Using F/X - Ulead GIF ANIMATOR 5 User Manual

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 transition and filter effects. Each effect automatically creates a string of new frames once
it is applied, so it's usually best to have only one or two frames at most in your project
animation when using the effect. Otherwise, the additional frames generated by the Video F/X
effect may sometimes make your animation too large and unwieldy.
To apply a Video F/X transition effect:
1 Select the starting frame where you want
to apply the transition effect.
2 Click the Video F/X menu and select a
transition effect type. For example, you
can select Video F/X: Peel-Turn Page-
Peel.
3 Enter the number of Frames over which
you want the effect to occur. (These are
the frames that will be added to your
animation project.)
4 Enter the Delay time and set up other
options as needed.
5 By default, the Source frame (starting
frame) shows the starting frame and the
Target frame shows the end frame in
which the Video F/X effect will occur. To
create a "fade-in" or "fade-out" effect,
select Matte either as your Source or
Target and set the Matte color.
6 Click OK. The new frames are added to
your animation project.
Tip: You can switch to other transition effects from the drop-down list box without closing the dialog
box. Experiment with other effects until you get the result you want.
USING VIDEO F/X
Notes:
• In the Video F/X menu, all transition effects
are in the first part. All effects below the
separator are filter effects. (See page 40 for
illustration.)
• In step 1, if you select the very last frame of
the project as the Source frame, then the
Target frame will be the first frame of the
project.
• By default, the Target frame is the first
succeeding frame after the Source frame. If
you want to use a different Target frame
(after the Source frame is selected), press
[Ctrl] and click to select it in the Frame
Panel. All original frames between the two
selected frames will not be included in the
Video F/X effect.
Add Effects dialog box - Turn Page-Peel