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Similar to your fade-in at the beginning of the
route sequence, you can also use a Colum-
bus effect to fade back from the video into the
Columbus scene (“Direction”: “Video -> Col.”).
Proceed in the same way for the remaining
sequences along your route until you have fin-
ished editing your entire cruise.
Tip: If, whilst you are creating your route, you
already know that you want to insert a transi-
tion into a video at a particular key point, you
can already include the time needed for the
transition effect here. If, for instance, you want a
2-second fade from “Col. -> Video” and another
2-second fade from “Video -> Col.”, then the
pause time at this key point should be at least
4 seconds (i.e. 2 seconds + 2 seconds). If the
set pause time were less that this or not even
configured at all, you would see the transition
starting at this point before the head object had
even reached the key point, and the transition
would only come to an end once the head object
had already gotten underway again.
In addition to the pause time that is used for a
transition to other video footage, you can also
set a transition for the head object at key points.
An aircraft would then, for instance, approach a
key point and would shrink in size as a result of
the “Zoom” effect and thereafter the fade into
the video would begin. After the transition from
the video footage back to the map, the aircraft
would start again and fly off.
5.6 Encircling a person
You can of course use Columbus not only for
displaying routes but also for editing your video
footage in other ways too. In this example you
will learn how to encircle a person on a photo-
graph. For instance, use a school photograph of
your entire class to show your viewers what you
looked like at the time. Import the photograph
into your system using PC-Link or Photo-Trans-
fer or alternatively create some video footage of
it. Activate the photograph in the scene bin and
start the Columbus program. Click on “Default”
so that you see the yellow diagonal line. First of
all, make sure that the “Pause time” is set to a
value of 000.00:00 in the “Points“ menu.
Click on the starting point, reposition it so that it
is near your head and confirm its new position.
Next, activate the finishing point of the line and
reposition it near your head as well.
After confirming it, insert further points along
the route simply by clicking at various positions
on the line. Make sure that the “Type” is set to
“Way point” and that the “Line” is set to the
“rounded“ option. Now click twice on the point
that is positioned immediately after the starting
point so that you can reposition it. Move all the
key points so that the line roughly traces out
your head. (If the menu bar covers up too much
of the class photo, you can of course hide it by
pressing the button that you are already familiar
with from the Casablanca). You can now make
the fine adjustments, i.e. draw the circle closer
around your head or more evenly around your