User Guide

Chapter 5: Transitions 83
watermarked with a Pinnacle "P" logo, but otherwise
can be previewed normally within Studio. If you like
the demo versions, you can purchase the add-on
packages by clicking the e-commerce link within
Studio.
In addition to the full unwatermarked versions of the
effects, Hollywood FX Plus and Hollywood FX Pro
both include the Easy FX editor, which lets you
customise all of your Hollywood FX by giving you
control of numerous settings. These include angle of
flight, forward or reverse flight direction, shadows,
lighting and anti-aliasing (edge smoothing).
Previewing transitions in your movie
Studio lets you preview transitions in the Player. Just
drag and drop a transition into the Movie Window,
click the Play button (or hit [Space]) and see how the
transition works with your material.
You can also preview transitions by scrubbing through
them in the Player or on the Timeline of the Movie
Window.
Background rendering of Hollywood FX
Background rendering is an optional feature in which
the computation needed to perform a detailed preview
of Hollywood FX transitions is carried out as a
“background task” with no interruption of your
workflow. Background rendering can be enabled or
disabled in the Edit Options panel (Setup > Edit). See
“Edit settings” on page 170 for details.