Using Video F/X - Ulead GIF ANIMATOR 4.0 User Manual

Using Video F/X

Video F/X is a collection of special filters for GIF Animator. Borrowed from Ulead's award-
winning digital video software, MediaStudio Pro and VideoStudio, they are professional level
video transitions and filter effects. Each filter automatically creates a string of new image
layers once it's engaged, so it's usually best to have only one or two image layers at most in
your animation when using them. Otherwise, the additional layers generated by the Video F/X
may make your animation too large and unwieldy.
To apply a video effect:
1 Select the layer you want to use as the
template image in the transition.
2 Click the Video F/X: Transition or Filter
Name menu command (transition effects
occupy the top-half of the menu, filters are
on the bottom-half). A dialog box opens
for that filter.
3 Enter the number of Frames over which
you want the effect to occur (these are the
image layers that will be added to your
animation).
4 Enter the Delay time for the transition
itself. (The delay time for the image layers
themselves is decided by a combination of
this and the total number of frames
specified in step 3).
5 Set up the custom options for the effect,
then click OK. The new image layers are
added to the animation.
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