scenes to the same length beforehand.
9. Field changer: The scenes in this real-time
effect are alternated in half images with each
other so that a strobing effect ensues keeping both
scenes in movement.
10. Gate:
With this real-time effect you can call up
the color box with the button " Color " in order to
specify which color the gate should have. The gate
closes from opposite sides of the screen over the