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Composite Effects
Two controls let you create transparency and use composite modes to create different
compositing effects (also called Blend modes or Transfer modes). These controls also editable
in the Edit page Inspector.
Stabilization controls in the Viewer toolbar
Composite Modes: Composite modes blend two superimposed clips together on
the Timeline using different kinds of math to achieve differing results, to create
transparency effects, increase image exposure, and combine multiple clips into a single
image in many creative and useful ways. All Composite modes interact with the Opacity
slider. For more information on what each Composite mode does, see Chapter 41,
“Compositing and Transforms in the Timeline.
Opacity: This slider lets you make a clip more transparent, over a range from 0 (totally
transparent) to 100 (totally opaque). When set to a value less than 100, the selected clip
is mixed with whatever video clip is underneath it on the Timeline, using the Composite
mode thats currently selected. If no clip appears underneath the Timeline, then the clip
is mixed with black and will work similarly to a fade.
TIP: If a superimposed video or still image clip in the Timeline has an alpha channel,
that alpha channel automatically creates transparency within that clip, compositing it
against whatever is in the track underneath. There’s no need for you to do anything for
this to work.
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