special FX bin?

[Michael Hancock]

You can store transition effects in a bin called:

Quick Transitions

It must be spelled and spaced exactly like it is above. Put your custom transition templates in there, then go to a cut and hit the Quick Transition button on your keyboard. You know, the one that pulls up Dissolve, Fade to Color, Dip to Color, etc… In that drop down menu you’ll known see all the transitions that are saved in your “Quick Transitions” bin. Just select one, set the time, hit Add and you’re done!

Michael.

[Milton Hockman]

will that work for transitions i use that are from filters? like i will use BCC Levels with a 10 frame 0 to 100 to 0 blow out effect on the layer above my cut. Would this work if i dragged it onto a transition point?

[Grinner Hester]

I keep a custom made glow transitions (both bcc and sapphire), pre-made shake and scan line effcts and a handful of animated hilights for titles. I useually just have an effects bin for each project tho. Along with seq, talkin heads, broll and music. They all get their own bins. I have a floating music bed bin that I pull form on almost every project. Same with many used sound effects… whooshed and whatnot.

[Satesh Ramjattan]

I actually have a master project called Keepers. Inside that project I have different bins, like Custom effects from BCC, SApphire, DFT, etc. I also have a Generic broll bin that has exactly that- generic lighting, crowd shots, animated bkgds. I also have a bunch of bins with music and one for SFX. So you get the idea. So anytime I start a new project, I can just import those bins and have everything handy.

[Chris Bové]

Yeah, been waiting on that one from Avid forever – the ability to open your tool palette (hamburger) and drag effects from the effect editor. Making the 20 or so effects (with parameters) that I use on a regular basis part of the user settings would rock.

Quick Transitions takes care of a lot of this though because it is a bin that works in any project (file/open bin).

Here’s an idea – in your “Quick Transitions” bin, name all effects that are NOT transitions so that the name starts with a “Z”. this way when you hit the Quick Transition button, all the non-transition effects that start with “Z” are out of your hair at the bottom… but that they ARE visible in the bin – which migrates from project to project.

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[Milton Hockman]

thanks for the posts. but i was wondering if anyone would like to share there bins with me. like let me get a copy so i can see your cool effects. will anyone be willing to let me get a coPY?