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Creating a custom organic wipe
Creating a subdirectory for your new organic wipes
Your new organic wipes must be added to a subdirectory where you installed
Matrox X.tools. If you chose the default location when you installed Matrox
X.tools, your Matrox organic wipes will be installed at:
Program Files\Matrox X.tools\Effects\Organic Wipes
Under the Organic Wipes directory, create a new subdirectory in which to store
your own organic wipe patterns, such as:
Program Files\Matrox X.tools\Effects\Organic Wipes\My Patterns
¡Important To create your own organic wipe patterns for use in a
widescreen production, create them with a 16:9 aspect ratio. For more
information, see “Creating a production in 16:9 format” on page 77.
Creating your own organic wipe patterns in Adobe
Photoshop LE
1 Start Adobe Photoshop LE, then choose File > New.
2 In the New dialog box, define the size of your image:
$ For an NTSC image, select 720 pixels for Width and 480 pixels for
Height.
$ For a PAL image, select 720 pixels for Width and 576 pixels for Height.
¥Tip If you want to create an organic wipe for use in a widescreen (16:9)
production, create your image at 853×480 (NTSC) or 1024×576 (PAL).
After you’ve created your image, resize only its width to 720. When you do
this, your graphic will appear elongated on your computer screen.
3 Choose Image > Mode, then select Grayscale and 8 bits/channel.
4 Create your organic wipe pattern using any of the tools in the toolbox. The
gradient tools, however, work best for creating organic wipe patterns.
5 When finished, choose File > Save As, name your file, select Targa [*.tga,
*.vda, *.icb, *.vst]
as the file type, and select your subdirectory under the
Organic Wipes directory.
6 When you open your subdirectory within the Matrox realtime plug-in for
Adobe Premiere, you’ll see that the new effect was found, and an icon of
your pattern will be added to the
Effect List.
¦NoteWhile these instructions are for creating organic wipe patterns with
Adobe Photoshop LE, you can use any image-editing software—as long as you
specify the correct image size, select 8-bit grayscale, and save your pattern as a
.tga file. If your program provides the option of saving your .tga file as
Compressed
or Uncompressed, make sure you select the Uncompressed
option.