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Chapter 4, Using Matrox RTMac with Final Cut Pro
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Video Transitions
Realtime Video Transitions are shown in
boldface
in the
Effects
menu and the
Effects
tab of the Browser. These transitions include cross dissolve,
irises, slides, and certain wipes.
•
Motion Effects
The number of simultaneous Motion Effects you can use in real time
depends on the capabilities of your system.
– On a
recommended
system, you can use
one
Video Transition and
two
Motion Effects
(without Motion Blur or drop shadow) at the same time without having to render. Only
one of the Motion Effects can have rotation applied.
– On a
minimum
system, you can use
one
Video Transition and
one
Motion Effect
(without Motion Blur or drop shadow) at the same time without having to render.
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Opacity
You can change opacity settings on up to three layers on a
recommended
system, or up to two layers on a
minimum
system, without having to render. The
number of layers on which you can control opacity depends on the number of
simultaneous effects you’ve applied, as well as whether you’ve included graphics with
alpha-channel information. However, you can always control opacity on at least
one
layer.
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Alpha Key
You can alpha key up to two text or graphics layers in real time, provided
you don’t exceed the maximum number of layers that will play back in real time on your
system (minimum or recommended). All of the graphics file formats supported by Final
Cut Pro can be imported for realtime text or graphics, such as an uncompressed PICT or
TIFF file. For more information on file formats supported by Final Cut Pro, see your
Final Cut Pro User’s Manual.
¡ Important
If you want to use Final Cut Pro’s realtime software effects, you must disable
Matrox RTMac functionality as explained in
“Defining your Matrox RTMac preferences”
A note about scrubbing on the Timeline
In most cases, you can scrub smoothly on the Timeline. However, scrubbing can become
slow in the following cases:
• In sections containing proxy realtime effects (that is, where the rendering status bar is
yellow).
• If the
Viewer
or
Canvas
window is set to a mode other than
Image
, such as
Image + Wireframe
. For smooth scrubbing, set the
Viewer
or
Canvas
window to
Image
mode.
• If you resize your
Viewer
or
Canvas
window so that the entire image doesn’t fit in the
window, and scroll bars appear. For smooth scrubbing, resize the window so that the
entire image fits and the scroll bars disappear, or set the image size to
Fit to Window
.
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