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30 Quick start
Editing effects: Selected objects can be edited with the effects from the Media Pool.
e settings for each effect can be made directly in the Media Pool. Most effects are
ntrolled with keyframe animations or effects curves. The intensity of the effec
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controlled dynamically via individual points (keyframes) or via a drawn curve (effects curve).
frames or effects curve animations can be found after the effect is Every button for the key
selected in the lower area of the Media Pool.
Note: To activate an effects curve, an initial keyframe must be set first.
Video mix (chroma key): You can mix two videos as foreground and background images.
The video on the lower track makes up the background, a video on the track above it
ually landscapes or animations, whereas
foregrounds are usually people or objects that are captured in front of single-color surfaces.
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makes up the foreground. Backgrounds are us
If you have, for example, a recording of a dancer as the foreground in front of a blue are
nd a lake as a background, then drag the background lake to a track and the foregro
ncer to the track beneath it and arrange it so that one is directly b
select the lower object and open the "Effects" tab in the Media Pool. The item "Chro
ey" is available under "Video effects". Select the background color of your foregrou
video and you will already see the video-mix result in your monitor – the dancer dancing on
e lake.
ontext menu: The context menu also offers a series of editing options for objects. You
n open it by right-clicking on an object. Different trim editors can be opened which
able an exact cut with different transition parameters (for example). For video objects,