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EFX question, how to
I recently ran into something I did not understand at all no matter how I worked to figure it out.
I have been doing lots of efx work with Avid MC and Symphony for years. When the Pinnacle box came out I went straight to the Animatte and paint functions and still do. So, I know a few things about efx, but this thing I have no idea about.
The thing is not an effect but rather a kind of implementation of an efx.
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Apologies if I’ve misinterperated the question…
I’ll try and answer with an example4 shots butt joined on v1
create an new vision track
on v2 you add an invisible edit between shots 1&2, 3&4,you then drag an effect, resize for example to track 2 between the two invisibles, this effect will then affect everything below it, a global dve channel in a way. This is applicable to almost every effect type.
If I’ve misunderstood then drag the effect off the timeline to a bin and remail telling me what label is given to the effect when you drop it in a bin.
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It sounds like the other person put the effect on a filler track. Most effects can be added to filler to create custom transitions, letterbox an entire sequence quickly, etc… Remember, Avid treats filler like media–transparent media that you can apply effects to. I often use this trick for film flashes: Shot 1 cuts to Shot 2 on V1. On V2 I add a cut 6 frames before the end of shot 1 and add a cut 6 frames after the start of shot 2. Add Sapphire_Glow. Keyframe it from 0 brightness at the start of the effect to being fully blown out at the cut, then back down to 0. Covers the cut and saves me having to add edit to the first shot, applying the effect, keyframing it, adding an edit to the second shot, matching the first keyframe with the last keyframe from the previous cut, and then keyframing it back to 0. Sorry if I’m not making any sense, it’s kind of a weird thing to explain. But it’s great for transitions, applying a letterbox to an entire sequence (add a cut at the start of the sequence and the end on the top empty video track, apply the Letterbox effect, render), and it can save render time by applying an effect to only the parts you need it.
Michael.
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This might be what was going on. I have often used the color effect filter and the matte filters on an empty track but I have a habit of putting efects only on video not on empty tracks. With over ten years of Avid editing I have never even thought of how adding an edit to an empty video track might be useful, this might be why I had such a hard time understanding this.
Thanks for the suggestions.
Chris
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