© proDAD, 2008 proDAD Adorage © proDAD GmbH, 2008 Author : Uwe Wenz 1
© proDAD, 2008 Table of contents Welcome Copyright / legal Information Information and installation What is Adorage ? Installation and registration Tutorials & training for Adorage Program start and plug-ins Adorage stand-alone Adobe Premiere Pro/CS3/CS4 Adorage as video transition Adorage as video effect Adobe Premiere Elements Adorage as video transition Adorage as video effect Avid Liquid 7 Adorage as video transition Adorage as video effect Pinnacle Studio Adorage as video transition Adorage as video e
© proDAD, 2008 Overlay Creating new effects/effect groups Export sequence Tutorials Using Heroglyph titles in Adorage Customizing standard text Creating video effects with cross-fading Using drag & drop to add images and clips More Adorage effects 3 79 88 93 95 95 104 109 115 117
© proDAD, 2008 Welcome to proDAD Adorage Copyright / legal information Copyright proDAD GmbH. All rights reserved. Adorage and proDAD are registered trademarks of proDAD GmbH. Licensing conditions Please read these licensing conditions carefully before installing the software. Licensing agreement When setup starts, a licensing agreement is shown, which you should read carefully.
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© proDAD, 2008 Installation and registration 1. Installing Adorage Insert the Adorage installation DVD. The installation starts automatically. Follow the installation instructions and select the language version of Adorage you wish to install. Follow the installation instructions. Once installation is complete, you can use proDAD Adorage as a stand-alone product or as a video effect or transition (plug-in) in a range of video editing software. During installation, you are prompted to enter a licence key.
© proDAD, 2008 Tutorials & training for Adorage Instructions for beginners and advanced users of Adorage: A training package containing tutorials on how to apply and modify the numerous effect options of Adorage software will soon be released in English. The company VidCom 30th-century S.L. (Uwe Wenz) is proDAD Adorage’s official training partner. To find out about training, see www.30th-century.com (powered by proDAD) for advanced courses.
© proDAD, 2008 Note: When using Adorage as a stand-alone version, please remember that you have to export an animation sequence once you have created it. When using Adorage as a plug-in with one of the video editing applications listed in this user guide, an export is not required.
© proDAD, 2008 Adobe Premiere Pro/CS3/CS4 Adorage as video transition Start Adobe Premiere, place two video clips in the Timeline, superimpose them (i.e. arrange the two clips in the Timeline so that they overlap). Go to the Effects folder. Once the Video cross fade folder is open you will see the proDAD folder. This folder contains the Adorage Transition. Now hold down your left mouse button and drag the Adorage Transition between the clips in the Timeline. Adorage will not start automatically.
© proDAD, 2008 mouse and go to the Effect Controls dialogue box (displayed on the left, next to the Adobe Premiere preview window). Click on the Custom... Button, this will open Adorage. Choose a suitable transition. A playback with the selected transition will appear in the Adorage preview window and, of course, you can modify the selected transition in Adorage to suit you.
© proDAD, 2008 Once the project has been edited and completed in Adorage, click OK to return to Adobe Premiere Pro. Adorage as video effect Start Adobe Premiere, place a video clip in the timeline and go to the Effects folder. Once the Video effects folder is open you will see the proDAD folder. This folder contains the Adorage Filter. Now hold down your left mouse button and drag the Adorage filter onto the clip in the Timeline. Adorage will start automatically, now choose a suitable video effect.
© proDAD, 2008 Once the project has been edited and completed in Adorage, click OK to return to Adobe Premiere Pro. Tip: If you want to open the Adorage filter again, highlight the video clip (with the Adorage effect) in the Timeline and go to the Effect Controls dialogue box (displayed on the left, next to the Adobe alongside the Adorage Filter icon, Premiere preview window). Click on the (Setup...) button this will re-start Adorage.
© proDAD, 2008 Adobe Premiere Elements Adorage as video transition Start Adobe Premiere Elements, place two video clips in the Timeline. Now go to the Edit (1) menu in the Transitions (2) field. Once it is open, you will see the proDAD folder with Adorage Transition (3). Now hold down your left mouse button and drag the Adorage Transition between the clips in the Timeline. Adorage will not start automatically.
© proDAD, 2008 Click on the Custom... Button, this will open Adorage. Choose a suitable transition. A playback with the selected transition will appear in the Adorage preview window and, of course, you can modify the selected transition in Adorage to suit you.
© proDAD, 2008 Once the project has been edited and completed in Adorage, click OK to return to Adobe Premiere Elements. Adorage as video effect Start Adobe Premiere Elements, place a video clip in the timeline and, in the Edit (1) field, go to the Effects (2) menu. Once it is open you will see the proDAD folder with Adorage Filter (3). This folder contains the Adorage filter.
