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Creating Sparks Soft Effects

 

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Creating Wipe Soft Effects

Use the Wipe soft effect to create a vertical wipe between layers on the timeline. For more control of the Wipe soft effect, use the Wipe Editor.

To create a Wipe soft effect:

1. Select the element you want to use as the incoming shot of the vertical wipe.
2. Set the focus layer by moving the focus point over the layer you want to use as the top of the vertical edit.
3. Click the Wipe soft effect button (or press Alt+5).

   The Wipe quick menu appears.

   
   

   (a) Pattern selection  (b) Wipe options  

4. Enter the wipe pattern number, or click Pattern and select an SMPTE wipe from the SMPTE wipe library.
5. Specify the wipe attributes for each option.

   Select:	To adjust:
   Position	The position of the SMPTE wipe.
   Motion	The spin factor of the SMPTE wipe.
   Softness	The edge softness of the SMPTE wipe.
   Options	The scaling and blending options of the SMPTE wipe.

6. To access the Wipe Editor, double-click the element or click E beside the Wipe soft effect button. Edit the wipe as you would SMPTE wipe transitions. See Editing Wipes.