User`s guide

Resizing Media
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Key menu Determines how the image’s alpha information is used. The Key menu
options include:
No Alpha. Ignores the image’s alpha channel and makes the image 100%
opaque.
Straight Alpha. Displays the portion of the image defined by the alpha
channel.
• The black (0 pixels) image portion of the alpha channel is transparent.
• The white (255 pixels) image portion of the alpha channel is opaque.
• Gray image portions of the alpha channel are displayed with
intermediate levels of transparency.
Premultiplied Black. Images whose alpha channels are premultiplied
with solid black.
Premultiplied White. Images whose alpha channels are premultiplied
with solid white.
If an image’s alpha channel is premultiplied with a color other than white
or black, set the Alpha Channel to Straight Alpha and use the
Premultiplied Alpha Key filter to remove colored edges after the file is
imported.
For information, see “Keys and Matte Filters” in the Avid FX Reference
Guide.
Flip Image menu Lets you flip the image. The choices include:
• Never. Leaves the image unchanged,
• Horizontal. Flips image horizontally.
• Verti cal. Flips image vertically.
• H + V. Flips the image both horizontally and vertically.
Invert Alpha
option
Inverts the media’s original alpha channel.
Black (0) areas of the alpha channel are opaque.
White (255) areas of the alpha channel are transparent.
Info box Displays the image size in pixels and the duration in frames (read only).
Options Description