© proDAD, 2008 Now hold down your left mouse button and drag the Adorage filter onto the clip in the Timeline. Adorage will start automatically, now choose a suitable video effect. A playback of the current video clip with the selected video effect will appear in the Adorage preview window, and, of course, you can modify the selected effect in Adorage to suit you. Once the project has been edited and completed in Adorage, click OK to return to Adobe Premiere Elements.
© proDAD, 2008 Avid Liquid 7 Adorage as video transition Start Avid Liquid and place two video clips in the Timeline, superimposing them (i.e. arranging the two clips in the Timeline so that they overlap). Now go to the Effects library (1). Once the proDAD (2) folder is open you will see the Adorage Transition (3). Hold down your left mouse button and drag this Transition between the clips (4) in the Avid Liquid Timeline.
© proDAD, 2008 suit you. Once the project has been edited and completed in Adorage, click OK to return to Avid Liquid. Adorage as video effect Start Avid Liquid, place a video clip in the Timeline and go to the Effects library (1). Once the proDAD (2) folder is open you will see the Adorage Filter (3). Hold down your left mouse button and drag it onto the clip (4) in the Avid Liquid Timeline. The Adorage filter is represented in the clip by a Star symbol or by a purple line above the clip.
© proDAD, 2008 Pinnacle Studio Adorage as video transition Previous Top Next Start Pinnacle Studio and place two video clips in the Timeline. Now go to the Transition library (1), which contains the proDAD (2) folder with the Adorage (3) Transition. Hold down your left mouse button and drag this Transition between the clips (4) in the Studio Timeline.
© proDAD, 2008 Click on the Edit Button, this will open Adorage. Choose a suitable transition. A playback with the selected transition will appear in the Adoragepreview window and, of course, you can modify the selected transition in Adorage to suit you.
© proDAD, 2008 Once the project has been edited and completed in Adorage, click OK to return to Pinnacle Studio. Adorage as video effect Start Pinnacle Studio, place a video clip (1) in the Timeline and go to the Effects library (2). In the list of video effects click on the proDAD (3) category and on the right (under Effects) doubleclick on Adorage (4).
© proDAD, 2008 Adorage will start. Choose a suitable transition. A playback with the selected transition will appear in the Adoragepreview window and, of course, you can modify the selected transition in Adorage to suit you. Once the project has been edited and completed in Adorage, click OK to return to Pinnacle Studio.
© proDAD, 2008 Canopus Edius/Neo Adorage as video transition Start Canopus Edius, place two video clips in the Timeline. In the Transition folder you will see a proDAD directory which contains the Adorage Transition that is ready for use. Now use drag and drop to place the Adorage Transition between the two clips in the Timeline. Now double-click the green/yellow area in the transition. Adorage will start, now choose a suitable video effect.
© proDAD, 2008 the selected effect in Adorage to suit you. Once the project has been edited and completed in Adorage, click OK to return to Edius. Using the Canopus-Inspector you can obtain more information on the Adorage transition (including for example its start position, its end position as well as the duration of the transition in the Timeline).
© proDAD, 2008 Adorage as video effect A video effect (Filter) is applied to a clip using drag and drop in Edius. The Video Filter folder contains a proDAD directory, which includes the Adorage Filter that is ready for use. Drag and drop the Adorage Filter onto a clip in the Timeline. Now open the Information dialogue box and double-click Adorage Filter. Adorage will start, now choose a suitable video effect.
© proDAD, 2008 Once the project has been edited and completed in Adorage, click OK to return to Edius.
© proDAD, 2008 Magix Video deluxe Adorage as video transition Start MAGIX Video deluxe 15 Plus, place two video clips in the Timeline, superimposing them (i.e. arranging the two clips in the Timeline so that they overlap). In the section where the two clips overlap, you will find the AB icon (1). Click the AB icon to open a context menu. Now select the menu item VfxPlugins/proDAD-adorage-transition (2).
© proDAD, 2008 The default transition (Dissolve) is applied. Click the AB icon (1) again to open the context menu and select the menu item Settings (2).
© proDAD, 2008 proDAD Adorage starts now. Choose a suitable transition. A playback with the selected transition will appear in the Adorage preview window and, of course, you can modify the effect in Adorage to suit you.
© proDAD, 2008 Once the project has been edited and completed in Adorage, click OK to return to Magix Video deluxe. To choose a different transition effect in the Adorage dialogue box or to edit the selected effect, click the AB icon (within the transition in the timeline) again. In the context menu that opens, select the menu item Settings. This starts the Adorage dialogue box again.
