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just to see only one effect type in the list.
(5)
Clicking on the "
i
" button, you’ll get informa-
tion about the transition effect activated in the
effect list. If it is an additional effect, the window
"
product information
" appears, which offers a
description of the effect. Is the effect to be found
a standard effect, the product information refers
to the manual.
(6)
You use the "
Add
" button to apply the selec-
ted and defined effect between the scenes in
the storyboard middle. The effect symbol then
appears between the two scenes with a blue
(real-time) or a red flag (must be created). The
effect duration corresponds to the duration that
was last used. This enables you to insert many
effects with the same duration between different
scenes.
If you select an new transition effect although
there already is one between the two scenes,
then the new effect replaces the old, without you
having to click again on "
Add
".
(7)
A click on the "
Remove
" button removes the
added effect from the storyboard. If you would
like to replace the current effect with another,
then you can simply select the new effect and it
automatically replaces the current effect in the
storyboard. In this case you don't have to click
on the "Remove" button.
(8)
With this button you can set the duration of
the effect.
This button is enabled after you have inserted
an effect between two scenes. The duration then
shown is 1 second (assuming that neither of the
two scenes lasts less than 1 second). Clicking on
this button displays a window in which you use
a slider to set the time exactly. Also provided
are the durations 1/2 sec, 1 sec and 2 sec, which
you can click directly, or use the slider to set the
duration to its maximum limit - the length of the
shorter of the 2 scenes used.
An effect between two normal scenes shortens
the total storyboard length by the running time
of the transition effect. An effect between a
normal scene (background) and an Insert scene
(foreground) does not shorten the length of the
storyboard.
Transition effects may not overlap. For example,
if a scene is 5 seconds long then the total du-
ration of the two effects connecting this scene
with the previous scene and next scene cannot
be longer than 5 seconds. For effects where an
insert scene is present, the duration of the insert
scene is the maximum limit.
Audio is automatically cross-faded. This means
that the audio of the previous scene becomes
quieter and the audio of the next scene beco-
mes louder. If a scene's audio is too quiet or too
loud, then you should correct the volume when
dubbing (audio mix).
If an insert scene is involved with the effect, the
audio is not changed because Inserts do not af-
fect the original audio of the background scene.
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The "
Preview
" button can only be clicked
when the inserted effect is an effect that must
be created (indicated with red outline). A screen
opens in which the last second of the first scene,
the effect, and the first second of the following
scene are displayed, so that you can view the
transition and perhaps make further corrections
(concerning color, direction, time, etc.), before
you finally create the transition effect.
The duration of the preview is approximately
that of the final version. The preview may be a
little "jittery" because it does not work at the nor-
mal frame rate. This will not occur in the created
effect. For complex effects a certain wait time
even for preview may be necessary.
A preview does not require any hard-drive
space.
(10)
After you have added a transition effect
and perhaps defined its duration, you can click
on the "
Full Size
" button and bring up a further
preview menu, if your system supports this
function. There you see the middle frame of the
transition effect. The video image is superim-
posed by an operating panel in which you can
see the effect options (if available) on the right
side.
On the left side you see the button "
Frame
" be-
low the effect name. You can use this button to
specify the point in time of the transition effect
you want to see.
In this way you can observe the applied effect at
any point in time of the scene. The button does
not have to be confirmed – you can scroll slowly
through this part of the scene and view it at the
same time.
The button "
Display
" positioned below
offers you the choice between "
Original
"
(representation of the new scene you have just
chosen) and "
Compare
". The last option divides
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