Adjusting Effect Settings

Though a few effects don’t contain customizable properties (Black & White, for example), most have properties with values you can set. Depending on the effect, you can set these property values in the Effect Controls palette, a separate settings dialog box, or both.

As explained in the preceding section, some effects open a settings dialog box as soon as you apply them to a clip; others require you to open a settings dialog box. The following tasks focus on a few of the most common controls. But with the multitude of video and audio effects at your disposal, you’ll undoubtedly need to explore the possibilities on your own.

As you adjust an effect, you can see the results in the program view of the Monitor window. This ...

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