© proDAD, 2008 Adorage as video effect Start MAGIX Video deluxe 15 Plus and place a video clip in the timeline (1), making sure it is highlighted (orange). Now open the Effect (2) tab. The Effect tab contains the Videoeffekte folder (3). Click on the Video effect folder to open it. A number of effects, including the Video effect Plug-in (4) are listed. Select the Video effect Plug-in. This opens the Manager for Video-Plug-ins dialogue box. The installed plug-ins are listed on the left of the dialogue box.
© proDAD, 2008 Click the proDAD plug-in proDAD Adorage (1) to select it. Then click the Plug-in button (2). This starts proDAD Adorage. Choose a suitable transition.
© proDAD, 2008 Adorage to suit you. But for our example, click OK to select the effect. Click OK again in the Manager for VideoPlug-ins dialogue box to place the Adorage video effect in the MAGIX timeline. The video effect is now shown in the MAGIX preview. Make sure that the clip is placed in the correct position in the timeline. To select a different video effect in the Adorage dialogue box or to edit the selected effect, click the Video effect Plug-in in the Video effects folder again.
© proDAD, 2008 This opens the Adorage dialogue box again. You can now select a different video effect or optimize the current video effect. Sony Vegas Adorage as video transition Start Sony Vegas and place two video clips in the Timeline, superimposing them (i.e. arranging the two clips in the Timeline so that they overlap).
© proDAD, 2008 Now hold down your left mouse button and drag the Default Transition between the clips in the Timeline. Adorage will start automatically (in the Video Event FX dialogue box), now choose a suitable video effect. Note: The preview images in the effect sequence are original Adorage images. Once you have completed editing of your project in Adorage, return to Sony Vegas.
© proDAD, 2008 Adorage as video effect Start Sony Vegas and place a video clip in the Timeline. Next go to the VideoFX folder, where you will find the proDAD Adorage Filter with Default. Now hold down your left mouse button and drag the Default icon onto the clip in the Timeline.
© proDAD, 2008 Adorage will start automatically (in the Video Event FX dialogue box), now choose a suitable video effect. Important: Remember to set start and end keyframes in the lower section of the Videoevent FX dialogue box. The effect will then be displayed in Sony Vegas. Note: The preview images in the effect sequence are original Adorage images. Once you have completed editing of your project in Adorage, return to Sony Vegas.
© proDAD, 2008 Now double-click on the Adorage Transition in the Timeline, this opens the Adorage dialogue box. Click on the Options... button. This opens Adorage.
© proDAD, 2008 Choose a suitable transition. A playback with the selected transition will appear in the Adorage preview window and, of course, you can modify the transition in Adorage to suit you. Once the project has been edited and completed in Adorage, click OK to return to Media Studio.
© proDAD, 2008 Corel Video Studio Adorage as video transition Start Corel Video Studio, place two video clips in the Timeline, superimposing them (i.e. arranging the two clips in the Timeline so that they overlap). Switch to the Edit tab (2). Click the pull-down menu (3) and select the menu item Transition (4). Then select Adorage F/X (5). The item Adorage F/X (1) is now shown in the pull-down menu. Keep the left mouse button pressed and drag the Adorage icon (2) onto the transition (3) in the timeline.
© proDAD, 2008 Now click the Customize button. Adorage will start. Choose a suitable transition. A playback with the selected transition will appear in the Adorage preview window in real time and, of course, you can modify the selected transition in Adorage to suit you.
© proDAD, 2008 Once the project has been edited and completed in Adorage, click OK to return to Video Studio.
© proDAD, 2008 User interface/introduction Start page/import This chapter focuses on the Adorage user interface. It also provides information about possible import formats and menu settings. Start page When Adorage starts, its user interface appears. The top left half shows a list of preset HD effects. The top right half contains a preview. 1.
© proDAD, 2008 When you move the mouse cursor over the preview panel, controls appear on the preview. The controls have these functions: 1. Previous effect 2. Pause/play the preview 3. Next effect 4. Switch between previews. Clicking a control switches to a different preview, clicking it again switches back to the original preview.
© proDAD, 2008 2. List of available effects (application of Vol. 1-9 is essentially the same) This list contains many preset effects, grouped into categories. Let's start with one of the easiest exercises. • In the list, DOUBLE-click a category (e.g. Travel) to select it. It expands to show several SUBCATEGORIES (e.g. Globe, Worldmap).
© proDAD, 2008 CLICK it with the mouse. In every subcategory, you find a list of effects (e.g. Globe/01, 02, 03). • In the list, click an effect entry (e.g. the Globe/02 effect) to select it. A preview of the effect is immediately shown in the preview panel on the right. • Double-clicking an effect entry opens the Edit entry... dialogue box. This lets you enter a Name of effect, or a Comment relating to the effect.
