BackSpiceMaster Extras -- Basic Steps -- Border

Transition's powerful Border controls can create multicolor gradient borders that can seamlessly change width, color, softness, opacity, and position over time. The intuitive control shows a cross-section of the border, making fine adjustments easy. Adding a border can:
• visually separate scenes clearly when desired;
• more strongly define animated effect regions in an image;
• create flowing motion-graphic effects within your editing software (see images below);
• create stunning abstract looks.

Example Images  

More about Border techniques are below:
How to Apply a Border and Adjust Thickness
How to Modify the Entire Border or a Point
How to Change the Border Color
How to Alter the Border Softness/Opacity
How to Alter the Border Position
How to Vary the Border During the Effect
Tips

How to Apply a Border and Adjust Thickness

To apply a border,
drag the Type 1 or Type 2 slider in the Border section until you have the desired border thickness. Or enter a percentage (from 0 to 100%) in the slider's text box.

Border controls

Use Type 1 to border…
• all edges in an effect -- active (moving) and inactive -- see the examples below.
• with a consistent thickness in any spice geometry.
• thickly in a more rounded/blurred style than Type 2.
Use Type 2 to border…
• only the active (moving) edge of an effect.
• while retaining the smallest edge details in organic effects.

Type 1 Type 2
Type 1 border Type 2 border

How to Modify the Entire Border or a Point

Border have three adjustable control points that can create a wide variety of border looks. The checkered edges below represent semitransparent to transparent areas.

Color controls

To alter the color or opacity of a single control point (thus only part of the border width),
expand the control and choose a color or drag the Opacity slider (or enter a values in the text box, from 0.0 to 1.0).

Note you can Position the three control points
to further fine-tune the border. Moving a control point closer to the outside edge of the border will produce a harder edged border. Moving outer control points toward the center will increase the border's softness. Moving two control points closer that have different colors or opacities will create a sharper gradation of values.

To quickly transfer color/opacity from one control point to an adjacent point,
Copy/Paste the values from one Color's text box to another.

How to Change the Border Color

The default border color is white, but any color is possible, such as one that is already in your scene.

To match the border color to a color in your scene,
expand the Color control, click the Eyedropper , then click in the VEGAS preview (as shown below) -- or anywhere else on your monitor!

Eyedropper

To create a multicolor gradient border, first click the Color control for one point, choose a color, then repeat for other points as desired.

How to Alter the Border Softness/Opacity


The chosen color will initially appear in the border with slight softness (thus less opacity along the edges). To increase (or decrease) the border's softness, move (via Position control) one or both outer control points inward (or outward). To further soften the look, you can also decrease the opacity of that control point.

How to Alter the Border Position

By default, the border you create will extend along BOTH sides of the effect's edge. To have a border appear only inside or outside of the effect's edge, choose Inside Edge or Outside Edge in the Border > Position submenu. Note this is the only Border setting that cannot change (i.e. be keyframed) during the effect.
Depending on other settings, choosing Inside Edge or Outside Edge may roughen the border along one side. To smooth that edge, apply some Softness.

How to Vary the Border During the Effect


For further creative flexibility, you can smoothly vary the border over time. By keyframing the Type 1 or Type 2 amount, for example, you can "vibrate" borders to a beat. Or keyframe the border color to evolve it during the effect.

To vary border width over time, click the Animate icon next to the Type 1 or Type 2 control.
The keyframe graph for the above control will then appear. Go to a desired frame that you want to set a value for and drag the slider. To add more keyframes, repeat as desired.

To keyframe Color/Opacity over time, first click on the Animate icon next to the Color control.
The keyframe graph for the above control will then appear. Go to a desired frame that you want to set a value for, then use the Color control to set the qualities of the new keyframe. To add more keyframes, repeat as desired.

Tips

• To access useful presets, click the Section Presets button at the top of the Border section.

Example Images

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