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Applying a pre-created particle effect

When you apply a Matrox particle effect, the Particles page appears:

°To set up a particle effect:

1 Choose the type of effect you are looking for in the Directory.

2 Click the particular effect you want from the Effect List.

3 To see a preview of your effect at any time, click the Preview button.

4 To change the settings for your effect, select Allow changes, then use the

particle effect modifiers as follows:

$ Spread Sets the progression of the effect. The higher the spread, the

closer to the beginning of your clip the particles start to explode. For

example, a spread of 100 indicates that all particles start to explode at the

first frame of the clip, and a spread of 20 indicates that all particles explode

by the 80% point of the clip.

$ Speed Sets the speed at which the particles explode.

$ Border Softness Sets the softness on the border of your clip.

$ Seed Sets the random behavior of the pattern. Each value (from 0 to100)

represents a different random pattern.