Ulead MEDIASTUDIO PRO 7.0 - HD PLUG-IN 2.0 Manuel de service

1 proDAD Vitascene © proDAD, 2007 Autor : Uwe Wenz

10 Enter your details in the following window. The registration number that you are asked to enter is found on the second cover page of the manual p

1002. Select filter: In the Filter field assign a filter to the selected image or video material. To do this open the drop-down menu. 3. Color Adj

101 5. Pixel aspect : In the Pixel aspect menu, the image or video material used can be reduced, enlarged and left unchanged. The ratio aspect can a

102 Any change in a property is immediately displayed in the preview window in real time. Source / Video B Click on the Video B option in the Na

103 2. Select filter: In the Filter field assign a filter to the selected image or video material. To do this open the drop-down menu. 3. Color

1044. Select Blur effect: In the Blur field (fuzziness) you can again add an effect using the drop-down menu. 5. Pixel aspect : In the Pixel aspec

105 Any change in a property is immediately displayed in the preview window in real time. See also Whatever you do when inputting or designing, t

106Display: Video format, Background / borders, Duration and Language - User interface Here you will find settings for project templates : Undo and

107 1. Customize effect: This is where you can access the Filter-Presets dialogue box via the Customize effect option. The Root folder contains nume

108Operators Operators comprise various settings (parameters) and effect options. They are differentiated by: Geometry Geometry settings have a

109 with scaling (reduction) : Position horizontal The Horizontal position option moves the position of an image, video clip or template in a ho

11us manually or handwritten letters or faxes. What to do when you receive your key: Usually, you will receive an e-mail with a link where you can

110Position vertical The Vertical position option moves the position of an image, video clip or template in a vertical direction. without vertical

1111. Adjust by unchanged, an image, video clip or template retains its original size unchanged : 2. Adjust by enlarge, an image, video clip or te

112Aspect Ratio This is where the Aspect Ratio of an image, video clip or template is altered. Aspect Ratio 1.0000 : Aspect Ratio 2.0000 : At

1132. Flip horizontal, an image, video clip or template is flipped horizontally Flip horizontal : 3. Flip vertical, an image, video clip or templa

114Invert In addition, an Invert effect can be applied to reverse the colour values of an image, video clip or template. Invert : Color Adjustm

115Normal Contrast : Adjusted Contrast : Saturation The Saturation option alters an image, video clip or template as follows. Normal Color :

116Gamma The Gamma option (non-linear brightness adjustment) alters an image, video clip or template as follows. Neutral Gamma : Adjusted Gamma :

117 Gauss Blur With the help of the Intensity option, the Blur effect (fuzziness) can be manually strengthened. Horizontal Gauss Blur With t

118 Center Blur With the help of the Intensity option, the Blur effect can be strengthened from the centre of the image. With the Zoom option

119Disc Blur With the help of the Intensity option, the Blur effect can be manually strengthened. Direction Blur With the help of the Intensi

12Technology and System requirements At the moment, you are provided with basic information on the technology by proDAD Vitascene. One aspect that

120Annulus Blur With the help of the Intensity option, the Blur effect can be strengthened (controller spacing = 20%). When the Spacing controll

121 Blur + Expand white With the help of the Intensity option, the Blur effect (the white value) can be strengthened. Blur + Expand black W

122 When the Frequency controller is moved (e.g. to approximately 50%), the Frequency Blur effect appears as follows. Cycle Frequence Blur Wit

123 Filter In the Filter field, you are offered various types of Filter. The differences between the individual filters are presented in more grap

124• Scene-Intensity This is where you can control the brightness intensity of the original image. • Glow-Intensity The glow property of bright are

125• Highlight-Intensity This allows the rays of light created to be brightened up (the color white is added) or highlighted. • Orientation This a

126• Highlight-Intensity This allows the rays of light created to be brightened up (the color white is added) or highlighted. • Orientation This a

127• Opacity Enables you to determine the display strength of the effect. • Saturation Enables you to determine the strength of the colors in the i

128• Saturation Enables you to determine the strength of the colors in the image. • Hue Use this option to alter the shade of the color in the imag

129Defocus + Bokeh The Defocus + Bokeh effect doesn’t just simulate an optical blur but also creates Bokehs (points of light) emerging from bright

13Vitascene stand-alone (independent version) Starting the independent version of the program: Click on the Vitascene icon on your desktop by dou

130Hollywood Night By applying this effect, a daylight shot is turned into a night time shot. At night, the human eye can not distinguish between

131Color Blur With the help of the Color Blur effect and the Length parameter, the color and Sharpness of the image or video material can be altere

132• Length This option enables you to determine the size of the sparkle (light effects). • Highlight Threshold With this parameter, you can de

