Chapter 6 Advanced Operations
102 Advanced Effect Operations
2
Set the following parameters with the knobs.
a) 0.00 is no afterimages. 100.00 is no transformation of afterimages
into stardust.
b) Higher values make the stardust disappear more slowly.
Adding Shadows Around Effects
This operation can only be carried out on M/E effects.
It is not supported for some patterns.
For more information, refer to “Effect Pattern
Transformations and Modifications” in the Appendix
(separate document).
To add shadows
Notes
• Shadows are added to both channels of 2-channel
effects. They cannot be added to nor adjusted for
individual channels.
• When Shadow is enabled, Trail (see page 100) is
disabled.
1
Carry out steps 1 and 2 of “To add afterimages” (page
101).
2
Select [Shadow].
3
Set the following parameters with the knobs.
a) –200.00 moves left by the horizontal width of the screen, and
+200.00 moves right by the horizontal width of the screen.
b) –200.00 moves down by the vertical size of the screen. 0.00 is
approximately the same position as the image.
To set the shadow color
1
In the Effect/Wipe >M/E Effect >Trail/Shadow menu,
press [Shdw Color].
A popup window appears.
2
Press a button for a color that is close to the color you
want.
3
Set the following parameters with the knobs.
To soften the edges of the shadow
In the Effect/Wipe >M/E Effect >Trail/Shadow menu, turn
[Shdw Soft] on.
Composing a Video border Color
From Two Colors
You can compose the color of video borders from any two
colors.
This operation can only be carried out on M/E effects.
About the basic border settings, see “Adding Borders to
Video” (page 67).
1
From the top menu, select Effect/Wipe >M/E Effect
>Border Color.
The Border Color menu appears.
Knob Description Setting values
1 (Trail Dust) Amount of the
afterimage
disappearing as
stardust
0.00 to 100.00
a)
2 (Dust Soft) Timing with which
stardust disappears
0.00 to 100.00
b)
3 (Dust Size) Size of stardust 0.00 to 100.00
Shadow
Knob Description Setting values
1 (H Position) Position in
horizontal
direction
–200.00 to +200.00
a)
2 (V Position) Position in
vertical direction
–200.00 to 0.00
b)
3 (Density) Density of
shadow
0.00 to 100.00
Knob Description Setting values
1 (Lum) Luminance 0.00 to 100.00
2 (Sat) Saturation 0.00 to 100.00
3 (Hue) Hue 359.99 to 0.00