© proDAD, 2008 3. Video A and Video B - the sources for your effects Video A and Video B, which you can see in the lower part of the user interface on the left in the Proceeding steps section, are your video sources. Initially, preset default images are visible in HD. Now you click the image of Video A or Video B (not the icon). This switches to the dialogue box for Video A or Video B. To view all details about the Video A and Video B dialogue boxes, click the appropriate link.
© proDAD, 2008 4. Mixer, Smoke and Overlay • The Mixer dialogue box lets you create a cross-fade effect. This is where you select the cross-fade file and settings such as Motion, Border sharpness, Border color and Brightness of the border, or Starting and End point of the mask definition and Fader starting and Fader ending status. Click here to view all information about the Mixer dialogue box. • The Smoke dialogue box lets you add Smoke to an effect.
© proDAD, 2008 Click here to view all information about exporting your effect sequence. 6. The Menu button Clicking this button opens an Adorage settings menu. This lets you configure a number of basic Adorage settings. Click here to view all available information. 7. Other Adorage settings buttons Some more settings buttons are located on the left-hand side of the Adorage user interface.
© proDAD, 2008 They have these functions (top to bottom): • Adorage Information (displays the release number, licensing details and a list of available • • • • • • packages) View help Switches the preview from HD 16x9 to SD 4x3 Search for Properties... (opens the Edit entry... dialogue box for the selected effect) Add new effect... Delete effect...
© proDAD, 2008 Note: You can also import a sequence of images here, provided all image files are located in the same separate folder. To import the files, do not choose the menu item Select file..., but the menu item Select directory.... Settings menu Click the Menu button.
© proDAD, 2008 • Management - Renders the effect again and clears the cache (memory) • Preview-Length - Sets the preview length between 1 and 5 seconds • Preview-rate - Sets the preview rate depending on the video format: 25 images/sec for PAL and 30 images/sec for NTSC • Window always in front - Click to select this option and Adorage will always remain in front of all other Windows applications on the desktop. Click again to disable the option. • Export Sequence...
© proDAD, 2008 Video and effect settings Video A The Video A image shown in the lower part of the user interface on the left, in the Proceeding steps section represents a video source. Click the Video A image (not the icon) to open the Video A dialogue box. Initially, a preset default image is visible in HD.
© proDAD, 2008 you import your own image or video material. In the drop-down list, select the item File. This activates the yellow folder icon below the list. Click this folder icon and select a new image or a new video clip to be used as Video A. Your selection is immediately shown in the preview panel. To edit the selected file, click the Properties... button. In this user guide, the original image will be used as Video A. The Properties of the graphic dialogue box opens.
© proDAD, 2008 The Mirror section lets you determine whether to flip the image/video in the preview, and how it is flipped (horizontally, vertically or diagonally). The Tile section lets you divide the image/video into tiles (e.g. 2 vertical and 2 horizontal tiles). The change is instantly shown in the preview. Click OK to apply the settings, Cancel to cancel the settings, or Reset to reset the dialogue box to its original settings.
© proDAD, 2008 The lower part of the Video A dialogue box contains the Starting position, Ending position and Starting and ending tabs. 1. The Starting position tab lets you edit the settings for the Rotation, Position (vertical and horizontal) and Size (vertical and horizontal) of Video A. This determines the appearance of Video A at the start of the animation. 2.
© proDAD, 2008 Video A at the end of the animation. 3. The Starting and ending tab lets you edit the settings for the Rotation, Position (vertical and horizontal) and Size (vertical and horizontal) of Video A. This defines the same appearance for the start and the end of Video A. The Dynamic section above the tabs lets you set the animation properties. The drop-down list offers you the following settings options: For example, select the horz. displacement (1) list item and set the horz.
© proDAD, 2008 Click the Timing... button to open the horz. displacement / moult dialogue box. Now set Begin and End using the slide controls. You can then click the Settings... button to open the horz. displacement / moult dialogue box and generate an Oscillation and a Suppression effect in the animation.
© proDAD, 2008 The preview instantly shows the settings changes you have made. Note: You can, of course, also choose different items from the drop-down list, e.g. accelerate, bounce, or delay. The above is just an example for the source Video A. Video B The Video B image shown in the lower part of the user interface on the left, in the Proceeding steps section represents a video source. Click the Video B image (not the icon) to open the Video B dialogue box.
© proDAD, 2008 The Source section in the top left-hand part of the dialogue box contains a drop-down list, letting you import your own image or video material. In the drop-down list, select the item File. This activates the yellow folder icon below the list. Click the folder icon and select a new image or a new video clip to be used as Video B. Your selection is immediately shown in the preview panel. To edit the selected file, click the Properties... button.