133• Spot-Size Use this option to determine the size of the spot. • Orientation This option determines the direction or rotation of the sparkle, wh

134Starburst The following illustration shows the application of the Starburst effect, light effects are clearly visible. • Length Use this opt

135• Pattern B By means of a document, you can tell that by using the Pattern B option, the appearance of text areas can be varied However, this pre

136 • Alpha Edge This is where the alpha channel is used, should there not be one the effect is applied to the whole image. An edge is determined, to

137• Scene-Intensity This is where you can control the brightness intensity of the original image. • Opacity This option strengthens the opacity

138Rays Rays create penetrating light reflections in the image, which are clearly visible in the following illustration. • Length This is where

139 • Checker B By means of a sample, you can tell that by using the Checker B option, identification of the size of areas can be varied. Identific

14Now hold down your left mouse button and drag the Vitascene filter onto the clip in the Timeline. Vitascene will start automatically, now choose a

140• Bright Edge An edge is determined in terms of brightness (tracing of bright edges only), to which the effect then relates. • Saturation This i

141 • Soft Light The progress of brightness is based on the source edge in both directions, to the vanishing point and in the opposite direction.

142 • Spot Beam This effect option functions as follows. • Back Beam This effect option functions as follows.

143 • 3D Spot The rays are positioned around the object, as on the surface of a sphere. This effect is only visible in an animation. Further

144• Composite This is a type of combination of background and ray effect. Depending on its identity, the composite is created in a positive or negat

145 • Tint-Intensity This option enables you to set the strength of the selected tint color. • Exposure Tint This is where you determine the way

146• Method This is where you can set the type of editing. • Length Using this option you can determine the degree of blur in the image. • Hazin

147• Haziness Using this option you can determine the intensity of the Dust effect (build up of haze or mist). • Gamma This setting option controls

148• Gamma This setting option controls the effect on bright and dark areas within the image. • Glow-Intensity The image is brightened, by adding a

149• Haziness Using this option you can determine the intensity of the Dust effect (build up of haze or mist). • Gamma This setting option controls

15 Now hold down your left mouse button and drag the Vitascene Transition between the clips in the Timeline. Vitascene will not start automatica

150• Screen With this option, the color is multiplied by the inverted brightness of the image. • Overlay This method overlays the image with col

151 • Hard light Using the brightness of the image, the colors are applied using the Screen or Dodge method. • Soft light Using the brightness

152 • Grain merge This option strengthens the color in the image. • Difference This method subtracts the color in the image. In the Fill

153The example illustration has been created using the following setting: Opacity=70%, Composite=Overlay Fill as Gradient: upper color Red=80%, Gre

154A/B Tint The A/B Tint parameter alters the colour scheme of the template as follows. A/B Tint (30%) A/B Tint (200%) Fade Point The Fade Po

155Displacement in the direction of the X-axis (-100%) Displacement in the direction of the X-axis (+100%) The Y-axis for Wrap parameter alters th

156Hor. / Vert. displacement for Wrap The Horizontal displacement for Wrap parameter distorts the template and the image material as follows. hori

157Opacity The Opacity parameter alters the Intensity of the template. with Opacity (70%) with Opacity (100%) blend luminance With the blend

158Loops With the Loops parameter, you can alter the number of available waves (e.g. from 1 to 3 waves) in the preview window. Waveform The W

159with 5 waves (Loops) and Waveform (75%) Rotation The Rotation parameter turns the template around and affects only transition templates.

16Adobe Premiere preview window). Click on the User defined... Button, this will open Vitascene. Choose a suitable transition from the Transition

160Iris This is where you can alter the appearance of the template in terms of its Position. Iris (20%) Iris (60%) swap direction With the sw

17Adobe Premiere Pro / Plugin as video effect Start Adobe Premiere, place a video clip in the timeline and go to the Effects folder. Once the Video

18next to the Adobe Premiere preview window). Click on the (Setup...) button alongside the Vitascene Filter icon, this will re-start Vitascene.

19 Vitascene will not start automatically. Highlight the transition in the Timeline by clicking with your mouse and go to the Effect settings dialo

2Table of contents Welcome 4 Copyright / legal information 4 Further Infos 5 Philosophy 6 Workshops & Training for Vitascene 7 I

20Avid Liquid / Plugin as video effect Start Avid Liquid, place a video clip in the Timeline and go to the Effects library. Once the proDAD folder

21time and, of course, you can modify the selected transition in Vitascene to suit you. Once the project has been edited and completed in Vitascene,

22Canopus Edius / Plugin as video effect A video effect (Filter) is applied to a clip using drag and drop in Edius. The Video Filter folder contain

