Applying Effects

In the Effects tab you can apply effects to your slide. To apply an effect, select the slide in the sequence by clicking on it and, if it is not already open, open the Effects tab by clicking on the tab heading. Select the effect you want to use from the Effects Library. You can then make adjustments using the preview window to see how the effect will look.

To remove an effect, click the white X button next to the effect.

Effects Without Options

There are many effects that do not have settings for you to configure. These are usually self-explanatory, but if you don't know what they do, the best way to find out is to select them and then look at the preview. If you do not like the result, you can remove the effect by clicking the white X next to the effect.

The Effects without options are:

Effects with Options

There are also effects with settings you can change. The options will appear below the heading in the Applied Effects list. You can show or hide the options by clicking the white arrow on the left of the effect name in the list.

Brightness Effects

Use the track bars to adjust Brightness, Contrast and Gamma. You can also choose Auto-Normalize to adjust the slide to its optimal levels.

Crop

This option allows you to select the region of a clip you would like to be displayed in your movie.

Press the crop image in the effects list to open the crop editing page.

Select the region by dragging the corners of the red binding box with your fingers to the desired size and region.

To keep image ratios, select either 4:3, Original or 16:9 from the preset list.

Rotate

You can rotate the slide 90 degrees clockwise or counter-clockwise by clicking the rotate buttons.

Auto Zoom

The Auto Zoom option allows you to apply a quick zoom effect using preset options. The options are to zoom in, zoom out, zoom left to right, or zoom right to left.

Zoom

This option allows you to add zooming and panning to your clip. Change the selection by zooming in and out with the slider and resizing the red rectangle.

Press the image of the slide in the effects list to open the editing page for this effect.

Select the position you would like the clip to start at on the first image.

Select the position you would like the clip to end at on the second image.

When you have applied the effect, the video will automatically zoom and pan from the size and location of the start point so that it ends up being the size and location of the end point by the time the clip has reached its end.

Hue

This option will add a tinted hue to the slide. To select the color of the tint, slide the hue slider left or right until the desired color is selected.

Noise

The Noise effect will add an animated television static noise to the slide. The amount of noise can be increased or decreased using the Noise slider.

Saturation

A slide's color saturation can be increased or decreased using the Saturation tool. Slide the control to the left to desaturate the image, or to the right to saturate the color.

Smoothness

Use the slider to change the smoothness of the clip. Moving to the right will make the image sharper, while moving to the left will blur the image.

Temperature

Use the slider to change the temperature of the clip. This effect can be used to correct a clip that appears too yellow or too blue. A negative temperature cools the colors in the clip, a positive temperature warms the colors in the clip.