© proDAD, 2008 The upper section lets you add borders to your image using the Border left/right and Border top/bottom slide controls. All changes you make are automatically shown in the preview. The Mirror section lets you determine whether to flip the image/video in the preview, and how it is flipped (horizontally, vertically or diagonally).
© proDAD, 2008 The Tile section lets you divide the image/video into tiles (e.g. 3 vertical and 3 horizontal tiles). The change is instantly shown in the preview. Click OK to apply the settings, Cancel to cancel the settings, or Reset to reset the dialogue box to its original settings. The lower part of the Video B dialogue box contains the Starting position, Ending position and Starting and ending tabs. 1.
© proDAD, 2008 horizontal) and Size (vertical and horizontal) of Video B. This determines the appearance of Video B at the start of the animation. 2. The Ending position tab lets you edit the settings for the Rotation, Position (vertical and horizontal) and Size (vertical and horizontal) of Video B. This determines the appearance of Video B at the end of the animation. 3.
© proDAD, 2008 Click the Timing... button to open the vert. scaling / oscillate dialogue box. Now set Begin and End using the slide controls. You can then click the Settings... button to open the vert. scaling / oscillate dialogue box and generate an Oscillation and a Suppression effect in the animation.
© proDAD, 2008 The preview instantly shows the settings changes you have made. Note: You can, of course, also choose different items from the drop-down list, e.g. accelerate, bounce, or delay. The above is just an example for the source Video B. Mixer The Mixer is where you create the cross-fade effect. First, select a suitable effect from the list of Adorage effects, e.g. 02 (in the Travel & Transportation/Globe subcategory). In the Proceeding steps section, click the Mixer image (not the icon).
© proDAD, 2008 This opens the Mixer dialogue box. The cross-fade sequence of the selected effect 02 is visible in HD. The Properties of the mask section in the upper part of the dialogue box lets you select a mask that will e.g. define the cross-fade sequence. Select a file from the drop-down list. You can choose between None, Video-Source A, Video-Source B, Threshold file and an Alpha file. If you choose, for example, Threshold file, you can then import a suitable Threshold file (e.g. parabel.
© proDAD, 2008 Now click the Motion button to open the Motion dialogue box. The Source section shows the selected Threshold file. To choose a different file, click the folder icon. Clicking the Properties... button opens the Properties of the graphic dialogue box.
© proDAD, 2008 The upper section lets you add borders to your image using the Border left/right and Border top/bottom slide controls. All changes you make are automatically shown in the preview. The Mirror section lets you determine whether to flip the mask in the preview, and how it is flipped (horizontally, vertically or diagonally). The Tile section lets you divide the mask (Threshold file) into tiles (e.g.
© proDAD, 2008 tiles). The change is instantly shown in the preview. Click OK to apply the settings, Cancel to cancel the settings, or Reset to reset the dialogue box to its original settings. The lower part of the Motion dialogue box contains the Starting position, Ending position and Starting and ending tabs. 1. The Starting position tab lets you edit the settings for the Rotation, Position (vertical and horizontal) and Size (vertical and horizontal) of the mask.
© proDAD, 2008 2. The Ending position tab lets you edit the settings for the Rotation, Position (vertical and horizontal) and Size (vertical and horizontal) of the mask. This determines the appearance of the mask at the end of the animation. 3. The Starting and ending tab lets you edit the settings for the Rotation, Position (vertical and horizontal) and Size (vertical and horizontal) of the mask. This defines the same appearance for the mask at the start and the end.
© proDAD, 2008 Click the Timing button to open the horz. displacement / moult dialogue box. Now set Begin and End using the slide controls. You can then click the Settings... button to open the horz. displacement / moult dialogue box and generate an Oscillation and a Suppression effect in the animation.
© proDAD, 2008 The preview instantly shows the settings changes you have made. Note: You can, of course, also choose different items from the drop-down list, e.g. accelerate, bounce, or delay. The above is just an example for the source mask. Now click OK to close the Motion dialogue box and return to the Mixer dialogue box. In the Border color section, set the appearance of the mask (e.g. by changing the colour). In the drop-down list, select the item Color. By clicking the Select color...
© proDAD, 2008 The Brightness of the border slide control lets you set the brightness of the mask (Threshold file).
© proDAD, 2008 The options Starting point of the mask and End point of the mask let you set the points at which the mask enters and exits the preview. With the default setting (0% = starting point and 100% = end point), the mask stays in the preview throughout the sequence. Note: The Fader starting point and Fader ending point slide controls are enabled only when you are using an Alpha file. This type of file can be faded at the start and end of the animation.
