MacroSystem Bogart SE Ver.2 User manual - Manual (Page 43)

41 Bogart SE 2 user manual
Tips/Notes:
• The transitions are always added/deleted form the current
Storyboard position on.
• You can have more variety by adding effects automatically
and then choosing a point in the Storyboard to add one or
more effect automatically once more. Any effects already
found will be replaced by the new ones.
• If you want to use an effect length longer than the effects
allows for, the effect will automatically be shortened. In such
cases, you may find that a transition can't be added any more
if a scene is already occupied by another effect.
• The effect selection will be abandoned if you switch to an-
other product display.
• Das Einfügen von Effekten mit einer fixen Wiederholung (z.B.
20x Umblättern) ist mit der optionalen PowerKey Hard- und
Software möglich.
(16) Loop mode for the preview
Go to “New” and “Special” to find a new button in the edit
menu: The Loop mode . You will find the same function in the
effect menus . This button opens a small menu that allows you
to select an effect for the active scene . at the same time, the
scene will be played with the effect parameters so that you can
directly see any implications of the changes you make to the
parameters . Once the end of the scene is reached, the scene
will restart and continue playing in loop mode . As soon as you
make any changes of the effect parameters, playback will be
stopped and the scene will play from the start again .
You can work fast using the Loop mode . In addition, any effect
changes that are only visible if the scene is in motion, can be
changed here more comfortably than in the single frame pre-
view, where your changes are applied to a still image .
The transition effects in detail
The following transition effects belong to the basic package on
the CD/DVD .
1. 3D Mosaic: The first scene is divided into small squares,
the number of which you can set in the effect options under
"Number of Squares" (between 1 and 15) . The squares "fly"
out of the picture and reveal the second scene .
2. 3D Stripes: The second scene is pushed into the picture in
the "Direction" you choose (from top to bottom, or from bot-
tom to top) with from 2 to 30 stripes ("Number of stripes") .
3. Bars: The new picture either pushes ("Type" "Push") the old
with from 2 to 200 "Bars" out of view or superimposes itself
("Type" "Inset") . Under "Direction" you have a choice of six .
Two are interlocked (come from two sides) . Recommended
duration: 0 .5 to 2 seconds .
4. Blue box: With this effect you can remove undesirable
elements from a foreground scene and place the remaining
motif on another background . (This is also commonly called a
"chroma-key" effect) You are probably familiar with this effect,
it is used by weather forecasters on television . The speaker
actually stands in front of a blue wall and is projected onto the
weather map .
The background scene can be any motif . The foreground
scene, located in the storyboard directly after the background
scene, should show an object (thing or person) in front of a sin-
gle-colored (blue is very suitable) background . You can choose
any color, but avoid using pale colors, black, or white .
With "Color Choice" you can set the largest possible box that
defines the color range of the foreground scene to be masked .
In case the (blue) surface of the foreground scene (because
of illumination) is not completely single-colored, then you can
use "Color span" to set the range in percent that the color may
deviate from the selected box ("Color choice") .
If you click "Include area", the foreground scene appears,
but with the help of a box you select here the portion of the
background scene to be used for this effect . If you want to see
your object in front of the entire background, set the box to be
as large as possible .
The "Exclude Area" button specifies the portion of the back-
ground that should remain in a single color . If you don't want
to use this portion in your video material, then make the box
smaller and move it out of the picture .
Keep in mind before calculating to adjust the running time of
the effect to the duration of both scenes by using the button "x
s" . Ideally, both scenes will be the same length .
5. Circle wipe: This effect changes from one scene to another
with a circle containing a scene and which becomes steadily
larger or smaller . The direction can be chosen with "Mode" .
"In" means that the second scene overlays the first scene
with a circle that begins in the center of the screen and grows
outward until only the second scene is visible .
With "Out" the first scene is in a circle covering the screen but
which then becomes steadily smaller until it disappears, hav-
ing been replaced by the second scene . The well-known end
to cartoon films can be replicated by using the "Black" effect
from the "New scene" list and the mode "Out" .