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You can also choose special transition effects called Animation Stores. These powerful
effects normally include an embedded full color animated overlay, along with sounds for
transitioning in and out (the audio level for Effects is controlled in the Audio Mixer tab below
the Switcher).
These special Animation Store transitions are loaded into the Transition Palette in the same
way as their less colorful cousins, using the Browse feature. A number of Animation Store
transitions are supplied, but you can generate your own using the supplied Animation Store
Creator application and custom animation content you have access to or create using art
software.
Note: The Animation Store Creator application is covered in its own manual, which can be
opened from the Help menu on the Home page in VMC1’s Launch Screen.
in Section 9.7.1.
SECTION 14.5 DEFAULT EFFECTS
As mentioned, in Effect mode an M/E may support up to four input layers. The M/E doesn’t transition
between A and B in Effect mode. Instead, effects of various types are applied to the selected video inputs.
Let’s consider the effects in the Default group as examples:
Click the + sign shown when you move the mouse to the effect icon located beside the effect duration.
This opens the Media Browser. Select the effect group labeled Default under the LiveSet location at left.
With the exception of Advanced Tracking effects, these effects are straightforward compositing effects
involving multiple video layers. Effect output (i.e., the background prior to KEY overlays) is the sum of all
input layers.
If the source assigned to input A is fully opaque, any content in the layers below is hidden. When input A is
at partially transparent, the source assigned to input B is blended into the M/E background layer, and so on.
Hint: Don’t overlook the fact that the input Position controls, including Borders, let you create very elaborate
compositions even with these ‘simple’ compositing effects.
The output of active KEY layers is then added to the effect output before passing the combined result onward
as the final M/E output.
ADVANCED TRACKER
As we mentioned, effects can be ‘simple’ compositing effects, like most of the Default group, or more
advanced. Before considering NewTek’s virtual set system (a.k.a, LiveSet™), let’s talk about some of the other
effect types. Effects can vary widely in their types, from relatively simple utilities effects to image processing
and advanced compositing effects.