This file is a part of the setup distribution. If you are reading
this file now, you have already installed Wax.
The core Wax software will be installed in "<program-files>\debugmode\wax 2.0".
The vegas plugin will be installed in the "<Vegas-Video-Plug-ins-folder>\waxplugin" folder. You will find sample Vegas projects in the wax "Samples" folder showing how to use the plugin.
Note: Wax requires the Vegas RAM preview to be turned off. If RAM preview is not turned off the plugin will not work properly.
The Premiere plugins will be installed in the <Premiere-Plug-ins-folder>". There are no sample projects for Premiere at this time, they will be added in next release.
The EditStudio plugin will be installed in the <EditStudio-folder\Plugins>" folder. There are no sample projects for EditStudio at this time, they will be added in future. However there are many Wax presets preconfigured in EditStudio for basic operations for you to get started.
This version of Wax can coexist with earlier Wax 1.01. If you are using Wax 1.01 & would like to use both that and Wax 2.0, that would work fine.
General notes
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1. First step: Read the UserGuide. You can find it in "<program-files>\DebugMode\Wax 2.0\Help\User Guide.pdf". If you are sure you want to skip reading the user guide please look at the HTML/SWF tutorial showing the basics of using Wax. You can find the tutorial file at "<program-files>\DebugMode\Wax 2.0\Help\firstuse.htm".
2. If you have problems with the render/preview display and the images are looking corrupted, switch to the software renderer using the toolbar above the workspace window in Wax.
3. Wax adds "Wax Plugin" to your NLE's Video Plugins/FX list, and "Wax Transition" to the NLE's Transitions list. You can use these to work with Wax as an Plugin/Fx and Transition respectively. In EditStudio you can find WAX as an Effect as well as a Transition.
For support, please visit the UserForum at "http://www.debugmode.com/forums/"
Known issues/bugs
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1) With some video cards (some ATI cards included) the rendered output may jitter by one pixel up or down in some frames. This is due to a video card driver bug. In such cases switch to software renderer.
2) Plugin Text3d sometimes generates bizzare shapes for some characters. In such cases, change to a different font.
3) When using Plugin Particles with harware acceleration and not using any media ("Use Media" parameter) for the particles, the size of the particles may change between "Draft" and "Best" quality modes. If it does, choose one of the two modes to work with and adjust your particle sizes accordingly.
4) If the HostApplication project framerate is > 30fps, Wax will treat it as interlaced input because the interlaced input detection is based on the framerate (and Wax tries to detect interlaced input because it does not get this information from HostApplication). There is no workaround to make it work as progressive input for such framerates. If you want to use a Wax effect for a project with framerate > 30fps (eg. one of the HD templates), do the effect in a project < 30fps and render this out to an uncompressed AVI to import in your >30fps project.
5) If the Wax window is open and the HostApplication preview size is changed, Wax will not show the frames properly. You will have to close and reopen the Wax window to see the new preview size image.
6) Some DirectX plugins may show upside-down output. In that case use the "Mirror Vertically" DirectX plugin after that to correct the output.
7) 32-bit AVI files imported in Wax will not have get their alpha channel imported. This will be fixed pretty soon.
8) When using Wax plugin with your NLE, if you have an AVS file in the Wax timeline, it may cause some threads of the app to still remain after closing the NLE. In such cases you can end the process using the Windows task manager.
