Operation Manual

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Applying transitions and special effects
Last updated 10/4/2016
NewBlue Motion Effects Elements
Active Camera
The Active Camera effect simulates every variety of camera movement, from agitated hand-held, to jackhammer, to a
gentle train ride.
Horizontal Sets the range of motion along the horizontal (side to side) axis.
Vertical Sets the range of motion along the vertical (up and down) axis.
Crop Enlarges the picture so it doesn’t chop off at the edges from the camera movements. Depending on the Horizontal
and Vertical settings, drag this control just enough to hide all exposed picture edges.
Rate Sets the speed at which the camera moves from one position to another.
Jitter Sets the rate and intensity of random jitter as the camera moves from one position to another.
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Earthquake
The Earthquake effect recreates the chaos of an earthquake by moving, rotating, and blurring the image to simulate the
effect of a shaking camera.
Magnitude Specifies the range of motion. Drag to the left for subtle movement. Slide all the way to the right for the
greatest range of movement.
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Shear Energy
The Shear Energy effect twists the images with a shearing blur on two axes. For example, consider a row of books on a
shelf, leaning to the right. If you push them to the left, they will lean to the left. Shear lets you increase or decrease the
shear (angle) of the first image, then it blurs the image in the direction of the shear.
H Shear Sets the horizontal shearing. When the image is sheared horizontally, it progressively blurs more to the sides
as it moves up from the center point of the shear operation.
V Shear Sets the vertical shearing. When the image is sheared vertically, it progressively blurs more to the top and
bottom as it moves outward from the center point of the shear operation.
Angle Rotates the shear blur in degrees.
Center Specifies the center point of the shear blur.
Blend Sets the amount of blur to mix in with the picture. Drag all the way to the left to make the blur disappear. Drag
to the right to increase the percentage of blur until the original picture is completely replaced by the blurred image.
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Zoom Blur
The Zoom Blur effect simulates a camera zoom within a shot, adding motion blur that you can adjust up or down for
dramatic effect.
Zoom Sets the strength of the zoom. Drag to the right to increase image magnification. As you increase, you create a
blur that starts with the original image and expands it to the magnified version of the image.