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specify whether the light should have an influ-
ence on the other picture colors.
The newly added “Color” option provides two
selection buttons. “Center Color” lets you define
the inner color of the light source and the “Edge
Color” button allows you to define the color of
the outer area of the light ray. A color gradient is
formed between the two selected colors.
4.5 VLight4 Transition
With this effect, the rays are calculated accord-
ing to the brightness of the selected effect. A
mask is used to crossfade from one scene to an-
other. During the course of the effect, the mask
develops bright surfaces at the edges at which
the light rays refract.
For further details on the available effect op-
tions, please refer to the “VLight2 Beam
through” effect.
Two new effects have been added to the “Ef-
fect” option: The “Select Mask” button allows
you to access the image pool so you can choose
how the transition effect should develop. You
can use the “Threshold” control to determine
the intensity of the bright surfaces at the edge
of the transition effect. The bigger the Threshold
value, the larger the surface on which the light
rays refract.
5. The Image Processing effects
5.1 Light
This image-processing effect simulates up to
three lights whose settings you can customize.
The light can either be given a fixed position or
a starting and final position. Up to three colored
lights can be used within a scene (stationary or
moving in a straight line). The surface proper-
ties can also be adjusted. You can use this effect
to do such thing as modify and enhance light
sources that are already contained in a scene.
This effect provides the following options:
(1) Surface: Clicking on this button will open a
window containing three functions:
You can use the “Reflection” button to select
how strongly you want the surface to reflect
light. The “Distance” button allows you to adjust
the light sources. The greater the distance, the
larger the light source. The “Diffuse” button lets
you specify how much of the surface outside the
light beam is colored by the light.
(2) Light 1: If you click on this button, you
can choose from six additional functions: the
“Switch” button allows you to switch off the
light or display it in a fixed position or as a mov-
ing source.
The “Color” button lets you define the color of
the light.
The “Start Position” button allows you to define
the position on the picture from where the light
should start moving or at which it should remain
stationary. “Stop Position” defines the position
that the light should be in when it reaches the
end of its path.
The “Start Size” and “Stop Size” controls are
used to specify the size of the light spot at the
beginning and end of the effect. The actual light
effect, however, is still influenced by the settings
you make for the surface.
The “Light 2” and “Light 3” effect options con-
tain the same adjustable settings as for “Light
1”.
5.2 Control Image 2
This effect provides image correction that is
used in modern video editing systems. The im-
age is recalculated when you enter the white
value, grey (mean) value and black value. The
color can also be influenced by entering a satu-
ration value. This system generally allows you to
achieve far better results than if you were to use
standard image correction.
The effect has four options:
(1) Bright: This button allows you to set the
picture’s original white value.
(2) Middle: This function lets you specify the
picture’s original grey value.
(3) Dark: This is where you define the picture’s
original black value.
(4) Saturation: This control is used for setting
values that determine the color saturation of the
picture.
5.3 Flash Fade
This effect fades in a scene from a brighter or
white picture content. This gives the viewer
the impression that he has been dazzled by a
flash of light and has to get used to the normal