Creating a mask blur effect – Matrox Electronic Systems Matrox RT.X2 User Manual

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Chapter 4, Setting Up Realtime Effects with Adobe Premiere Pro

Creating a mask blur effect

The Matrox mask blur effect lets you create a “region of interest” by adding a
mask to your clip and applying blurring to it. You can choose from many
different mask patterns.

° To set up a Matrox mask blur effect:

Click the triangle beside

Matrox Mask Blur

to expand the property list.

Blur Settings

Let you adjust the amount of blurring in your clip.

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Red

,

Green

,

Blue

, and

Alpha Blur Amount

Use these controls to adjust

the amount of blurring to be applied to each of the color and alpha channels
in your clip. For example, you can choose to apply blurring to only the red
color component of your clip. The

Alpha Blur Amount

is applicable only

to graphics clips that have an alpha channel.

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Lock Channels

Select this to apply the same blur settings to all channels.

When you adjust the setting for the

Red Blur Amount

, the same settings

will be applied to the other channels.

Color Gain Settings

Let you adjust the amount of color in your clip

within the blurred area.

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Red

,

Green

, and

Blue Color Gain

Use these controls to individually

fine-tune the intensity of a particular color present in your clip. For example,
you can increase the

Red

value to increase only the red color component

of your clip within the blurred area.

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Lock Channels

Select this to apply the same color gain settings to all

channels. When you adjust the setting for the

Red Color Gain

, the same

settings will be applied to the other channels.

Mask Settings

Let you select the mask pattern and adjust the

transparency settings for your effect.

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Select Shape

Click the button to the right of the current pattern to see

the list of available mask patterns.

Click here to
select a new
pattern

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