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margins, safe-zone 142
marker (expression element) 577
markers
about 164
chapter links 164, 166
comments 164
composition-time markers 164
converting 166
keyboard shortcuts 653
layer-time markers 164
synchronizing to audio 166
web links 164
mask (expression element) 578
Mask Expansion property 255
maskExpansion (expression
element) 584
maskFeather (expression
element) 584
maskOpacity (expression
element) 584
masks
about 243
animating 266
applying effects to 258
blending 264
color 252
conversion in Adobe Premiere
Pro 126
creating motion paths from 214
expression elements 584
inverting 257
keyboard shortcuts 652
modes 264
moving 269
3D layers 175
using with grain effects 355, 356,
357
masks, creating
about 244
from channels 248
from motion paths 247
from text 249
masks, modifying
adjusting edges 255
converting to RotoBezier 247
editing 255
feathering 255
fill and stroke 258
Flowchart panel 60
inverting 257
opacity 256
reshaping 254
rotating 253
scaling 253
masks, working with
copying 252
deleting 251
duplicating 252
locking and unlocking 251
motion blur 256
panning 269
replacing 255
saving and reusing 251
selecting 250
setting interactions 264
shape and Pan Behind tool 269
specifying with Target menu 252
viewing 250
Match Grain effect 357, 361, 363, 364
material options (3D) 185, 186
math, expressions 576
Matte Choker effect 282, 466
Matte effects
Matte Choker effect 466
Simple Choker effect 467
matte view 270
matted alpha channels 73, 243
mattes
See also alpha channels
about 242
choking 466, 467
closing holes 282
conversion in Adobe Premiere
Pro 126
refining 270
removing 400
spreading 466, 467
track 279
traveling 279
using with grain effects 355, 356,
357
Maya format
baking 107
exporting 108, 590
importing 107
media, importing and exporting 49
Median effect 471
memory requirements 74, 636
memory, caches 637
menus
context 16
panel 16
Mesh Warp effect 427
metadata
about 35, 618
adding to documents 37
appending 38
applying as templates 38
editing 36
in MPEG-2 files 613
preferences for 37
replacing 38
specifying types to display in
Metadata panel 37, 38
templates 38
viewing 36
Metadata Focus command 26
Metadata panel 35
metadata, specifying types to display
in Metadata panel 38
metal (expression element) 581
Metrics kerning 289
Microsoft RLE compression 622
Microsoft Video encoder 622
Minimax effect 400
Mirror effect 428
mistakes, correcting and undoing 56
mixing
audio 389
Modes column 167
Modulator effect 387
monitors
profiling 64
Monochrome control, Channel
Mixer effect 407
Mosaic effect 526
motion
randomizing 216
smoothing 230
testing 597
motion blur 214, 215, 256
Motion Blur render setting 605
motion paths
about 210
changing defaults 212
changing speed numerically 229
Composition panel controls 210
controlling speed 225
creating 210
INDEX 669