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Adjusting a Custom Wipe
Dissolves and Wipes
Copying Transitions
Creating an Axis Transition
When you create an Axis transition, you modify
the scaling, rotation, and position for the axis of one image to
create the transition effect.
With an Axis transition, you can quickly swap
the incoming and outgoing sources to reverse the animation. Swapping
sources accommodates applications such as Apple® Final Cut Pro® and Avid® products, where the
effect is applied to the outgoing source rather than the incoming
one.
The Axis Transition menu is the same menu as
the Axis Soft Effect menu, allowing you to add 3D text, and camera
motion, as well as track any element within the image.
NoteThere is a palette of predefined Axis transitions
located in /usr/discreet/<product
name>/setups_edm. These setups fit the duration of
the selected Axis transition.
To
create an Axis transition:
- Select
a cut and then click Axis.
The Axis transition icon appears.
- Display
the Axis Transition quick menu and create the effect.
- If
you want more control over the transition, enter the Axis Editor
by clicking E beside the Axis button. See
Creating Axis Soft Effects.
To
reverse the animation using the swap source option:
- Select
a cut point between two video elements.
- Apply
a soft Axis transition.
- Create
the transition. For example:
- At
the first frame of the transition, set the Scale X and Y values
to 0.
- At
the last frame of the transition, set the Scale X and Y values to
100.
- Play
the transition.
- In
the Axis Transition quick menu, enable Swap.
NoteThe Swap button in the Axis Transition Editor
is called Swap Sources.
- Play
the transition again.
The incoming and outgoing sources are switched
and the animation is reversed.