SpiceMaster Glass Help -- After Effects

Welcome! SpiceMaster Glass is available as transition plugin and video effect plugin. This help guide holds everything you need to know about Pixelan SpiceMaster Glass -- video effect. This help guide includes basic info, tutorials, and tips. To access this help while using SpiceMaster Glass, click FxHelp button at the top of the SpiceMaster Glass.


Contents


How to Apply SpiceMaster Glass Plugin in After Effects
Basics Within SpiceMaster Glass
SpiceMaster Glass Saved Settings and Presets
Detailed SpiceMaster Glass Help and Tutorials

 How to Apply SpiceMaster Glass Plugin in After Effects

SpiceMaster Glass is applied like any plugin effect in Adobe After Effects. Simply drag-and-drop it on a timeline layer, from the Pixelan folder of the Effects and Presets panel of After Effects. SpiceMaster Glass interface will appear in the Effect Controls panel of After Effects. See below for the basic steps to using this plugin. In a few minutes of seeing the below and then experimenting with the SpiceMaster Glass plugin, you will have much of the creative power of SpiceMaster Glass at hand for your projects.

 Basics Within SpiceMaster Glass

SpiceMaster Glass's Easy Steps In After Effects


(1) Set the effect's progress over time, using the Progress control. A typical linear effect is 100 to 0, or 0 to 100. To ease-In/out or hold the effect, add additional keyframes or select a handy preset in the Progress Presets menu.

(2) Click Click here to load a preset... to visually choose from hundreds of pre-made effects (plus saved favorites) in an animated Effects Browser window. Click Recent to quickly load a recently used preset. Click Menu to quickly load an effect via a pop-up menu. Or Open for standard Open dialog box.

To create a new effect or modify a preset, do the steps below...

(3) Click the large Choose Spice File button to open a Spice Library window and visually choose/compare from 1000+ spices. Choosing a "spice" file is a key step to applying SpiceMaster Glass. Then you can adjust it several ways, such as flipping or reversing the effect, moving it to a new position, or putting it in motion.

(4) If needed, expand other sections of the SpiceMaster Glass plugin to fine-tune further. For detailed help per control, see below on this web page.
You’re done! To save your new/modified look in our large visual Effects Browser for easy future re-use, click the Save button.


You’re done! To save the custom SpiceMaster Glass effect you've created for future use, click the Save button. A standard Save dialog will appear. We recommend saving in the "My Favorites" subfolder provided.

* It may be necessary to pre-compose the second or both input layer(s) before applying SpiceMaster Glass if they have differentt sizes/positions, are text or 3D layers.

SpiceMaster Glass tutorial for Adobe After Effects

 SpiceMaster Glass Presets

SpiceMaster Glass has four types of presets -- Effects Browser presets, Spice Library presets, Section presets and AE Animation presets.

Effects Browser presets

Effects Browser

This is the most powerful and visual way to access presets and is where HUNDREDS of effect presets are located. Click the Click here to load a preset... button at the top of SpiceMaster Glass to open a wonderful large Effects Browser window to visually choose/compare from over 100 pre-made presets (including those you have made and saved for future re-use). To explore presets, click a folder in the left pane, then click a thumbnail image to see animated preview. Double-click to apply. To save your own custom presets in the Effects Browser, use SpiceMaster Glass controls to set up the desired look, then click the Save button in the main SpiceMaster Glass control area.
Time-saving tips to load presets faster:
The Effects Browser is fast, but sometimes you may already know which preset you want to use, such as when you are applying the same preset repeatedly in a project. In that situation, selecting a preset by one of the following methods can be faster...

To see recently chosen Effects Browser presets, click the Recent button. For a drop-down menu of Effects Browser presets, click the Menu button. To use a standard Open file dialog box, click the Open button.

SpiceMaster Glass Effects Browser


Spice Library presets

Spice Library

Each 'spice' is a specially-designed grayscale map that guides SpiceMaster Glass. The SpiceMaster Glass effect will begin where blackest pixels reside (in the spice file's image, not your content), then proceed to where lighter grays reside, and finally end where the whitest pixels exist in the spice image. It's simple in concept but incredibly flexible and organic in its creative possibilities compared to the usual hard-edged, limited-adjustment, standard algorithmic effects.
Click the large
Choose Spice File button located in Spice section of SpiceMaster Glass to open a Spice Library window and visually choose/compare from 1000+ spices.
Click a subfolder in the Library's left pane, as shown below. Thumbnail-size previews of available effects will then play in the right pane so you can visually compare and choose the best effect design for your segment.
Double-click a thumbnail in the Library's right pane to select the effect and close the Library.
To choose a spice but bypass the Library, Alt-click the
Choose Spice File button to get a standard Open dialog box. Then navigate to and select the file. This is how you can load a gradient/alpha wipe or black & white matte you have created.
Shift
-click the
Choose Spice button to quickly load a spice via a multi-level menu. Ctrl-click the Choose Spice button to quickly load a recently used spice.
SpiceMaster Glass Spice Library
Handy tips while working within the Effects Browser and Spice Library:
• To scroll through presets in a folder while keeping your eye on the top preview image for comparison, click a thumbnail in the right pane then use arrow keys.
• To increase/decrease the thumbnail image size, use the Size button at the bottom of the Effects Browser.
• To copy a favorite preset into the My Favorites folder located atop the left column of preset folders, right-click any preset image and choose Copy to My Favorites. To copy the preset into a subfolder within that folder (such as if you want to organize presets per project or per client), right-click the preset and choose Copy to My Favorites >> [new subfolder]. You can then name the subfolder as desired. After the subfolder is created, it will also appear in the right-click menu.
• To rename a preset that is in the My Favorites folder, right-click the preset there and choose Rename this preset. To remove a My Favorites preset, right-click and choose Delete this preset.
• To hide any preset, right-click the preset and choose Hide this preset. To show all hidden presets in a folder, right-click any preset in that folder and choose Restore all hidden presets from this folder. To temporarily view the folder's hidden presets, which can be handy if you just want to momentarily browse them, choose Temporarily show hidden presets.

Section presets

Unlike the Effect Browser presets, these change ONLY the controls in ONE section of SpiceMaster Glass controls. Mixing presets from several sections is a quick and easy way to try hundreds of fresh film effect variations. Within any section (aka "twirly") of controls, choose from the Preset menu.

 

AE Animation presets

If you prefer, you can save SpiceMaster Glass presets as animation presets in the usual place within After Effects, by selecting SpiceMaster Glass, then choosing Save Animation Preset from the Animation menu in After Effects or from the Effects & Presets panel menu.

 Detailed SpiceMaster Glass Help and Tutorials

Basic Steps

1. Choose a Spice File
2. Flip, Reverse, Move, or Rotate the Effect
3. Fine-Tune and Enhance the Effect
Texture
Shadow/Glow
Glass

 Learning More

SpiceMaster Overview and Cool Example Movies          Help & Technical Support

 

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