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Chapter 6, Setting Up Realtime Effects with Adobe Premiere
¥Tip You can also adjust the position and size of your mask pattern in the
Preview Window using your mouse. Left-click and drag to adjust the
position controls, and right-click and drag to adjust the size controls.
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Outside Transparency Sets the transparency level of the area around
your mask pattern.
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Shadow These settings can also be found under Allow changes in the
Mask page:
$ Color Click the button to select the color of your shadow.
$ Transparency Sets the transparency of your shadow. Levels range from
opaque (0) to fully transparent (100).
$ X Offset Sets the position of your shadow with respect to the left and
right edges of your mask pattern. Negative numbers move the shadow to
the left, and positive numbers move the shadow to the right.
$ Y Offset Sets the position of your shadow with respect to the top and
bottom edges of your mask pattern. Negative numbers move the shadow to
the bottom, and positive numbers move the shadow to the top.
$ Z Offset Sets the depth of your shadow behind your mask pattern.
Adding your own mask patterns
The mask DVE effect works like a track matte key effect, in that it allows you to
superimpose one clip on another using an 8-bit grayscale .tga pattern to integrate
the two clips. Areas of white in your mask pattern create an opaque area that
prevents the underlying clip from showing through. Black areas of your mask
pattern create transparent areas, and gray areas create semi-transparent areas.
In the following example, we’ve applied the
Arches mask DVE to the clip on the
Video 2 track, which superimposes that clip in the shape of the arches pattern
over the clip on the Video 1 track:
Adding your mask patterns to the Matrox library
Your new mask patterns must be added to the Mask folder where your other
Matrox mask patterns are installed. If you chose the default location when you
installed Matrox X.tools, your mask patterns will be installed at:
Program Files\Matrox X.tools\Effects\Mask DVEs
Clip on Video 2
Clip on Video 1
Mask pattern
Clips with mask