Creating A Surface Finish Effect - Matrox RT.X2 User Manual

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Creating a surface finish effect

The Matrox surface finish effect allows you to apply various textures to your
clips, such as metal, brick, wood, or granite with color spot lighting. You can also
adjust the transform controls to create a rotating slab with a different look on the
front and back face.
° To set up a Matrox surface finish effect:
Click the triangle beside Matrox Surface Finish to expand the property list.
• Surface Control
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property, and therefore your clip will be two dimensional.
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Chapter 4, Setting Up Realtime Effects with Adobe Premiere Pro
Apply to Opaque Areas Only
texture to only the opaque areas of a clip that contains an alpha channel.
When this option is enabled you cannot adjust the Scale Z transform
Surface Texture Allows you to select your surface texture. Click the
button on the right to see the list of available textures.
Front Face Control
Blending Factor
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texture. The higher the value, the more your clip blends in. A value of
zero will display only the surface texture.
Invert Video Orientation
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face of your slab.
Crop Sets the crop region used on the front face of the slab. For more
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information, see "Cropping your clip"
Select this option to apply the surface
Blends the front face of the slab with the surface
Select this to invert your clip on the front
on page 55.