© proDAD, 2008 Clicking the Motion button opens the Motion dialogue box again. Note: This Motion dialogue box has exactly the same layout as the dialogue box described above for changing the Threshold file used. Now return to the Mixer dialogue box and check the preview with the File you have just selected. The change is clearly visible.
© proDAD, 2008 Smoke Select an effect, e.g. 03 from the Weddings & Love/Birds subcategory.
© proDAD, 2008 In the Proceeding steps section, click the Smoke image (not the icon). This opens the Smoke dialogue box. The cross-fade sequence of the selected effect 03 is visible in HD. Please ensure the Use Smoke checkbox in the top left-hand corner of the dialogue box is selected. The slide controls below the checkbox let you set the smoke Preparation and Expiration frames by specifying the number of frames.
© proDAD, 2008 Below these slide controls, there are additional slide controls for Rotation impulse and Intensity of smoke-production and a Random slide control. The Rotation impulse slide control lets you set the rotation direction of the smoke effect, the Intensity slide control lets you set the intensity of the smoke effect.
© proDAD, 2008 Overlay The Overlay dialogue box lets you add another image or animation to or on top of the main effect or transition. Select an effect, e.g. Sunrise from the Travel & Transportation subcategory. In the Proceeding steps section, click the Overlay image (not the icon). This opens the Overlay dialogue box. The cross-fade sequence of the selected effect Sunrise is visible in HD.
© proDAD, 2008 The Overlay-graphic section in the top left-hand part of the dialogue box contains a drop-down list, which lets you import your own image or video material. For example, in the drop-down list, select the item File. This activates the yellow folder icon, allowing you to import a file. Note: As an Overlay-graphic, you can, for example, select Video-Source A, Video-Source B, a file, a Color's temperature file, or None. In this example, stay with the selected overlay clip sun.avi.
© proDAD, 2008 The Source section shows the selected File. To choose a different file, click the folder icon. Clicking the Properties... button opens the Properties of the graphic dialogue box. The upper section lets you add borders to your image using the Border left/right and Border top/bottom slide controls. All changes you make are automatically shown in the preview.
© proDAD, 2008 The Mirror section lets you determine whether to flip the Overlay file in the preview, and how it is flipped (horizontally, vertically or diagonally). The Tile section lets you divide the image/video into tiles (e.g. 2 vertical and 2 horizontal tiles). The change is instantly shown in the preview. Click OK to apply the settings, Cancel to cancel the settings, or Reset to reset the dialogue box to its original settings.
© proDAD, 2008 The lower part of the Motion dialogue box contains the Starting position, Ending position and Starting and ending tabs. 1. The Starting position tabs lets you edit the settings for the Rotation, Position (vertical and horizontal) and Size (vertical and horizontal) of the Overlay file. This determines the appearance of the Overlay file at the start of the animation. 2.
© proDAD, 2008 3. The Starting and ending tab lets you edit the settings for the Rotation, Position (vertical and horizontal) and Size (vertical and horizontal) of the Overlay file. This defines the same appearance of the Overlay file at the start and the end. The Dynamic section above the tabs lets you set the animation properties. The drop-down list offers you the following settings options: For example, select the horz. displacement (1) list item and set the horz.
© proDAD, 2008 Click the Timing... button to open the horz. displacement / moult dialogue box. Now set Begin and End using the slide controls. You can then click the Settings... button to open the horz. displacement / moult dialogue box and generate an Oscillation and a Suppression effect in the animation.
© proDAD, 2008 The preview instantly shows the settings changes you have made. Note: You can, of course, also choose different items from the drop-down list, e.g. accelerate, bounce, or delay. The above is just an example for the source Overlay file. Click OK to close the Motion dialogue box and return to the Overlay dialogue box. Selecting the Invert graphic checkbox inverts the colours in the Overlay file. The Clipping mask section also contains a drop-down list, which lets you import prepared masks.
© proDAD, 2008 animation is no longer visible. You can also select the Use Mixer-Mask checkbox. If you have previously selected a mask in the Mixer dialogue box, this mask will also be used in the animation when you select the Use Mixer-Mask checkbox (in the Overlay dialogue box). All changes you make are immediately shown in the preview. The Border sharpness slide control lets you sharpen or soften the mask outline. Below this slide control, there is the Running section.
© proDAD, 2008 Note: The Covering, Fade IN and Fade OUT slide controls are enabled only if you are using a Clipping mask. Creating new effects/effect groups 1. Creating a new effect The New effect... button is located on the left of the Adorage user interface. Click the button to open the Create new entry... dialogue box.
