EFFECTS (PART 1)
- To apply an effect to a layer, select the layer and go to Effects > "category" > "effect name"
- Adjust your effect in the "Effect Controls" window (by default appears on the left side next to the "Project" window).
- When you apply an effect, keep in mind that you can set keyframes to any effect control that has a "stop watch" symbol next to it.
- Effect categories and noteworthy effects:
- Color Correction
- Blur and Sharpen
- Gaussian Blur: use for general blurring
- Unsharpen Mask: use to sharpen your image. For best results, create a luminance mask and apply sharpening to highlights only:
- duplicate the image/footage three times
- leave the bottom layer as is
- set the layer second from the bottom on "Luma Matte" setting (the top layer will be used as the mask)
- apply "Unsharpen Mask" to the layer second from the bottom. Thanks to the Luma Matte mask, the sharpening will only be visible in the lighter spots.
- Control the amount of sharpened highlights visible by applying "Curves" or "Levels" to the top (mask) layer and darkening/lightening it.
- Stylize
- Glow
- Distort
- Mesh Warp/Liquify: use for precise distortion of images/video over time
- Offset: use to create an illusion of a very long, seamless moving texture
- Optics Compensation: use it to create an illusion of 3d space/fish-eye lens effect
- Transition
- Linear Wipe: use as a more visually creative substitute to fade an image/footage on or off. Make sure to have the feathering set at a high value.
- Gradient Wipe: use to fade an image/footage on or off based on the luminance values of itself or another layer in the comp (specify the luminance reference layer in the "Gradient Layer" pulldown.
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