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Detailed Description of Classic Effect Editors
Equalize
Use this function to equalize the color channels and luminance channel.
 Adjusting settings in menu:
Select the channel you wish to control in the Channel list box. You can control red, green and blue
either individually or simultaneously for all three. Move the Amount slider to choose a value
between 0 and 100. With 100, the particular color or luminance is distributed equally throughout
the entire image. With 0, the original image appears. With settings between 0 and 100, an inter-
mediary value between these two extremes is interpolated. In the case of dynamic effects, this
function can be used to create a wipe or dissolve between the original image and the image
manipulated with the Equalize function.
Gamma
Use this function to control an image’s gamma curve. Differences in brightness are most noticeable in the
middle brightness range. Bright areas in an image can be made to appear flatter or have more depth.
 Adjusting settings in menu:
Slide the Red Gamma, Green Gamma and Blue Gamma sliders to control gamma. Use Black
Stretch to adjust the gamma curve for black, independent of the color channels. With this func-
tion you can specifically stretch (or compress) the bottom range of the gamma curve in order to
increase (or decrease) details in shadowed areas, without effecting the actual black value.
 Adjusting settings directly in video inlay:
Click the Gamma button. Now when you move the mouse pointer on the video inlay, the color of
the mouse pointer changes. Drag the mouse pointer up and down in the left-hand third of the
inlay to control the red channel, in the middle of the inlay to control green and on the right-hand
side to control blue.
CTRL+drag the mouse pointer to adjust all three channels simultaneously.
Transparency
Use this function to control transparency.
To do so, move the Transparency slider to control clip transparency (fully transparent = 100, maximum
value). Click/slide the Edge Softness button/slider to control the transparency of a clip’s outer edges. The
higher the value, the larger the transparent area.