Applying and controlling effects

You can apply a video effect to a video clip in the Video 1 track and in any superimpose track. You can also apply an audio effect to any audio clip in the Timeline window. Clips that have effects applied to them appear with a blue border at the top in the Timeline window.

You can apply or remove an effect at any time. Once you've applied effects to a clip, you can temporarily turn off one or all of the effects in the clip to concentrate on another aspect of your project. Effects that are turned off do not appear in the Program window and are not included when the clip is previewed or rendered. Turning off an effect does not delete the keyframes created for any of the effect's settings; all keyframes remain until the effect is deleted from the clip.

To apply an effect to a clip:

1 Choose Window > Show Video Effects or Window > Show Audio Effects.

2 In the Effects palette, select an effect and drag it to a clip in the Timeline Window, or if the clip is selected in the Timeline Window, drag the effect to the Effect Controls palate.

3 If the effect has controls, the Settings dialog box appears. The settings you choose here apply to the first keyframe (if you change settings for other keyframes) or to the entire clip (if you make no changes to any keyframe). Click OK to apply the settings.

Note: A Settings dialog box does not appear for After Effects effects. Instead, choose your settings for these effects in the Effect Controls palette.

Using this procedure, you can apply multiple instances of a single effect to a clip.

To open the Effect Controls palette:

Choose Window > Show Effect Controls.

To view a clip's effects in the Effect Controls palette:

Select the clip in the Timeline window.

To open the Settings dialog box for an effect:

In the Effect Controls palette, click Setup to the right of the effect name.

To copy an effect and its keyframes in a clip and paste it into another clip:

1 In the Effect Controls palette, select the effect and choose Edit > Copy.

2 In the Timeline window, select one or more clips and choose Edit > Paste Attributes.

3 In the Paste Attributes dialog box, select Settings; then deselect all options except Filters.

To temporarily turn off an effect:

In the Effect Controls palette, select the effect, and then click the Effect Enabled button() to the left of the effect name.

To remove an effect from a clip:

1 Select the clip in the Timeline window.

2 In the Effect Controls palette, select the effect you want to remove and do one of the following:

To reorder the effects:

1 In the Effect Controls palatte, click on the triangle next to each effect to collapse the settings.

2 Click an effect name and drag it to a new location on the list. A black line appears while you drag when the effect is above or below another.

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