Avid Xpress Pro Power!

Review

Working with effects can become quite a daunting task. Experiment, explore, and render effects so you'll become familiar with their different parameters and attributes. This chapter certainly covered a lot of material in relation to effects, but in reality it only skimmed the surface. Look for some more effect tips and shortcuts in Chapter 16, "Power Editing Tips".

• Avid Xpress allows you to edit on 24 layers of video.

• A basic two-layer effect is the superimpose.

• The Picture-in-Picture effect defaults to 50%.

• If you recorded material from analog format, you'll need to remove the blanking around the frame.

• The PIP, Resize, and 3D PIP effects can have advanced keyframes.

• Advanced keyframes have their own graphs, which allows you to have more control over how frames relate to each other.

• The 3D PIP effect can rotate an image in true 3D space.

• Color effects create more of an effect as opposed to correcting color .

• Using the Color Correction tool, you can set the black and white points of an image.

• Avid Xpress Pro allows you to pan and zoom in/out of a still image larger than the native frame size.

• Clips can be slowed down, sped up, or reversed with a motion effect.

• Avid Xpress can create freeze frames.

• The Expert Render tool only renders what needs to be rendered.