Hollywood FX for Studio Release 4.5 For Windows Revision A User's Guide Pinnacle Systems, Inc. 280 N. Bernardo Ave Mountain View, CA 94043 www.pinnaclesys.com www.hollywoodfx.com Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS...............................................................................3 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................ 11 BEFORE YOU START ............................................................................... 11 INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 98/ME/2000....................................... 12 CLUB HOLLYWOOD................................................................................. 14 CHOOSING AND EDITING A TRANSITION WITHIN HOLLYWOOD FX16 TROUBLESHOOTING................................................................................ 17 ADDING A MULTIWINDOW IN PINNACLE STUDIO.......................21 TUTORIAL: ENVELOPES.........................................................................25 TUTORIAL: PATH EDITING....................................................................31 TUTORIAL: CREATING NEW FX FROM EXISTING FX...................39 TUTORIAL: WARP PLUGINS .................................................................45 THE HOLLYWOOD FX DIALOG............................................................51 THE HOLLYWOOD FX DIALOG............................................................. 52 THE EDIT LIST PANEL ............................................................................ 52 Move Up/Move Down... ....................................................................53 Rename... .............................................................................................54 Clone....................................................................................................54 Delete....................................................................................................56 Save FX................................................................................................56 Tool Bar...............................................................................................57 Plugins.................................................................................................58 THE MONITOR PANEL............................................................................ 59 Looping Playback Button.................................................................60 Hollywood FX for Studio Single Playback Button ....................................................................60 Step Buttons.........................................................................................60 Skip Buttons ........................................................................................60 The Preview Slider .............................................................................60 View Buttons........................................................................................60 THE ITEM PANEL..................................................................................... 61 THE ENVELOPE EDITOR PANEL............................................................ 61 THE BUTTONS PANEL............................................................................. 61 Register Now/Upgrade Now.............................................................61 Undo......................................................................................................61 Redo ......................................................................................................61 Settings.................................................................................................62 About.....................................................................................................62 Ok ..........................................................................................................62 Cancel...................................................................................................62 THE FX CATALOG.....................................................................................63 ORGANIZING FX....................................................................................... 64 BASIC OPTIONS........................................................................................67 EASY FLIGHT CONTROLS........................................................................ 67 Reverse Flight .....................................................................................67 Flight Path...........................................................................................68 Rotate Object.......................................................................................68 EASY LIGHTING CONTROLS.................................................................... 68 Lighting ................................................................................................68 Shadows ...............................................................................................68 Shine .....................................................................................................68 Light Direction....................................................................................68 EASY OPTIONS CONTROLS..................................................................... 69 Render...................................................................................................69 Antialiasing .........................................................................................69 Motion Blur .........................................................................................69 Trails.....................................................................................................69 Pixel Blending.....................................................................................70 ADVANCED OPTIONS .............................................................................71 SHADOW CONTROLS............................................................................... 72 Shadow Type .......................................................................................72 Opacity .................................................................................................72 Distance................................................................................................72 Softness.................................................................................................72 4 License Ag reement MOTION BLUR CONTROLS..................................................................... 73 Length ...................................................................................................73 Count ....................................................................................................73 HOLD TIMES............................................................................................. 73 Start.......................................................................................................73 End ........................................................................................................73 MEDIA OPTIONS .......................................................................................75 MEDIA SELECTION ................................................................................. 76 Select Track .........................................................................................76 Select File ............................................................................................76 PREVIEW AND TRIMMING...................................................................... 76 The Preview Slider .............................................................................76 In ............................................................................................................76 Out.........................................................................................................76 INFORMATION.......................................................................................... 77 PLAYBACK CONTROL ............................................................................. 77 Interpret................................................................................................77 Playback Rate (PRO only) ...............................................................78 Direction (PRO only).........................................................................78 End Behavior (PRO only) .................................................................78 CROPPING CONTROLS............................................................................. 78 OBJECT OPTIONS ....................................................................................79 TYPES OF OBJECTS.................................................................................. 79 TYPES OF OBJECTS.................................................................................. 80 OBJECT HIERARCHIES............................................................................. 80 SELECT FILE... (PRO ONLY) ................................................................. 80 POSITIONING CONTROLS........................................................................ 81 Tool Buttons ........................................................................................81 The Axis Buttons .................................................................................82 The Edit Fields....................................................................................82 Size To Full..........................................................................................82 Position To Full ..................................................................................82 MORPH & DISSOLVE................................................................................ 83 Morph ...................................................................................................83 Dissolve ................................................................................................83 PARENT OBJECT (PRO ONLY)............................................................... 83 OBJECT FLAGS (PRO ONLY)................................................................... 84 Shadow Cast........................................................................................84 Shadow Receive..................................................................................84 Transition Object................................................................................84 5 Hollywood FX for Studio SURFACE OPTIONS..................................................................................85 TEXTURE OPTIONS ................................................................................. 85 Media ....................................................................................................85 COLOR OPTIONS ...................................................................................... 86 Double-Sided.......................................................................................86 Smooth ..................................................................................................86 Base Color ...........................................................................................86 Luminosity............................................................................................86 Shine Color..........................................................................................87 Shine Spot ............................................................................................87 THE ENVELOPE EDITOR.........................................................................88 THE SINGLE VALUE ENVELOPE............................................................ 88 MULTIPLE VALUE ENVELOPE.............................................................. 90 THE ENVELOPE WINDOW ...................................................................... 90 The Current Time Slider....................................................................90 The Time Ruler ....................................................................................91 The Transition % Ruler .....................................................................91 The Envelope.......................................................................................91 THE ENVELOPE BUTTONS...................................................................... 92 Save... ...................................................................................................92 Load... ..................................................................................................92 Remove..................................................................................................92 KEY TYPE CONTROLS............................................................................. 92 Spline Curve........................................................... ...