© proDAD, 2008 Specify a Name of effect (e.g. My effect) and click OK to confirm. Your effect My effect is added as the last item in the list of effects in the Travel & Transportation/Globe effect category. Note: You can now configure all settings for your own effect in the Video A, Video B, Mixer, Smoke and Overlay dialogue boxes. Please make sure your effect is selected in the list. 2. Clone effect Right-click the new effect My effect. In the context menu that opens, select the item Clone effect....
© proDAD, 2008 This opens the Create cloned entry dialogue box. Assign a name to the effect (e.g. My effect 1) and click OK to confirm. The cloned effect is added as the last item in the list of effects in the Travel & Transportation/Globe effect category. 3. Creating a new group You can also store several effects together in a group, e.g. My effects. Right-click an effect. In the context menu that opens, select the item New group. This opens the Create new entry... dialogue box.
© proDAD, 2008 Note: Here is how you can manage your effects. To move the new effect group My effects, select the group and drag & drop it to another position in the list of effects. To move the new effect My effect to the new group, select the effect and drag & drop it onto the new group. 4. Effect data import/export 1. Importing/exporting an effect Right-click an effect. In the context menu that opens, select the item Effect data/Export effect(s) or the item Import effect(s).
© proDAD, 2008 2. Importing/exporting an effect group Right-click an effect group. In the context menu that opens, select the item Group data/Export Effect(s) or the item Import Effect(s). To export an effect group, specify a file name and target path for storing the effect group. To import an effect group, navigate to the folder where you have stored the effect group.
© proDAD, 2008 5. Deleting effects/deleting groups To delete an effect or an effect group, click the Delete Effect... button, which is located at the bottom of the navigation panel on the left of the user interface. Please ensure first that you have selected the correct effect or effect group in the list. Note: The context menu also offers the options Copy, paste and paste without group, as well as a search function that lets you search for effects.
© proDAD, 2008 The Filename section in the upper part of the dialogue box lets you specify a path for storing your effect animation. Note: We recommend not storing effects on the c:\ drive, but on a different drive, possibly an external drive, in a separate directory for effect animations. This ensures you will still find your animations even if your c:\ drive has been formatted. To specify a path, click the folder icon. Below the Filename section, you can find the Format section. Choose a codec (e.g.
© proDAD, 2008 Tutorials Using Heroglyph titles in Adorage This tutorial focuses on using titles created in proDAD Heroglyph. Note: When creating a title in Heroglyph, please make sure you use the HD format 1920x1080 pixels. You configure this setting in the Videoformat dialogue box. Start proDAD Heroglyph. On the Input (1) tab, create a title (e.g. Windsurfen). In the navigation menu, select the item Design (2) to open the Edit design (3) dialogue box. Select a design (e.g.
© proDAD, 2008 Export the title in TIF format (as Alpha only). Adorage will then only use the text Windsurfen for the effect, everything else (background) will be transparent. Now click Start Export to generate the image file. Open Adorage. First choose an effect (e.g. Sports/Soccer/02). Select the Video sources A und B. When using Adorage within a video editing application, use the video clips in the timeline.
© proDAD, 2008 Once you have specified Videos A and B, open the Mixer dialogue box. Now import the new title image. In the Properties of the mask section, leave the setting Alpha file. Now click the folder icon and navigate to the path where the title image is stored. Once you have specified the path, the new title image is immediately shown in the preview panel.
© proDAD, 2008 As you can see in the preview, the title is not displayed as desired. Select the Invert graphic (1) checkbox to make the title background transparent. The image design specified in the Border color (2) section is now shown in the title text in the Preview (3).
© proDAD, 2008 The Border color section also lets you import images (either ready-made or created by you), which can be used here as a title image. Click the folder icon and select a suitable file (e.g. reflex1.jpg). The file is loaded and immediately integrated into the text.
© proDAD, 2008 Using the Motion button you can change the animation set for the title image at any time. In the Dynamic section, you could, for example, select the items Rotation and linear.
© proDAD, 2008 Note: You can also change the settings for the starting and ending positions, specifying either the same or different settings for starting position and ending position (using the parameters Rotation, Position and Size). Click OK to confirm your settings and close the Motion dialogue box. For additional settings options in the Motion dialogue box, click here. The Properties of the mask section also features a Motion button.
© proDAD, 2008 On the Starting position tab, move the blue object slightly to the left (Position) and slide the Size/Horizontal slide control to 40%. The title now has a new starting position and it is stretched horizontally. Now open the Ending position tab. Move the green object as shown (Position) and slide the Size/Horizontal slide control to 80% and the Size/Vertical control to 70%.
