Grass Valley NewsEdit XT v.5.5 - Manual (Page 212)

Chapter 11 Creating Video Effects (Option)
210 Digital News Production
Adding an Effect to the Timeline
The first step in creating a new effect is to place a blank effect template on the
Timeline that will contain the keyframes to comprise the effect.
To add a blank effect to the Timeline, there must be an effects (FX) track
present. When you first create a sequence you can check the
Video Effects
Track checkbox to add an effects track to the Timeline.
If you are working with a sequence without an effects track, click the
Sequence Properties button on the Timeline Toolbar and check the Video
Effects Track checkbox to create the track.
There are several ways to add a blank effect to the Timeline:
• Highlight the clip(s) for the effect and click Add Effect or Shift + 8 .
NewsEdit places the effect on the effects track with the same duration as the
selected clip(s) and sets the correct track for the effect. For example, if you
select a clip on Video Track 1 and add an effect, V1 is automatically
designated as the track that receives the effect.
You can automatically create a Resize effect by selecting overlapping clips
on the two video tracks and clicking
Add Effect .
• Mark In and Out points on the Timeline to set the effect duration and click
Add Effect .
The effect appears on the Timeline at the location and with the duration set
by the mark points. If you mark an In point or an Out point but not both, you
must enter an effect duration in the pop-up window and click
OK . The Mark
Point you set marks either the beginning of the effect (if you marked an In
point) or the end of the effect (if you marked an Out point).
• Click Add Effect within the Video Effects Tool, enter the duration of the
effect (the default is 1 second) and click OK .
The effect appears on the Timeline at the pointer location.
• Right-click on the Timeline, choose Add Effect, enter the effect duration
(the default is 1 second) and click OK .
The effect appears on the Timeline at the pointer location.
You can change the duration of the video effect using the Extend Edit feature.
To lengthen or shorten an effect, place the pointer where you want the effect to
end or begin and press
V on the keyboard. The effect duration moves to the new
pointer position, thereby lengthening or shortening the effect.