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Adjusting a Custom Wipe
Dissolves and Wipes
Removing Transitions
Creating an Axis Transition
With Axis transitions, you modify the scaling,
rotation, and position for the axis of one image to create the transition
effect.
You can quickly swap the incoming and outgoing
sources to reverse the animation. Swapping sources accommodates
applications such as Apple's Final Cut Pro and Avid products, where
the effect is applied to the outgoing source rather than the incoming
source.
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.
- Press Insert to 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 also appears in the Axis
Transition Editor.
- Play
the transition again.
The incoming and outgoing sources are switched
and the animation is reversed.