User Manual

Optics Compensation
• Precisely simulate the sh-eye lens distortion of images taken with a real camera using
a wide-angle lens.
Corner Pin
• Skew the corners of an image to simulate the perspective of a plane in 3D space. Use
the tracker to create animated corner pin data automatically, matching scene features
precisely. (Professional edition only.)
Bulge
• Warp an image around a given point, as if inating the pixels out to a given radius.
3D effects
• Use 3D Channel Eects to import 3D channel image les saved in RLA, RPF, Soimage
PIC/ZPIC, and Electric Image EI/EIZ formats, and work with the 3D image data
contained within them. Use Depth of Field to simulate the focal eects of camera
depth of eld, and use Fog 3D to simulate volumetric haze in a source 3D image le.
(Professional edition only.)
ID Matte
• Isolate elements in a 3D image le using unique embedded Object ID tags created by
3D programs (Professional edition only).
Scribble
• Achieve a loose, hand-drawn look instantly by applying Scribble to a layer.
Cycore Effects
• Add smoke and sparks using Particle World, create blazing ray-of-light transitions
using Light Burst and Light Sweep, change all the colors in an image to just three hues
using Toner, and more with over 60 bundled eects from Cycore.
Grain management tools
• Add or remove grain artifacts from footage—automatically or manually. Specify the
characteristics of grain on all three individual color channels for a perfect match.
(Professional edition only.)
Glow
• Instantly brighten or diuse the bright areas of an image to create a glowing halo or
other lighting eect, suitable for stylized emphasis of featured elements.
Advanced Lightning
• Create electrical arcs with variety, precision, and realism.
Particle Playground
• Simulate explosions, ocks of birds, swarms of bees, and more using a powerful particle
system. Any layer, even text, can be a particle. (Professional edition only.)
Scatter
• Generate sizzle around borders by adding dancing, dissolve-style animated pixel scatter
to the inside and outside of masked areas of a layer (Professional edition only).
Expandable effects toolkit
• Expand your creative range in Aer Eects with hundreds of compatible third-party
eects plug-ins (available separately).
Intuitive effects management
Effects & Presets palette
• Organize eects the way you like and quickly access them in the Eects & Presets
palette. Save, apply, and share Animation Presets with specic settings and animated
properties.