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Creating Soft Effects

Creating Soft Effects

Soft Effect Mini Editor — Widescreen Only

 

Editing > Soft Effects > Creating Soft Effects > 

Editing with Soft Effect Quick Menus

Access basic setups for a soft effect through its quick menu. If you applied the same soft effect to multiple elements, any changes you make to one element using the quick menu are applied to the other elements as long as the elements are selected.

You display the quick menu below the Player or the EditDesk.

To display the quick menu of a soft effect:

1. Do one of the following:
   • From the Player or the EditDesk, press Shift+~.
   • From the EditDesk, access the Player.
2. If you applied more than one effect to an element, click the applicable soft effect button so that it is locked (it turns light grey and its letters are italicized when locked).

To reset quick menu values:

1. Click the name of the field or Ctrl-click inside a field.

To determine how soft effects are applied from the quick menu:

1. Select from the following options.

   
   

   (a) Value box  (b) Position box  

   Select:	To apply:
   Value Abs	A value directly to all soft effects.
   Value Rel	A relative change from the previous value. The change will apply to all soft effects.
   Pos Abs	The change on all soft effects at the current position of the positioner.
   Pos Rel	A change on all soft effects. The change is the frame difference from the start of the selected effect and the positioner. For example, if the positioner is at frame 10, all Resize soft effects will have a keyframe applied at frame 10.
   Pos Prop	A change on all soft effects. The change is the proportional frame difference from the selected effect start and the positioner. For example, if the positioner is in the middle of the soft effect, all Resize soft effects will have a keyframe applied in their middle.