User Guide

Chapter Realtime FX
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Effects and Effect Editors
Effect Preview in the Editor
You can already test realtime effects in the corresponding Effect Editor. Click the button shown
for Play In to Out to play the effect from start to finish. In the case of long clip effects (filters), it’s
best to set the Playline manually whenever possible and view subsections of the effect.
“Progress” Effect Parameter
Some realtime Effect Editors include the Progress parameter, which allows you to determine how
fully developed the effect should be at a specific point in time. For example, you can define that a
Clock Wipe should already be 25 percent completed when the Tran sit i on begins.
In the default configuration, Progress is 0% at the start of a transition and 100% at the end.
Discrete Parameters
Some effect parameters (for example, the number of sides for MultiShape Crop) can be set only in
whole-number increments (thus making them “discrete”). If you want to change discrete param-
eters between the beginning and end of an effect, the change occurs in abrupt steps. For example,
every few frames an additional side suddenly appears in the effect image. Intermediate steps are
not possible.
Quick Introduction to Effects
If you can or prefer to skip over all the details of effect processing at this time, read the following
quick introduction. For more details, see the section on effects under
“Basics” on page 11-54 ff.