2. Let’s Get Started
Load your 420 lesson
project
Create a new
sequence
1920 X 1080
Title it Effects
Create
Select the journey clip
Set duration around 3
seconds
Insert into the timeline
3. Add More Clips to the
Sequence
Select my fall into the
Viewer
Set in and out points before
and after the breach (@ 4
seconds duration)
Insert into the sequence
Select teachers into the
Veiwer
Set the in point before the
seal enters the shot
Set the out point by setting
the duration to 5 seconds
Insert into the sequence
Shift Z to see your whole
sequence
4. Adding Effects to Clips
Right click a clip
Select the clip
Right click (Control
click) and choose ‘Add
Effect’
Effects button in the
tool bar
Select the clip
Click on the Effects
button
5. The Effects Ribbon
Shows you all the effects you can apply to the
clip
They are applied in the order that they appear
On/Off
If the LED is on, that effect is running
If the LED is off, that effect is not running
6. Check Out Some Axis
Effects
Create a new video
track
Select the sunset
quest clip and drag
to the new video
track
Trim to set the out
point the same as
the clip underneath it
7. Check Out Some Axis
Effects
Select the clip if necessary
Click on the FX button to bring up the Video
Effects ribbon
Click on the AX (Axis) button
8. The Effects Ribbon
Once you select an effect, the parameters for
that effect appear in the toolbar
9. The Effects Ribbon
If you have more than
one effect in the effects
pipeline, when you select
the effect, the
parameters for that effect
will appear in the toolbar
Basic tools appear in the
toolbar
Basic and advanced
tools are available in the
Editor
10. Check Out Some Axis
Effects
Make sure the AX
button is selected so
you have the axis
controls available in
the toolbar
Drag left on the Scale
X or Y box and reduce
the scale to 75%
Change the Blend
mode to Spotlight
11. Check Out Some Axis
Effects
Set the Blend mode
back to Blend
Click on the Surface
button and change
the setting to
Shadow
Turn Shadow on, the
set the X value to 30
and the Y value to -
30
12. Check Out Some Axis
Effects
Change the Shadow
setting back to
Surface
Click on the Soft
button
Change the Soft
value to 40
13. Turning Effects On and
Off
Click on the lit LED
will turn off the
selected effect
Usually no rendering
will be needed since it
will refer back to the
original clip
Click the LED part of
the effect to turn the
effect back on
14. Turn Your Effect
On and Off
Select your clip in the
timeline
Click on the Axis LED
button to turn off the
effect
Click on the Axis LED
button again to turn it
back on
15. Remove an Effect
Permanently
Three ways
Control click on the
effect and select Delete
Click on the Delete
button on the far right of
the effects toolbar
Drag the effect to the
very bottom of the
screen by the Media Hub
button until you see the
trashcan, then release
16. Remove an Effect
Permanently
The render file
When you render an
effect to a clip a separate
render file is saved in the
media folder
If you delete the
effect, the render file will
also be deleted
No unused render files
are saved with your
project
17. Practice an Effect Delete
Select the Axis effect
and press the Delete
button
Undo the delete
Now try dragging the
effect button to the
bottom until you see
the trashcan
icon, then release
Undo the delete
18. Render/Partial Rendered
Effects
Dotted line on top of
the clip
Represents a partially
rendered effect on the
clip
Solid line
All the active effects on
that clip have been
rendered and can play
back in real time
19. Render/Partial Rendered
Effects
Render more frames
Move the play head
forward or backward a
frame at a time
Render all the frames
Click on the Render
button
20. Render Your Effect
Position the play head
over the clip you wish
to render
Click on the Render
button
It will render all clips at
the current play head
position
When the render is
done, back up the
play head the play
your effect
21. Gap Effects
Allows you to span an
effect across part of a
clip or across multiple
clips in your sequence
Uses the empty video
track above the active
video track
Like an Adjustment
Layer in Photoshop
22. Create a Gap Effect
Create a new video track
Move the focus point on
your play head to the top
track
Press Control V to create
a splice somewhere
above sunset quest and
another past the out point
Select the space in-
between the two splices
to create a gap clip for
that set duration
23. Create a Gap Effect
Click on the Effects
button and select Colour
Correct
Adjust the parameters like
Contrast, Gain, Saturation
and Hue
Scrub though your
sequence to see how this
effect is applied on
multiple clips
Trim the Gap clip to
