Classic Effects Features for your Avid System

Avid Workflow Features

• Advanced Keying & Compositing
• PixelChooser Masking with Custom Vector Region
• Integrated Motion Tracking
• Acceleration Control for Smoother Animation
• Performance Improvements

Avid Effects Features

• Advanced Film Effects
• Witness Protection & Wire Remover
• Light Effects
• Optical Flow Filter
• Auto-Animating Wipe Transitions

Advanced Keying & Compositing

Stack multiple filters on keyed elements or titles without affecting the background elements. The new Multi-filter feature enables more precise keying and expands the range of effects by providing an easy workflow for applying multiple filters that only affect a foreground element rather than the entire video image.

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PixelChooser Masking with Custom Vector Region

The PixelChooser Region option allows the Avid user to create a custom animated mask by drawing a vector-based polygon onscreen.

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Integrated Motion Tracking

Built-in Motion Tracking allows Position parameters to follow the movement of something in the video image.

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Acceleration Control for Smoother Animation

Acceleration Control allows spatial parameters to use something other than linear interpolation for more natural animations.

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Performance Improvements

General optimizations and improved memory handling including multi-processor and OpenGL optimizations for more Draft Quality RT playback and / or faster rendering to disk. The BCC AVX set now consists of fewer AVX files which results in faster AVX initialization and faster Avid launch times.

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Advanced Film Effects

Deinterlace, Film Process, and Match Grain – Film effects let you give video footage the appearance of having been shot on film. Emulate popular film stocks or integrate different types of media in a single project. For example, match computer-generated animations with archival film stock. Deinterlace takes interlaced video and converts it to frame based footage while maintaining the highest image quality and resolution possible. This filter also includes options for simulating telecine 24fps material with pulldown. Film Process offers precise controls to simulate the tinting and gamma of film stocks. Match Grain allows you to apply a preset grain signature or sample the grain from one source and apply a similar grain to another clip.

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Witness Protection & Wire Remover

The Witness Protection filter allows Avid Editors to track the motion of an object in the image. You can then use the motion tracking data to position an effect to be applied to the image. For example, track a logo on a t-shirt and use a blur to obscure it. Avid users can apply a mosaic, blur, tint or brightness/contrast effect to the specified area. The filter is useful for obscuring or highlighting a particular object in a shot.

The Wire Remover removes wires and unwanted objects from still or moving images by either cloning or blending pixels together from surrounding areas. This filter has several uses. When working with blue or green screen shots, use this filter to remove wires or eliminate unwanted rigs or objects prior to keying. Avid users can also use this filter to blend replacement pixels over video dropouts or film scratches. The Wire Remover filter includes two motion trackers. This allows Avid Editors to track the ends of the wire if the ends move.

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Light Effects including Light Rays Effects and Lens Flare

Continuum adds several new effects for simulating volumetric light rays. While these effects have many controls in common, each effect is geared toward a particular way of filtering or masking the light source. For example, mask the light source based on the luma edges (Rays_Radiant Edges) or an outline around the edges (Rays_Cartoon), or mask the light source based on an animatable ring or wedge shape (Rays_Ring and Rays_Wedge). Avid users can also create dramatic effects where the light rays have a shimmering texture which auto-animates and can be generated based on a ripple or noise map.

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Optical Flow Filter for Smooth, Keyframe-able Motion Effects

The Time effect Optical Flow uses motion vectors to analyze the image and create new intermediate frames providing very smooth, keyframable, slow motion effects.

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