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effects and transitions with Pinnacle Studio 20!
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In the previous videos of this guide, we have seen that there are four main
kinds of clips: images, videos, sound clips and text. A part from the text
clips, regulated by the Title Editor panel, you can apply amazing video and
sound effects on all the other clips inside your project.
If you want to know more about text and titles inside Pinnacle Studio 20,
check out our full guide in video description!
Let's take for example an image clip. When you double-click on it, its
panel opens, complete with everything to edit and personalize it
as you like.
To know more about all the adjustments you can apply through the
Corrections and the Pan and Zoom sections, check out the related video
in this guide!
Through the Effects section on top, you can select between several kinds
of effects. Hover over one to see a quick and direct preview of the effect
on the clip. To apply the effect definitely, it is sufficient to click
on it. You can also apply multiple effects on a single clip, and all of
these are listed on the small panel on the far right. This presents two
tabs: the Properties, and the Effects tab.
The Properties tab is used to apply very basic changes to the appearance
of the clip, depending on the mode chosen under Properties. If you choose
Scale Mode, you will regulate the clip properties by keeping all you see
on the clip. If you choose Crop Mode, you will edit the clip in order to
cut parts of it that you don't like.
In both modes, you can edit the red rectangle that shows up to edit the
clip properties. Click and drag it to move it, and click and drag from its
nodes to scale or rotate it. This is the fastest way to edit your clip, but
you can use the settings on the right if you want to be more precise.
In case you make a mistake, you can use CTRL+Z to undo your latest actions
made.
Under Properties, you also have other settings, such as Transparency to
regulate the clip opacity, Border to add some contour, and Corner Curve to
add curves on the contour vertices.
The Effects tab collects all the extra effects you have added through the
effect templates on top, in order. Click on one effect name to open and
edit its settings, and check the preview to see how the clip becomes.
In case you have more than one effect applied, the overall appearance of
the clip may change with the effects order you have on the panel. To change
this order, you can click and drag an effect from its name up and down.
Besides each effect, you have several useful icons. Use the bin button to
to remove the effect from the list, or the Disable/Enable button to check
your clip with and without such effect applied.
To apply all effects, just go to OK below. A thin pink line will appear
on the clip, indicating that effects or adjustments are applied on it.
Pinnacle Studio also has several audio effects for sound clips. When you
double-click on a sound clip, and go to the Effects section, you can apply
audio effects, that will appear on the right panel that will show up.
Through its knobs you can personalize the audio effect as you like.
If you just want to regulate the clip volume, you can use the Channel Mixer
on the far left, regulating the volume bar in deciBels (or dB).
Video clips, that have both video frames and sound, have two sections on
the far left, in order to choose between those two. In this way, you can
find video or sound effects under the Effects section depending on what you
choose.
You can also import video and sound effects ready to use from the
Navigation panel. If you go to Content and then to Effects, you can simply
click and drag an effect to import it on a clip.
Inside Pinnacle Studio you can also apply effects that change in time, by
using objects called keyframes. These are points placed in a determined
instant of time that save the properties for the effect they refer to.
So that, when you place two keyframes with different effect properties
saved, a transition is made, where the effect properties change from the
first keyframe to the second one. Let's see how to apply these.
In the Effects and the Properties tab just seen, next to each effect name
you also have a rhombus button, used to enable and disable keyframing.
When you enable the keyframes, the clip timeline at the bottom shows a new
line and two keyframes on it: one is placed at the very beginning, created
by default, while the other keyframe is created right under the small red
playhead. Both of these keyframes save the effect properties that are
currently used when you enable keyframing. As long as the two keyframes
have the same effect properties saved, you don't obtain any transition.
But, if you place the playhead on one of these keyframes, and change the
effect properties by using the right panel, you will change the settings
saved by such keyframe. In this way, when you check your clip in preview,
you can see the effect properties changing in time between the two
keyframes.
For more complex envelopes, you can add multiple keyframes to obtain
several transitions in time. Fix the correct instant of time by placing the
red playhead correctly, and then use the Add keyframe button to fix a
keyframe right there. Then change the effect properties that the keyframe
must save.
You can move a keyframe in time by clicking and dragging it. To delete a
a keyframe, just right-click on it, and go to Delete Keyframe.
Consider that, if you apply keyframes on multiple effects, each single
effect will keep its series of keyframes independently. Whereas, if you
want to come back to a static effect with no transitions, just disable
keyframes by clicking on the same button.
You can also apply keyframes to the green envelope line of a sound or a
video clip to change its volume in time. If you click on the level icon on
top, you can start editing this line as you like. Pull it up or down to
edit the clip volume in an uniform way. Double-click on a point to create a
keyframe, that you can click and drag to move. Move up or down to regulate
the volume level it must save, and move left or right to change its instant
of time.
A special effect included inside Pinnacle Studio is the Slow and the Fast
Motion effect, used to change the playback speed of video and sound clips,
in order to stretch or shorten these in time without cutting any content.
If you right-click on a clip and go to Speed, and then to Add, the Speed
Control dialog box opens. If you choose Constant playback speed, you will
change the playback speed of the clip without extending or shortening its
duration on the timeline. The Speed effect is represented as a dashed
yellow line on the clip.
If you choose Stretch, you will change the playback speed of the clip by
shortening its length on the timeline. This is the best one, since it does
not cut any of the clip content. So, if you shorten the clip, it will be
played faster; if you extend it, it will be slower.
From the Speed Control dialog box you can also enable Reverse, to play the
clip in reverse, and Smooth Motion to improve the clip playback in case it
is very low. Enable Hold Pitch to keep the original audio pitch if you need.
To remove any Speed effect, just right-click on the clip, and go to Remove
under Speed.
Inside Pinnacle Studio you can also apply amazing transitions to your clips.
These are used to make a clip appear or disappear, or to go from one clip
to another.
To apply transitions on a clip, just double-click on it, and use the
Transition In and the Transition Out sections. The first one adds a
transition that make a clip appear on the project. The second one is used
to make the clip disappear when it ends.
Differently from the effects, you can apply just one Transition In and one
Transition Out per clip. Let's see for example how to apply a Transition In.
Select the Transition In section, and click on the transition you like most.
Use the panel on the right to edit its settings, and use the player or the
playhead below to check how it is. The transition will last until the white
line ends. You can change its duration by clicking and dragging the bigger
marker you see.
Apply all transition made by clicking on OK.
These transitions are shown on the main timeline as well, complete with
their icon and length in time, adjustable by clicking and dragging from the
edges. If you reduce this length to zero, you will remove the transition.
As seen for the effects, you can use the Navigation panel to add ready
transitions on the clip. Go to Transitions, inside Content, and choose one
from the list. You can check the preview in Source mode to see the effect
of the selected transition. Then, just click and drag the transition on the
beginning or the ending part of a clip.
You can add simple transitions quickly from the main timeline itself, by
clicking and dragging the edges of a clip. These just change the opacity
level of the clip in time. Then, you can drag and drop a transition from
the Navigation panel to change the kind of effect.
Even more, you can apply transitions between two clips, in order to go
from the first one to the second one in a cool way. To make this, just
apply a transition on just one of the two clips, and then approach the two
clips close enough, until their edges merge. The clip transition will
extend to the beginning of the second one by using its same original
effect.
There are also audio transitions available for sound clips, that affect
the clip volume in time.
When you double-click on a sound clip, you still have the Transition In and
the Transition Out sections. Through the timeline below, you can regulate
the volume fade duration as you like.
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