change when this effect
24. Resizing Effect
Allows you to use
any media at any size
and framerate in any
sequence setting
If the clip does not
match the sequence
settings, Smoke will
resize the clip to fit
the sequence as best
as possible
In this example the source clip was
3000 X 2000 edited to a sequence of
1920 X 1080
25. Set Up for a
Resize Effect
Move the play head
over the my fall clip
and move the focal
point to the video
track on top of that
clip
Press X
This marks in and out
points around the my
fall clip
26. Set Up for a
Resize Effect
In the Media
Browser select the
immersed clip and
press X
This sets an in and
out point for all the
media in this clip
Overwrite the clip
into the timeline
27. Check Out the
Effects on the Clip
Change the size of
this video track wide
enough so you can
see the effects that
have been applied to
this clip
TW = Time warp
RZ = Resize
28. Check Out the
Effects on the Clip
Select the Timewarp
effect and notice the
settings in the
toolbar
Speed is faster
In my case 227.36%
29. Check Out the
Effects on the Clip
Select the Resize
effect
Notice the current
width and height
settings
30. Modify the Resize Effect
Click on the Enter
Editor button
Left side
Original clip
Right side
Result of any changes you
make or what Smoke did
to try to make it fit to the
sequence
31. Resizing Types
If your source is
smaller or bigger
than your
sequence, you can
choose with resizing
is best for you
In our case, since our
source clip is almost
exactly the same as
our sequence, we will
not notice any changes
32. Resizing Types
Center cropped
Places the original image in the middle of the sequence
and crops off any extra source material on all sides of
the source image
No scaling is applied to the original image
33. Resizing Types
Letterbox
Will scale the longest side of the original image to
fit the sequence
For example – placing a 16:9 image in a 4:3 frame
34. Resizing Types
Fill
This will take the original image and stretch it to fit
the height and width of the sequence
35. Resizing Types
Crop edges
Uses the bounding box in the original image side to
crop the clip to the desired size in your sequence
36. Modify the Resize Effect
Inside the
editor, move the
play head to where
you can see the
whales underwater
Change the scale
to Crop Edges
37. Modify the Resize Effect
Under Scale click on
the Free button and
change the setting to
Destination
This will keep the
scaling in aspect with
the sequence
Click on the green
bounding box to move
and scale your resize
effect to where the
whales are
38. Modify the Resize Effect
On the right side turn
on Auto Key
Click Set Key to set a
key at the current
frame
Move the play head to
10:00:05 or so when
the whales move to
the upper left
Move the bounding
box to where the
action is
Make sure
your bounding
box does not
go outside the
video clip or
you will have a
gap edge in
your sequence
39. Modify the Resize Effect
Turn off Auto Key
Scrub though your
clip to see your
scaled animation
applied to your clip
Press Exit to close
the Editor
Render your clip and
play it back to see
the completed result
41. Set up for a Title
Select the gap clip
above sunset
quest and
immersed and
move so it
completely over
sunset quest
42. Set up for a Title
Move the focus
point on the play
head to the the
track on top of
immersed
Press Shift V
This sets a splice on
both sides of the
immersed clip to the
top track
43. Set up for a Title
Select the gap clip
Click on the FX
button and select
Text
Enter the Editor
44. Set up for a Title
On the right side
change the view
from 100% to Fit
Now we can see the
whole clip
48. Titles Layout
Axis
Change
position and
scale to the
entire text
object or
individual
characters
49. Create and Modify a Title
On the right side
below the video
clip choose New
Layer
You can have as
many text layers as
you like
At the top, type in
Killer Whales
50. Create and Modify a Title
In the Paragraph
section choose
Centre to center
the text
In the Font section
click on the current
font to bring up the
Font manager
51. Create and Modify a Title
In the Font
manager change
the font selection
from Type 1 to
Auto
This is so we can
see all types of fonts
in our library
In the
Subdirectories
section click on
52. Create and Modify a Title
In the upper
left, change the
view from Titles to
Proxies
Click on Generate
Proxy so you can
preview the fonts
53. Create and Modify a Title
Scroll down the list
of proxies until you
find Arial Bold.tff
and select
Click Load to load
the font
54. Have a Better Look
Click on the small
red icon on the left
of the text layer
and drag the text to
the center lower
third of your clip.