23 This displays the following options: 1. Reduce quality to increase speed This attempts to maintain a real-time preview, even for elaborate effec

24Canopus Edius / Plugin as video transition Start Canopus Edius, place two video clips in the Timeline. In the Transition folder you will see a pr

252. Expanded color palette This makes full use of the YUV color space, achieving a maximum level of up to 1.0 volt, which is the quality standard fo

26Now hold down your left mouse button and drag the Default icon onto the clip in the Timeline. This will start the Video TrackFX dialogue box. No

27 Note: If you want to open the Vitascene Filter again, click on the video clip (with the Vitascene effect) in the Timeline on the Event FX button

28Sony Vegas / Plugin as video transition Start Sony Vegas and place two video clips in the Timeline, superimpose them (i.e. arrange the two clips

29 Now click on the Edit button. Note: Preview images in Vitascene can only be correctly displayed, if the event, a transition in the Vegas Timeli

3 Texture 97 Filter 98 Source / Video A 99 Source / Video B 102 See also 105 Expor

30 Hold down your left mouse button and drag this transition between the two clips in the Media Studio Timeline. Now double-click on the Vitascen

31Click on the Options... button. This opens Vitascene. Choose a suitable transition from the Transition Templates (e.g. Radial+Mask #14). A playbac

32 Vitascene is started by clicking on the Edit Vitascene Filter button. Vitascene will start. When all settings in Vitascene have been applied,

33After activation : Hold down your left mouse button and drag this transition between the two clips in the Pinnacle Studio Timeline. Vitascene

34Click on the Edit Button, this will open Vitascene. Choose a suitable transition from the Transition Templates (e.g. Radial+Mask #14). A playback w

35Text with Ray filter and Key frames The colorful title that is packed with effects (with text) has already been created with proDAD Heroglyph usi

36 Now hold down your left mouse button and drag the Vitascene filter onto the clip in the Timeline. Vitascene will start automatically, now choose

37 After saving the effect, the desired background (image or clip) will no longer be visible in the preview window. To import our previously created

38 The Video A dialogue box also contains setting options for imported images (or clips) for pixel-aspect, attributes and geometry. For this worksho

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4Welcome to Vitascene Version 1.0 ! Effects and transitions with the aid of deliberate blurring, expertly selected color matches and understated l

40 Here you can modify the settings for the Ray filter, but first go to the preview window and check whether the Keyframes option is activated (key

41 Now alter the setting for the Length option, selecting a value of 24%, for example, and set the reduce flicker controller to 35%. Now select t

42 The preview window will now display the effect of the Ray filter on the image used as follows. Clear light reflections are visible within the Vit

43Leave the Highlight Color option as white and Highlight -Intensity at 25%. Now select the Tint-Color Red (in relation to the rays of light), set

44 The preview appears as follows. Now place the slider (position in the time axis beneath the preview) at the end of the animation. Then move

45 Now start an animation in the preview window with the help of the Play button. You will notice that the light reflections move during the course

46Apply Sparkle filter to an image (including by using Key frames) This tutorial provides information on the application and adjustment of a Sparkl

47Then click on the Folder button - to the right next to the Image drop-down menu - to select our image file, for example, and import the file with t

48 This opens the Filter dialogue box with various settings for the active Sparkle filter (without filter templates, since a template is already app

49 Now stop the preview by clicking on stop. Leave the beginning Key frame with its current settings (see preview or current controller position). N

5Documentation The greatest of care has been taken in compiling and translating the handbook. However, the possibility of errors cannot be fully exc

50 Now stop the preview by clicking on stop. Now move the slider to a new position during the course of an animation. No new Key frames will be plac

51 Now stop the preview by clicking on stop. Now move the slider to the end position during the course of an animation. Now alter the following s

52 Now stop the preview by clicking on stop. Now you can process the animation as a video clip in preview, with the help of Export. Note: Naturall

53Apply Shape Wipe transition effect (with integrated Sparkle effect) This tutorial focuses on use of a transition effect from the Shape Wipe Galle

54 Now go to the lower section of the Templates dialogue box, where there are 3 folders (Impression, Location and Filter). Select the following s

55Length = 10 Highlight-Threshold = 60% Erosion-Threshold = 30% and Orientation = 30% This will create the following preview for the 2nd Key fram

56 Parallel to the circle (template) additionally placed rays (Sparkle) are visible. No new Key frames will be set, unless you enter the first sett

57There will be no settings in the Location folder, as the position of the circle remains centered. In the Filter folder select the following settin

58The Navigation menu contains more additional effect options. 1. Template-Presets Of course, it is also possible to change the templates (here a

59 3. Customize mask This is where you can alter the settings for Source, Blur, Pixel-Aspect, Attributes and Geometry. 4. Texture This is where y

6Philosophy Vitascene is a modern software based on an innovative architecture. The advantage it has in comparison to similar products is that it f

60 5. Filter These settings have already been entered (application of the Sparkle effect).

