ULEAD VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE
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Overlay
The
Overlay Step
allows you to add overlay clips to combine with your videos in
the Video Track. Use an Overlay clip to create a picture-in-picture effect or add a
lower-third graphic to create more professional-looking movie productions.
The Overlay Step Options Panel
There are two tabs in the
Overlay Step Options Panel
:
Edit
tab and
Attribute
tab.
Edit tab
The
Edit
tab allows you to customize properties such as clip duration, playback
speed, and audio properties of the Overlay clip. The available options in this tab will
depend on the selected Overlay clip.
Attribute tab
The
Attribute
tab allows you to apply motion, transparency, filters and border to
the Overlay clip.
•
Mask & Chroma Key:
Opens the
Overlay Options Panel
where you can specify
the transparency and Overlay options to be applied to the Overlay clip.
•
Options:
Displays various commands you can apply to the Overlay clip.
•
Replace last filter:
Allows the last filter applied to a clip to be replaced when you
drag a new filter onto the clip. Clear this option if you want to add multiple filters to
your clips.
•
Applied filters:
Lists the video filters that were applied to a clip. Click
or
to
arrange the order of the filters.
•
Delete filter:
Removes the selected filter from the Overlay clip. Click
to remove
a filter.
•
Presets:
Opens a menu where you can select a preset for the selected filter to apply
to the Overlay clip.
•
Customize Filter:
Opens a dialog box where you can define settings and options for
the selected filter.
•
Direction/Style:
Determines the type of movement to be applied to the Overlay
clip.
•
Enter/Exit:
Set the directions in which the clip will enter and leave the screen.
•
Rotate before/after pause duration:
Select to rotate the clip before or after
pause duration.
•
Fade-in/Fade-out motion effect:
Select to gradually increase or decrease the
transparency of the clip when it enters or leaves the screen.
