When the Geom menu is enabled, you can create and colour grade up to 12 secondaries by using the Function panel to:
- Select a geometry type.
- Modify geometries.
- Link secondary layers.
- Delete geometries.
After you have created geometries, you can use the Grade menu to colour grade them.
To create geometries:
- Press the Geom button on the Navigation panel.
The Rectangle, Circle, Wipe (in Dual view), and Bezier (free-form geometry) options are activated.
- Use the numeric keys on the Navigation panel to select and enable a secondary layer. Press the number key once to select the
layer, and then press it a second time to enable it. To enable layer 10, press the minus button (-). To enable layer 11, press
0. To enable layer 12, press the decimal button (.).
- Do one of the following:
- Press F1 to add a rectangle.
- Press F2 to add a circle.
- Press F3 to add a wipe.
- Press F4 to add a Bezier shape using the pen or mouse.
- Use the jog ball as a geometry mover and press the ALT and shot forward buttons to select the geometries on the current active
secondary layer.
- On the Function panel, use the following controls to adjust the geometry.
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Wheels |
Modify the geometry's blur, colour, opacity, and softness. Wheel 1=Blur Wheel 2=Colour Wheel 3=Opacity Wheel 4=Softness The direction for edge softness is inwards or outwards depending on the direction that you rotate the wheel. To reset a wheel,
press the button above it.
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Knobs at top left |
Scale the geometry. Knob 1=Size X Knob 2=Size Y Knob 3=Master (scales in locked proportions) To reset a knob, press the button below it.
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Knobs at top right |
Move the geometry. Knob 1=Move X Knob 2=Move Y Knob 3=Rotate To reset a knob, press the button below it.
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First row of buttons at bottom right |
Link secondary layers. F1=Add F3=Intersect F5=Subtract F7=Invert link
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Second row of buttons at bottom right |
Further modify softness. F2=Apply softness inside mask border F4=Apply softness outside mask border F6=Apply variable softness F8=Change softness type
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F1 button in centre column |
Delete the currently active geometry. |
SHOW button |
Toggle the geometry wireframe on or off. |
- To colour grade the geometry, select either the Inside or Outside option button depending on whether colour grading should
occur inside or outside the geometry. See Performing Colour Grading.