MacroSystem Pro-Pack - Manual (Page 8)

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can use this button to specify the point in time of
the transition effect you want to see.
In this way you can observe the applied effect
at any point in time of the scene. You can scroll
slowly through this part of the scene and view it
at the same time.
The button Display positioned below offers you
the choice between Original (representation
of the new scene you have just chosen) and
Compare. The last option divides the screen into
two parts. Your new scene is displayed in the
right half of the screen. In the left half of the
screen a scene is displayed that you can freely
choose from the scene bin with the button
Choose scene positioned below. This
comparison function lets you, for example,
adjust the color to correspond to an existing
scene.
You can also change the effect options to direct-
ly compare different colors or directions.
Here you’ll also get a real-time preview, too.
The settings made in this menu are confirmed
with OK and you are returned to the Edit menu.
With Cancel you leave the Full Size menu wit-
hout saving any changes.
The arrow button serves to move the menu
bar to the upper screen edge, whilst the button
above allows you to minimize the user panel.
Note: Real-time effects can not be monitored in
single-frame preview.
You’ll also notice the presence of a Scene button
in this screen.
Now you can make use of the multi-layer tech-
nique. If you want to overlap several transition
effects, you at first add one effect between two
scenes and create it. Then you create a single
scene from the two scenes and the inserted ef-
fect. To do this you click on the Scene button so
that a window appears in which you can select
the range for the new scene.
The name of the used transition effect appears
next to Name and is given as default name for
the new scene. If desired, you can enter another
name by clicking and using the keyboard that
appears.
You also see the three options Effect, Effect +
scenes, and Range.
If you only want to convert the effect with the
previously set range into a new scene, then click
on Effect and then on OK. This causes the effect
to be converted into a scene and to be put into
the scene bin of the Edit menu.
You can also let the length of the new scene
extend beyond the range of the two previous
scenes (with inserted effect). In this case click on
Effect + scenes and then on OK.
This way, a new scene is generated and then
added to the scene bin.
Alternatively, you can create the scene from the
entire length of or from a portion of the story-
board. Click on Range and confirm with OK. Use
the IN and OUT points (in the now familiar Ran-
ge menu) to select the range of the new scene.
The wave form can help you to do this. It can be
displayed/hidden with the loudspeaker symbol.
Then click on OK in the Range menu and the
scene is created and stored in the Edit menu.
Of course, you can also create a separate scene
from a portion of the storyboard in which there
is no effect. Simply select a point in the story-
board and click on Scene. In the window that is
displayed only the function Range is enabled.
Specify a range and click on OK. Then you can
view the new scene in the Edit menu.
3.6 I.P. Effects screen
As was the case in the Transitions screen, the I.P.
Effects screen now features a Full Size preview
button.