On the right
change the scale of
your clip to 200%
55. Have a Better Look
On the
right, change the
Point tool to the
Pan tool
Pan down to the
bottom of your clip
where your text
is, then change the
tool back to Point
56. Have a Better Look
Adjust the fill color
by clicking on the
color box
Turn on the Outline
and Shadow and
adjust to your
liking
When
done, change the
scale back to Fit
57. Animate your Text
Press the Exit key to return to
the timeline
Turn on Autokey
Go to the last frame of your clip
and change the Kern to 35
Go to the first frame of your clip
and change the Kern to 0
Turn off Autokey, then scrub
though your clip to see your
changes
58. Fade Your Text
Click the bottom of the timeline to
deselect all your clips
Make sure the focus point is on
the top video track and use the
up/down arrow to the beginning
of the gap clip
Click on the Transition button
and select Dissolve
Deselect the transition
Repeat on the end of the gap clip
Check out the results
59. Change Speed &
Time Warps
Speed changes
Can be at a constant
rate or variable
Can be forward or
backward
Can be fastmo or
slowmo
Tools available to
smooth out slowmo
stuttering
60. Changing Speed
Select the teachers clip at the
end of your sequence
Right click (Control click) and
choose Add Effect
Choose Time Warp
61. Three Kinds of Time
Strobe
Repeats a frame a number of times
Constant
Uses the same value to effect the
entire clip
Variable
Allows you to modify the speed
across the clip
62. Changing Speed
Set the type of speed
change to Constant
In the % box type 25 Enter
Sets the speed to ¼ speed
Scrub through the clip and
notice the speed change
Also notice that the clip
duration in the sequence did
NOT change
Extra frames were pushed off
the clip
63. What to Keep?
Anchor pop-up box
Allows you to choose what frames stay
with the clip when performing a time
warp
Anchor In
In point stays, out point pushed off
Anchor Out
Out point stays, in point pushed off
Anchor Pos
Frame where the play head stay, out
point pushed off
64. Fix Your Clip
The out point of this
clip is more important
than the in point, so
let’s fix the speed
effect
Undo the speed
change
Change the anchor
point to Anchor Out
Reapply the 25%
speed change and
notice the difference
65. Cleaning Up Slomo
3 options to remove
the stuttering effect
caused by repeating
frames
Frame mixing
Mixes the past and future
frames causing a trailing
effect
Select Mix then select
how many frames before
and after the current
frame to blend together
66. Clean up the Slowmo
Select Mix in the
pop-up menu
Change the mix
frame number to
5.00
Render the clip and
play it back
Notice that the slomo
is smoother
67. Cleaning Up Slomo
Motion estimation
Sometimes known as
optical flow
Morphs existing
frames together to
make a smoother
effect
Looks better with less
blurring than Mix, but
takes longer to render
68. Clean up the Slowmo
Select Motion
Leave the ¼ Res
setting at the default
This does not mean ¼
resolution, but the
strictness of the motion
estimation process
Render out the clip
and check out the
super-smooth slomo
69. Cleaning Up Slomo
Trail
You choose how many
frames before and after
the play head to blend
together for the final
effect
Creates an interesting
effect with a high
number of frames
chosen
70. Try Out This Effect
Select Trail
Change the Pre and
Post settings to 10
frames
Render out again
and check out the
motion this time
71. Prep for a Variable Speed
Click on the Reset
Speed button
Change the speed
blend mode back to
Mix and Mix frames
to 0
Move the play head
to where the seal
looks at the camera
72. Do aVariable Speed
Change the speed
to Variable
The Auto Key light
should turn on
Where the seal is
looking into the
camera change the
speed to 25%
73. Do a Variable Speed
Back up 10 frames
Shift
Set the speed at this
frame for 100%
74. Do a Variable Speed
Move the play head 1
second after the 25%
change
Shift 4 times
Once to catch up to
where you were
3 more times to move
forward 30 frames
Set the blend to Mix 5
frames and render out
your speed effect
75. Adjust Your Variable
Speed
Scrub though your
variable speed clip
Notice that at the slow
part the speed dips
well below 25%
Smoke is trying to
smooth out the speed
changes at this point
in the variable speed
setting
76. Adjust Your Variable
Speed
Enter the Editor
In the graph, notice
how the Bezier curve
handles bend the
speed below 25%
Grab the handles
and straighten the
curve
77. Adjust Your Variable
Speed
This time select the
Motion frame
blending effect and
render the clip
Now check out your
super-sweet-super-
slowmo effect!