Creating A Crystallize Effect - Matrox RT.X2 User Manual

Creating a crystallize effect

The Matrox crystallize effect lets you choose from many different patterns that
you can use to make your image or text appear as if it is made of crystals.
° To set up a Matrox crystallize effect:
Click the triangle beside Matrox Crystallize to expand the property list.
• Select Shape Click the button to the right of the current pattern to see the
list of available crystal patterns.
• Smoothness Sets the smoothness applied to the colors in the crystal
pattern. The higher the value, the less sharp the colors become.
• Crystal Opacity Sets the opacity of the crystals. Levels range from
completely transparent (0) to opaque (100).
• Crystallize Alpha Channel Enables alpha for the crystallize effect, so the
crystals will remain visible even on the anti-aliased edges of a title or DVE.
This option is enabled by default, but can be cleared if you find that the
crystals make your title difficult to read.
¦ Note
or an effect applied to your source clip contains alpha key information. For
example, if you apply the crystallize effect to a clip with no alpha key
information and scale it down using Adobe's Motion effect, the crystals will
not be visible on the edges of your clip because the Motion effect is the last
effect applied, and there is no alpha key information to crystallize. Whereas,
if you apply a Matrox 3D DVE to the same clip and then you apply the
crystallize effect, you will be able to apply and see the crystallized edges,
because the Matrox 3D DVE effect contains alpha information.
• Mask Settings Let you select a mask pattern and adjust the transparency
settings to define the area where you want to apply your crystallize effect.
Enable Mask
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Crystallize Alpha Channel
Select this option to enable the mask.
is applicable only when your source clip
Creating a crystallize effect
Click here to
select a new
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