User Manual

Placeholder for missing effects
• Continue working on a project even when the eects it uses are missing from your
system. Information about where each eect was applied and the settings it uses is
preserved.
Adjustment layers
• Create adjustment layers, similar to those in Photoshop, to apply eects to any layers
that appear below them.
Powerful animation and motion controls
Motion blur
• Apply motion blur to moving layers to produce more realistic animations.
Timesaving Animation and Behavior Presets plus project templates
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Produce great-looking animations quickly using hundreds of fully customizable
Animation Presets, including presets for animating text, eects, transitions,
backgrounds, and behaviors. Use included project templates for DVD motion menus
and motion graphics backgrounds.
Timewarp
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Slow down and speed up footage with smooth, crisp results and minimal artifacts.
Timewarp analyzes pixel motion to create more accurate in-between frames.
(Professional edition only.)
Time remapping and frame blending
• Produce eects such as variable slow motion and backward playback using two types of
frame blending: frame mix and the new pixel motion.
Motion Sketch and Smoother
• Quickly draw an animation path and set its velocity with Motion Sketch. en ne-
tune the shape and speed of the path with the Smoother.
Motion Tracker
• Precisely match the motion of source footage using the fast, accurate Motion Tracker.
Use as many points as you like or standard one-, two-, and four-point settings to track
x and y position, rotation, and scale. (Professional edition only.)
Motion Stabilizer
• Eliminate unwanted motion using the Motion Stabilizer, which can give handheld
video shots the look of a locked-o shot (Professional edition only).
Wiggler
• Apply smooth or jagged changes to color, motion, or other eects over time with the
Wiggler (Professional edition only).
Exponential Scale tool
• Create natural-looking zoom eects by making linear changes of scale exponential
(Professional edition only).
Time Displacement
• Mix dierent portions of source footage in an intriguing manner using the luminance
of one layer to control the timing of individual pixels in another layer (Professional
edition only).