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3. Drag a 2D Basic moving path onto the clip in the Video2 track. Open the
Effects Manager.
4. Click the Keep aspect ratio box in the middle left corner.
5. Change the Width value to 100 (the Height value automatically changes to
keep the ratio).
6. Change the X value to 240, and the Y value to 70 (this moves the center of
the overlay to the upper right).
7. Click on the End control point and repeat steps 5 and 6, entering exactly the
same values.
8. Preview the effect.
The 2D Advanced Moving Path dialog box is similar to the 2D Basic Moving
Path except that you can rotate a clip around its central point and distort it.
To create a 2D advanced moving path:
1. Select the 2D Advanced thumbnail from the Moving Path gallery and drag it
onto a clip.
2. Enter a rotation value, or drag the rotation dial to the desired value.
3. Use the handles in the Distortion box to slant the clip to create perspective
effects
4. Click the Play button to preview. Click OK to apply.
If you resize a clip, its contents are resampled accordingly. Depending on the
type of clip, this may produce degradation in image quality.
Creating 3D moving paths
Creating a 3D moving path, whether it is a simple 3D path, a sphere, or a cylinder,
is much the same procedure as creating a 2D moving path. The third dimension
simply consists of additional rotation angles. Sphere and Cylinder help you
control a 3D path by providing an object around which the clip can rotate.
When using a Sphere or Cylinder Moving Path, their respective dialog boxes have
options for controlling the behavior of the path and the clip itself. For example, if
you select the Clip Angle (in the Adjust combo box), you can adjust the rotation
of the clip on the surface of the sphere or cylinder; rotation values can be entered
using the rotation dial, the plus/minus [+/-] buttons, or the entry boxes. The X
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