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Effects 157
 Click on the button with the arrow
pointing down on the effects page
and select "Load effects masks" from
the menu.
In the folder that opens you will now find templates for SD and HD material.
Double click on the mask that you would like to use. The brighter the area in
the effects mask, the stronger the effect will be. Black indicates no effect, and
white indicates full effect. If you use your own color images, only the brightness
values will be used.
 In the effect overview you can also
make settings that will apply the effect
mask for all other effects, too. Click
on the masking button for each effect,
for which the effect mask should be
applied.
 Click on the down arrow button again and select the "Delete effect mask"
entry from the menu to remove the effect mask.
To now apply the mask on a certain portion of the video image, you have to
edit it further. There are many options available for editing effects masks:
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 Yo
u can define the size and the position of the effect mask in such a way, that
the mask fits exactly over the image element to be edited. Please read more
on this in the section "Position/size" (view page 138).
 You
can attach the mask to the position in the video so that it moves together
with the image element. To find out more, read "Attach to picture position in
the video (view page 160)".
 O
r animate the effect mask object directly. To proceed, please read the
"Animate objects" (view page 150) section.
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Tip: You can also use your own effect masks. Any image or photo in JPEG
format can be used. You can draw a suitable image in a graphics program,
save it as a JPEG and load it using the "Load effects mask" option in MAGIX
Video Pro X4.