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without saving any changes.
The
arrow button serves to move the menu bar to
the upper screen edge.
( 9 ) If the inserted effect shows a symbol outlined
in red, then it must be created. When you click
on the "
Create " button a screen appears in which
the course of the effect can be seen as it is created.
After the creation is completed the symbol's
outline is blue.
Sometimes real-time effects are outlined in red
and must be created. The reason for this is the
"dual stream technology" of the MPEG-2 decoder
used by
Casablanca Prestige . This means that
effects that overlap, are near to each other in
time, or are used with inserts, might have to be
calculated.
( 10 ) You can use the multi-layering technique
with Casablanca Prestige . If you want to over-
lap several transition effects, you at first add one
effect between two scenes and create it. Then you
create a single scene from the two scenes and the
inserted effect. To do this you click on the "
Scene "
button so that a window appears in which you can
select the range for the new scene. The name of
the used transition effect appears next to "
Name "
and is given as default name for the new scene. If
desired, you can enter another name by clicking
and using the keyboard that appears.
You also see the three options " Effect ", "
scene(s) ", and " Range ". If you only want to con-
vert the effect with the previously set range into
a new scene, then click on "
Effect " and then on
" OK ". This causes the effect to be converted into a
scene and to be put into the scene bin of the Edit
menu.
You can also let the length of the new scene ex-
tend beyond the range of the two previous scenes
(with inserted effect). In this case click on "
Effect
+ scene(s) " and then on " OK ". This causes the
scene to be created and to appear in the scene bin.
Alternatively, you can create the scene from the
entire length of or from a portion of the story-
board. Click on "
Range " and confirm with " OK ".
Use the IN and OUT points (in the now familiar
Range menu) to select the range of the new scene.
The wave form can help you to do this (
section
3.3
). The wave form can be displayed/hidden with
the loudspeaker symbol.
Then click on "
OK " in the Range menu and the
scene is created and stored in the Edit menu.
Of course, you can also create a separate scene
from a portion of the storyboard in which there
is no effect. Simply select a point in the story-
board and click on "
Scene" . In the window that
is displayed only the function " Range " is enabled.
Specify a range and click on "
OK
". Then you can
view the new scene in the Edit menu.
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) Clicking on the
menu symbols
brings you
directly to the Edit, Image Processing effects,
Titling , and to the Main menu screens.
Keep in mind: If you change a setting for an effect
that has already been created, change the dura-
tion, or even replace the effect with another, the
effect must then be created again. Be careful!
The transition effects in detail
The following transition effects belong to the
basic package on the SmartMedia card:
1. 3D Mosaic:
The first scene is divided into
small squares, the number of which you can set
in the effect options under "
Number of Squares "
(between 1 and 15). The squares "
fly
" out of the
picture and reveal the second scene.
2. 3D Stripes:
The second scene is pushed into the
picture in the " Direction " you choose (from top
to bottom, or from bottom to top) with from 2 to
30 stripes ("
Number of stripes
").
3. Bars: The new picture either pushes (" Type "
"
Push
") the old with from 2 to 200 "
Bars
" out of
view or superimposes itself (" Type " " Inset "). Un-
der " Direction " you have a choice of six. Two are
interlocked (come from two sides). Recommen-
ded duration: 0.5 to 2 seconds.
4. Blue box:
With this effect you can remove
undesirable elements from a foreground scene
and place the remaining motif on another back-
ground. (This is also commonly called a "chroma-
key" effect) You are probably familiar with this
effect, it is used by weather forecasters on televisi-