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highest value of an y of the color components.
Derived uses an average of the three color
components.
Add Fade Filter
Rendering menu > Vid eo Post > Video Post toolbar > Add
Image Filter Event > Choose Fade Filter from the Filter
Plug-In list.
The Fade Filter fades an image in or out over time.
Fade fades out to black or in from black, over time.
The rate of the fade is determined by the length of
theFadefilter’stimerange.
Inter face
You can set the following controls in the Setup
Options:
In—Fade in.
Out—Fade out.
Add Image Alpha Filter
Rendering menu > Video Post > Video Post toolbar > Add
Image Filter Event > Choose Image Alpha Filter from the
Filter Plug-In list.
The Image Alpha Filter replaces the image’s alpha
channel with the channel specified by the filter
mask.
The filter takes w hatever channel is selected in the
channel options under Mask (including
g-buffer
(page 3–1040)
channel data) and applies it to the
queue’s alpha channel, thereby replacing what’ s
there.
If you don’t choose a m ask, this filter has no effect.
There are no Setup options for this filter.
Procedure
To set an object’s G-Buffer ID:
1.
Select the object.
2. Right-click the object and then choose
Properties from the popup menu.
3. IntheObjectPropertiesdialog,setG-Buffer
Object Channel to a non-zero value, and then
click OK.
The G-Buffer ID can be any p osit ive integer.
If you give the same G-Buffer ID value to
more than one object, all these objects will b e
post-processed.
Add Lens E f fects Fil ter
Rendering menu > Video Post > Video Post toolbar > Add
Image Filter Event > Choose a Lens Effects Filter from the
Filter Plug-In list.
The Lens Effects Filter adds realistic camera flares,
glows, gleams, glimmers, and depth-of-field
blurr i ng to your scenes. Lens Effects can affect an