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•
Video Transitions
menu and the
irises, slides, and certain wipes.
•
Motion Effects
depends on the capabilities of your system.
– On a recommended system, you can use one Video Transition and two Motion Effects
(without Motion Blur or drop shadow) at the same time without having to render. Only
one of the Motion Effects can have rotation applied.
– On a minimum system, you can use one Video Transition and one Motion Effect
(without Motion Blur or drop shadow) at the same time without having to render.
•
Opacity
system, or up to two layers on a minimum system, without having to render. The
number of layers on which you can control opacity depends on the number of
simultaneous effects you've applied, as well as whether you've included graphics with
alpha-channel information. However, you can always control opacity on at least one
layer.
•
Alpha Key
you don't exceed the maximum number of layers that will play back in real time on your
system (minimum or recommended). All of the graphics file formats supported by Final
Cut Pro can be imported for realtime text or graphics, such as an uncompressed PICT or
TIFF file. For more information on file formats supported by Final Cut Pro, see your
Final Cut Pro User's Manual.
¡ Important If you want to use Final Cut Pro's realtime software effects, you must disable
Matrox RTMac functionality as explained in
page 15.
A note about scrubbing on the Timeline
In most cases, you can scrub smoothly on the Timeline. However, scrubbing can become
slow in the following cases:
• In sections containing proxy realtime effects (that is, where the rendering status bar is
yellow).
• If the
Image + Wireframe
Image
• If you resize your
window, and scroll bars appear. For smooth scrubbing, resize the window so that the
entire image fits and the scroll bars disappear, or set the image size to
Chapter 4, Using Matrox RTMac with Final Cut Pro
Realtime Video Transitions are shown in boldface in the
Effects
tab of the Browser. These transitions include cross dissolve,
The number of simultaneous Motion Effects you can use in real time
You can change opacity settings on up to three layers on a recommended
You can alpha key up to two text or graphics layers in real time, provided
Viewer
or
Canvas
window is set to a mode other than
. For smooth scrubbing, set the
mode.
Viewer
or
"Defining your Matrox RTMac preferences"
Canvas
window so that the entire image doesn't fit in the
Image
, such as
Viewer
or
Canvas
window to
Fit to Window
Effects
on
.
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