© proDAD, 2008 Click OK to confirm your settings and close the Motion dialogue box. Now check the animation preview. The motion path of the mask has now changed. Click OK to confirm your settings and close the Mixer dialogue box.
© proDAD, 2008 You have now integrated a title image created in Heroglyph (stored in TIF format with Alpha) in Adorage. You can export the animation using the Export Sequence button, or return to your video editing software. Customizing standard text This tutorial focuses on customizing standard text in effect templates.
© proDAD, 2008 Select an effect with integrated text from the templates (e.g. Various Motif Effects/Text FX/Thank you). You can immediately view the effect with the text in the preview panel. To edit the text, you need to open an image editing application. Create a file with text (e.g. a TIF file), making sure you use the Alpha-Key. In the Properties of the mask section of the Mixer (1) dialogue, import this file as an Alpha file (2). The new image is immediately shown in the preview.
© proDAD, 2008 The Invert graphic (1) checkbox lets you change the background of the Adorage.tif file. With the checkbox selected, the file you have selected in the Border color (2) section is shown in the background, and the text is transparent, i.e. Video A/B is visible. You can see this immediately in the Preview (3).
© proDAD, 2008 Now choose a new Border color. 1. Selecting a color In the Border color section, select the Color item from the drop-down list. Now click the Select color button (only visible with Color selected). This opens the Color dialogue box. Select a colour to fill the text. The text is shown in the Adorage preview in the font colour you have selected. The Border sharpness slide control lets you determine the intensity of the font colour (e.g.
© proDAD, 2008 2. Selecting a file In the Border color section, select the File item from the drop-down list. Now click the folder icon and import an animation (e.g. the clip background16.avi.) or any image you like. The selected clip is immediately integrated into the text and shown in the preview. The text surface is now animated. Note: You can also use your own video and image sources. Save them with a max. HD resolution of 1920x1080 pixels, in AVI (videos) or JPG or TIF (images) format.
© proDAD, 2008 Apply the settings in the Mixer dialogue box and return to the Adorage user interface. The effect is now shown in the Preview. Creating video effects with cross-fading This tutorial focuses on applying video effects with integrated cross-fading. Adorage provides some effect templates that offer an overlay effect (e.g. an aeroplane) plus a mask for cross-fading the effect. First select an effect from the list of effect templates (e.g.
© proDAD, 2008 Note: Now select the Video-Sources A and B. When working with Adorage in a video editing application, use the video clips from the timeline. For information about additional settings options in the Video A and Video B dialogue boxes, please refer to the relevant chapter. For this tutorial, please use the Adorage demo material. Now open the Mixer dialogue box, which is where you select a cross-fade file and edit it. In the Proceeding steps section, click the Mixer image (not the icon).
© proDAD, 2008 Leave the Threshold file mask unchanged. Click the folder icon to the right of the box below to import a suitable threshold file (e.g. kreis-strahl-grob.tif). During installation of Adorage, various files are stored, which are now available for selection. You can also create your own masks in TIF format and import them here. The preview of the cross-fade mask has now changed. You can now optimize the mask further, e.g. by changing the Border sharpness (to 60%).
© proDAD, 2008 In the Border color section, you can now select a new file to define the outline. Click the folder icon to the right of the box below to select a suitable file (e.g. background2.jpg). The change is immediately shown in the preview. Note: You can also create your own image files (e.g. in JPG format) and import them here. The Brightness of the border slide control lets you set the brightness of the cross-fade mask. Changing the setting from 87% (default) to 60% reduces the brightness.
© proDAD, 2008 You have now created a new cross-fade sequence in an Adorage video effect. This dialogue box also offers additional settings for the cross-fade mask, but this tutorial focused on integrating, exchanging and editing a mask for the cross-fade sequence within an effect. Click OK to close the Mixer dialogue box and return to the Adorage user interface. The new Mixer image is now shown in the Proceeding steps section.
© proDAD, 2008 If required, you can switch to the Overlay dialogue box to replace the aeroplane with a different image.
© proDAD, 2008 Using drag & drop to add images and clips This tutorial focuses on integrating animations (clips) and images by simply dragging & dropping them from the Windows Explorer. First select an effect from the list of effect templates (e.g. the effect Butterfly02 from the Various Motif Effects/Animals category). The effect is immediately shown in the Preview. Open the Windows Explorer and navigate to the folder where your file is stored.
© proDAD, 2008 Note: This is an even easier way of importing video clips and images to Adorage. You can also replace video clips and images in the Mixer and Overlay dialogue boxes using drag & drop. In the Overlay dialogue box, you can drag & drop a video clip (or image) directly onto the preview panel. Please note that it will replace the Overlay-graphic.
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