Effect Types
Much overlapping occurs between the various types of effects you can create, as well as the methods used to create them. Your Avid editing application offers four basic effect types.
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Transition effects (dissolves, wipes, and so forth) are applied at the
cut point between two video clips that are on the same video track (that
is, the same video layer).
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The following topics provide information on creating transition
effects:
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Segment effects are applied to an entire clip or group of clips. There
are two types of segment effects:
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A single-layer segment effect, such as the Mask effect, is applied
to a segment on one video track. Single-layer segment effects use
one stream of video.
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The following topics provide information on creating single-layer
segment effects:
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A multilayer segment effect, such as the Picture-in-Picture effect,
is applied to the top layer or a middle layer of segments that
contain two or more video tracks that will be played
simultaneously.
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The following topics provide information on creating multilayer
segment effects:
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Title effects are created with the Title tool and edited onto their own
layers in a sequence.
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The following topics provide information on creating title effects:
Motion effects (freeze frame, variable speed, and strobe) are created
by manipulating the playback characteristics of a clip of footage.The
following topics provide information on creating motion effects:
