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Changing the position and scale of a layer plane 92 Changing the orientation of a layer plane 93 Positioning insets in custom virtual sets 94 Moving and scaling an input within the layer plane: Input Offset controls 95 Moving and flipping the input vertically and horizontally 97 Rotating the input 97 Changing the scale of the input 98 Returning all grid settings to the defaults 99 Panning and zooming 99 Grid control 99 Adding and setting a pan and zoom point 101 Changing a pan and zoom point 102 Programming a continuous virtual move with multiple points . 103 Programming multiple moves with pauses 103 Panning and zoom with different aspect ratios 103 Viewing a session without virtual camera moves 103 Achieving the correct timing for video clips 104 Trimming the In and Out Points in a video clip 104 Looping the clip 105 Specifying when a video clip begins playing in the session. . . . . . 105 Setting a pause point for a VirtualTrak effect 107 Adjusting the volume of a video clip 107 Fine-tuning the appearance of the video 107 Correcting colors 108 Making color corrections 109 Saving and applying color settings 110 Adding shadows and reflections 111 Enabling a shadow or reflection and making it the active one . . 111 Changing the position of a floor shadow 112 Changing the position of a wall shadow 116 Changing the appearance of a shadow or reflection 116 Saving and applying settings for a shadow or reflection 118 Defocusing a source 119 Saving the finished video 119 Outputting still images (Frame Sequence 122 Outputting clips or stills with an alpha channel 122 Chapter 5: Troubleshooting and getting help 123 Updating software 123 Updating Ultra 123 Updating device drivers 123 Updating the Windows® operating system 124 Technical Support 124 6

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Changing the position and scale of a layer plane . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Changing the orientation of a layer plane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Positioning insets in custom virtual sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Moving and scaling an input within the layer plane: Input Offset con-
trols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Moving and flipping the input vertically and horizontally . . . . . . . 97
Rotating the input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Changing the scale of the input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Returning all grid settings to the defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Panning and zooming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Grid control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Adding and setting a pan and zoom point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Changing a pan and zoom point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Programming a continuous virtual move with multiple points . 103
Programming multiple moves with pauses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Panning and zoom with different aspect ratios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Viewing a session without virtual camera moves . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Achieving the correct timing for video clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Trimming the In and Out Points in a video clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Looping the clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Specifying when a video clip begins playing in the session. . . . . . 105
Setting a pause point for a VirtualTrak effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Adjusting the volume of a video clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Fine-tuning the appearance of the video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Correcting colors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Making color corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Saving and applying color settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Adding shadows and reflections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Enabling a shadow or reflection and making it the active one . . 111
Changing the position of a floor shadow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Changing the position of a wall shadow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Changing the appearance of a shadow or reflection . . . . . . . . . .116
Saving and applying settings for a shadow or reflection . . . . . . .118
Defocusing a source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Saving the finished video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Outputting still images (Frame Sequence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Outputting clips or stills with an alpha channel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Chapter 5: Troubleshooting and getting help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Updating software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Updating Ultra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Updating device drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Updating the Windows® operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124