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VIDEO PAINT: CHAPTER ONE 13
active floating selection, while Duplicate Last Paint Layer copies every-
thing present in the last active paint layer.
To duplicate an action over several frames, you need to perform a power
duplication.
Power duplication is much more flexible than the other
Duplicate commands as it allows you to not only specify how many frames
to duplicate over, but also the transparency for each duplication and
whether or not to add an effect to each duplicated portion. You can also
choose different start and end positions to have the duplicated portions
move over the entire sequence.
To perform a Power Duplication:
1.
If not already selected, select the frame in the Filmstrip Panel with the
edits you want to duplicate.
2.
Click Edit: Power Duplicate to open the Power Duplicate dialog box.
3.
Select the source you want to duplicate from the Source group box.
The Selection option duplicates the currently active floating selection
or, if the selection is not floating, its mask, while Paint layer dupli-
cates the entire contents of the paint layer. (If you do not have a
floating selection active, then only Paint layer is enabled.)
4.
Specify where you want the duplication to take place in the Apply
group box. You can choose to perform the duplication over frames
appearing before or after the active frame. In the
Duration spin box,
indicate how many frames to duplicate over.
5.
Set the Start and End frame transparency in the Start and End tabs.
(Default is 0, or no transparency.) You can also specify the X and Y
coordinates from where to place each duplicated edits. By having
different start and end coordinates, you can have the duplicated edits
appear to move linearly over time.
6.
Specify an effect to apply to the duplicated edits in the Effect group
box. (Setting the duration of the duplication to one frame disables the
Effect options.)
Note: Effects are previously saved mask files that allow you to control which
areas of each frame are affected by the duplication as well as their intensity.