61User interface/introduction In this chapter you can read important information about the structure of the Vitascene user interface. In addition,

62The proDAD Vitascene navigation bar can be changed; you can work in either a Structure screen or a Segmentation screen, adjusting the software inte

63Navigation In the Navigation menu click on the Overview option the dialogue box Start page / Navigation overview is displayed as follows: F

64 The Transition group contains further Folders, which in turn contain numerous effect templates that are ready for use. To select a Filter temp

65into the preview window. Preview For a short time, show the current status of the project as a rendered preview. Let's assume that yo

66Create as Animation as preview = Rendering an animation file with immediate playing options Control Display of the current status in the real tim

67preview settings for : Period, Rate, Quality, Scale, Frame type, Rendering, Codec, Driver, Key frames and file directory Export Here you can cho

68Time period This is where you can adjust the temporal data for the active timeline object using the keyboard. Rate This is where the frames p

69frame type is selected. If the result is slightly jerky, it may be necessary to change the settings from Full frame to Half frame. In some parame

7Workshops & Training for Vitascene Instructions for beginners and advanced users of Vitascene : A training-DVD containing tutorials on how to

70The Button By clicking this button the animation rendering will start. • The codecs registered in the system that allow data to be written are

71Time period This is where you can adjust the temporal data for the active timeline object using the keyboard. Rate This is where the frames p

72hardware requires a change of the half frame sequence, this can be adjusted simply. "Full frames" is especially required for Web animati

73Settings General settings for the Search path for images/animations, Alternative video sources and Specialisation customisation Display: Video fo

74If a project is opened on another PC that has a different drive environment, the components only have to be located in one of the search paths sele

75 Note: In plug-in operation, it is not possible to choose the source, as the Vitascene filter is applied directly to a clip (host video) from the

76 Click on the New button again, this opens a list of effects. Now select the Video Filter / Color Adjust effect. This will be transferred into

77 Under Category you will see the following options: Select the Video A option, for example, this will be set as a Category. In the lower secti

78 In this way, you can include and display any effect functions in the list of templates as Specializations. Video format Here you can define t

79available formats : Video overscan, width and height This setting represents the entire, i.e. the maximum useable area (the resolution). The

8Installation, Help, Registration, Technology and System requirements Either start the .exe file of your download or the setup file of your CD. Th

80Background / borders This is where the user interface design can be freely adjusted according to personal taste and used monitor type. First

81Language - User interface Here you can define the user interface's language. The selected language is used while the program is running.

82Manual By clicking on the Manual option the Vitascene service manual will begin. Control elements Preview area / Timeline / Keyframes The

83The Timeline is the Vitascene chronological control centre: For more information and access points, please pay attention to the information appeari

84Menu description The menus in their opened status and their tasks : File New new project : Create empty project Open... : opens a Vitasc

85Add-on products Other products Shortcuts Here you will find several working aids. Although they may not be obvious at first glance, they are v

86 The Transition group contains further Folders, which in turn contain numerous effect templates that are ready for use.

87To select a Filter template, go to a Template folder (e.g. Filter group / Sparkle), where effect templates are displayed. By double clicking on the

88• List: display as a list • Table: Display the templates in a table • small Icons: smallest form of symbolic display (single mouse click = ani

89With the help of the controllers displayed, you can alter the sparkle effect properties. More details of Sparkle filter setting options as well as

9you have obtained a feeling for the hidden possibilities, many of which can only be achieved by combining several program features. Once you have gr

90 1. Select source: In the Source window selected your desired image or video material, to do this click on the Image / animation option in the Typ

91 4. Geometry: Geometry settings have an effect on the size of an image and its position in a horizontal or vertical direction as well as the rotat

92 In addition, the following settings are available for the selected effect. 1. Impression : 2. Location :

933. Wrap : Any change in a property is immediately displayed in the preview window in real time. Customize effect Click on the Customize effe

942. Wrap : 3. Emphasis : 4. Geometry :

955. Iris Control : Any change in a property is immediately displayed in the preview window in real time. Customize mask Click on the Customiz

962. Select Blur filter: In the Blur field (fuzziness) you can again add an effect using the drop-down menu. 3. Pixel aspect: In the Pixel aspect

97 Any change in a property is immediately displayed in the preview window in real time. Texture Click on the Texture option in the Navigation m

98button to navigate to the folder that contains the required image or video file. 3. Geometry : Any change in a property is immediately displa

99Any change in a property is immediately displayed in the preview window in real time. Tip: Of course, you can select other effects from the Filter