Texture provides additional
organic edge control in your effect. It can add trailing sparkles, powders, visual
noise, edge texture and animation to SpiceMaster effects (including PIPs). It
can also build organic, cutting-edge new looks from existing spice effects.
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examples
More about texture techniques are below:
How to Apply Texture
How to Vary Texture During the Effect
Tips
How
to Apply Texture
To
apply texture, drag the Texture > Amount slider
to progressively increase
the effect. Or enter a percentage (from 0 to 100%) in the slider's box.
Then fine-tune the effect with:
X Size and Y Size to set the horizontal and vertical size of texture elements.
Scatter to progressively reduce the density of texture elements.
Spectrum to generate cloud-like patterns.
Motion to progressively add random movement/animation to the texture elements
over time.
Try the many Texture presets -- by clicking the blue FX folder icon at the right side of the Texture section. That will
quickly show you many organic capabilities of Texture. Mix and match with presets
from other SpiceMaster sections and various spice files to produce a huge variety
of fresh effects!
How to Vary Texture During the Effect
For
further creative flexibility, you can smoothly vary Texture over time, such as to gradually 'materialize' a title, graphic, or background,
or to increase organic qualities as an effect progresses. To vary Texture settings
over time, first click on the stopwatch icon next to the Texture slider you want to vary.
In the Keyframes area, the keyframe graph for the
above control will appear. Next, in the Keyframes area click on the keyframe line -- or click the gray Add
Key (+) button at the top right of the graph -- to add a new keyframe,
then drag it where desired (higher is a higher slider value).
To add more keyframes, repeat as desired.
Tips
•
While the SpiceMaster preview plays, you can adjust Texture settings interactively.
• Texture is a powerful way to animate existing OrganicFX spices, increasing their organic realism.
Apply a slight amount of Texture animation to an OrganicFX\Textures or OrganicFX\Climatics spice, for example. Experiment!
Texture
Examples
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movie at our web site
In this action scene, the snow-like texture elements reveal the skier in a very
dynamic manner.
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movie at our web site
Texture combined with beveling provides a unique depth effect to the incoming
ski clip.
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movie at our web site
Texture provides a sparkling shimmer to this organic transition's edge as it closes
toward the subject. Also, the transparency of the first clip is subtly increasing
during the effect -- all via SpiceMaster.
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