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Chapter 6, Setting Up Realtime Effects with Adobe Premiere
Available effects
The Matrox realtime plug-in for Adobe Premiere lets you:
• Set up spectacular realtime 2D and 3D effects and transitions, using up to
two video clips and four graphics clips. The plug-in includes chroma keys,
luma keys, color corrections, 2D/3D DVEs, particles, blurs, page curls,
organic wipes (including Pixélan Software’s Video SpiceRack Lite), and
many more effects.
• Set up over 60 Adobe Premiere transitions in real time.
• Change various effect settings, and add or modify keyframes to customize
your effects.
• Create graphics overlays using single-frame graphics files with an alpha-key
channel.
• Create realtime fade (video opacity) effects using Adobe Premiere’s Opacity
rubberband.
• Apply realtime speed changes to video clips.
Realtime means that you can play back and record your effects onto tape without
having to render them. This gives you creative freedom to experiment with
different effects and change your mind as often as you want. You’ll instantly see
the changes you make on your NTSC or PAL video monitor. Effects in Adobe
Premiere other than those listed above are not realtime, and therefore require
rendering. For guidelines on setting up your realtime effects, see “How to place
your effects to avoid rendering” on page 81, and “RT.X100 Xtreme realtime
rules” on page 170.
When you install the Matrox realtime plug-in, the Matrox effects are added to
Adobe Premiere so that you can include them in your video productions. You set
up Matrox effects in your productions the same way as other effects included
with Adobe Premiere. For example, you apply a Matrox transition to your clips
just as you would any other type of transition, except that the dialog box provided
lets you create a Matrox transition, as is explained in this chapter.
For instructions on how to apply Adobe Premiere effects to your productions,
refer to your Adobe Premiere User Guide. For details on selecting which Adobe
Premiere transitions you want to play back in real time, see “Selecting your
realtime effect settings” on page 52.
¡ImportantTo use the Matrox realtime plug-in, you must have defined your
Adobe Premiere settings for use with your Matrox RT.X100 Xtreme, as
explained in Chapter 5, “Defining Your Adobe Premiere Settings.”