Operation Manual

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Videos and Pictures
Analysis area: This area determines the area of the foot-
age that should be analyzed. The center of the image is
preset. If shakiness occurs in another part of the picture,
relocate the analysis area. To do this, use the lasso to “cap-
ture” the shaky area. The smaller the area, the quicker the
analysis. Note: Changing this parameter will require re-
analysis of the source footage.
Temporal smoothing: This value determines the speed
of the movements considered blurry. This allows you to
differentiate between a panning shot and a nervous hand-
held shot. Changes to this value are immediately applied.
Cancel: exits the dialog without accepting changes to set-
tings.
Delete corrections: Resets the current settings.
New Value: The altered value for the temporal correction
is accepted and the new correction curve is set.
Video effects
All video effects work in real-time and can be dragged and
dropped from the ”Video FX” directory onto video and pic-
ture objects in the arranger.
Generally speaking, you can combine as many effects as
you want (for example, Blue Screen for a chroma-key ef-
fect, color enhancements, and a fast-motion effect). Call
up the video controller from the effects or context menu to
edit these effect combinations.
For further details on video effects and adjustments, see
the chapter ”Video controller”.
Video mix
This term refers to mixing various videos while simulta-
neously playing them. The video objects to be mixed must
be placed one below the other in the arranger so they over-
lap in time. Add a special video mix effect to the lower video,
which determines the parts that will be transparent for the
upper video. Note: The background video object must be
placed in the upper track. Example, if you want to put a
dancer on a landscape, place the landscape on track 1, the
dancer on track 2 and activate the Blue Screen effect for
the dancer.
For further information on video mix effects and adjust-
ments, see the chapter ”Video effects”.