Creating a 4-corner pin 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 4-corner pin effect

The Matrox 4-corner pin effect lets you anchor each corner of a video or graphics
clip onto points in an underlying clip, even if the underlying clip is angled or
skewed. You could use this effect, for example, to overlay a video clip onto an
underlying clip of a television screen.

° To set up a Matrox 4-corner pin effect:

Click the triangle next to

Matrox 4-corner Pin

to expand the property list.

Top Left

and

Top Right Corner

Use these controls to horizontally and

vertically position the top left and right corners of your clip.

Bottom Left

and

Bottom Right Corner

Use these controls to

horizontally and vertically position the bottom left and right corners of your
clip.

¥ Tip

You can easily position each corner of your clip directly in the

Program Monitor. To do this, click the Transform icon (

) beside

Matrox 4-corner Pin

in the

Effect Controls

panel. A cursor will appear at

each corner of your clip in the Program Monitor. Drag these cursors to
position the corners of your clip.

Edge Softness

Lets you apply softness to the edges of your clip. If your

clip is skewed, you may get more desirable results using the

Skewed Edge

Softness

control.

Skewed Edge Softness

If you altered your clip so that the perspective is

skewed, you should use this option to apply softness to the edges of your
clip.

¡ Important

Skewed Edge Softness

is not supported on clips where any

corner is positioned beyond the boundaries of another corner. In order for the

Skewed Edge Softness

to work correctly, your clip should be a flat plane

with four visible corners.

Crop

Allows you to crop the edges of your clip. For more information, see

“Cropping your clip”

on page

55

.

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