Adobe Premiere Elements 8 - Manual (Page 196)

191 USING ADOBE PREMIERE ELEMENTS 8 EDITOR
Applying effects
Last updated 8/12/2010
Ramp
The Ramp effect creates a color gradient, blending it with the original clip contents. Create linear or radial ramps and
vary the position and colors of the ramp over time. Use the Start and End Of Ramp properties to specify the start and
end positions. Use the Ramp Scatter control to disperse the ramp colors and eliminate banding.
Note: Traditionally, ramps do not broadcast well; serious banding occurs because the broadcast chrominance signal does
not contain sufficient resolution to reproduce the ramp smoothly. The Ramp Scatter control disperses the ramp colors,
eliminating the banding apparent to the human eye.
Video Stabilizer
Stabilizer
The Stabilizer effect removes unwanted camera shaking by analyzing the video image and tracking objects in the
picture. If the entire picture moves suddenly, the effect compensates for the move by shifting the image in the opposite
direction, thus smoothing out the camera jitter. You can specify the amount of smoothing. When the effect moves the
image, it leaves empty video on one side. Use Background-Use Original, Zoom, or both to specify how the space is
filled.
Smoothing Specifies the degree of stabilization. When turned all the way down, the effect removes only the smallest
jitter and vibration. When turned all the way up, it keeps the camera movement stable over a long period of time. If
there is intention camera movement (for example, panning across a scene), setting a high value for smoothing can
cause the effect to remove that movement. Consequently, it is important to set Smoothing appropriately for each scene.
Background-Use Original Fills in the blank edges with the original video image. This option works well for small
movements.
Zoom Enlarges the picture to fill in the blank edges. The more stabilization that is required (the more shaky the
original image is), the more you will want to zoom in to compensate.
Correction-Limit To Zoom Forces the stabilization to stray no further than the edges of the enlarged (zoomed) image.
This option disables the stabilization when it hits the edge because it doesn’t allow for the full motion compensation.
Use this option if you want to ensure that the edges never appear.
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Stylize
Alpha Glow
The Alpha Glow effect adds color around the edges of a masked alpha channel. You can specify that a single color
either fades out or changes to a second color as it moves away from the edge.
Glow Controls how far the color extends from the alpha channel edge. Higher settings produce larger glows (and can
cause very slow processing before playback or export).
Brightness Controls the initial opacity of the glow.
Start Color Shows the current glow color. Click the swatch to choose another color.
End Color Lets you add an optional color at the outer edge of the glow.
Fade Out Specifies whether the colors fade out or stay solid.