Smoke 5 timeline effects

Let’s Get Started
 Load your 420 lesson
project
 Create a new
sequence
 1920 X 1080
 Title it Effects
 Create
 Select the journey clip
 Set duration around 3
seconds
 Insert into the timeline

Add More Clips to the
Sequence
 Select my fall into the
Viewer
 Set in and out points before
and after the breach (@ 4
seconds duration)
 Insert into the sequence
 Select teachers into the
Veiwer
 Set the in point before the
seal enters the shot
 Set the out point by setting
the duration to 5 seconds
 Insert into the sequence
 Shift Z to see your whole
sequence

Adding Effects to Clips
 Right click a clip
 Select the clip
 Right click (Control
click) and choose ‘Add
Effect’
 Effects button in the
tool bar
 Select the clip
 Click on the Effects
button

The Effects Ribbon
 Shows you all the effects you can apply to the
clip
 They are applied in the order that they appear
 On/Off
 If the LED is on, that effect is running
 If the LED is off, that effect is not running

Check Out Some Axis
Effects
 Create a new video
track
 Select the sunset
quest clip and drag
to the new video
track
 Trim to set the out
point the same as
the clip underneath it

Check Out Some Axis
Effects
 Select the clip if necessary
 Click on the FX button to bring up the Video
Effects ribbon
 Click on the AX (Axis) button

The Effects Ribbon
 Once you select an effect, the parameters for
that effect appear in the toolbar

The Effects Ribbon
 If you have more than
one effect in the effects
pipeline, when you select
the effect, the
parameters for that effect
will appear in the toolbar
 Basic tools appear in the
toolbar
 Basic and advanced
tools are available in the
Editor

Check Out Some Axis
Effects
 Make sure the AX
button is selected so
you have the axis
controls available in
the toolbar
 Drag left on the Scale
X or Y box and reduce
the scale to 75%
 Change the Blend
mode to Spotlight

Check Out Some Axis
Effects
 Set the Blend mode
back to Blend
 Click on the Surface
button and change
the setting to
Shadow
 Turn Shadow on, the
set the X value to 30
and the Y value to -
30

Check Out Some Axis
Effects
 Change the Shadow
setting back to
Surface
 Click on the Soft
button
 Change the Soft
value to 40

Turning Effects On and
Off
 Click on the lit LED
will turn off the
selected effect
 Usually no rendering
will be needed since it
will refer back to the
original clip
 Click the LED part of
the effect to turn the
effect back on

Turn Your Effect
On and Off
 Select your clip in the
timeline
 Click on the Axis LED
button to turn off the
effect
 Click on the Axis LED
button again to turn it
back on

Remove an Effect
Permanently
 Three ways
 Control click on the
effect and select Delete
 Click on the Delete
button on the far right of
the effects toolbar
 Drag the effect to the
very bottom of the
screen by the Media Hub
button until you see the
trashcan, then release

Remove an Effect
Permanently
 The render file
 When you render an
effect to a clip a separate
render file is saved in the
media folder
 If you delete the
effect, the render file will
also be deleted
 No unused render files
are saved with your
project

Practice an Effect Delete
 Select the Axis effect
and press the Delete
button
 Undo the delete
 Now try dragging the
effect button to the
bottom until you see
the trashcan
icon, then release
 Undo the delete

Render/Partial Rendered
Effects
 Dotted line on top of
the clip
 Represents a partially
rendered effect on the
clip
 Solid line
 All the active effects on
that clip have been
rendered and can play
back in real time

Render/Partial Rendered
Effects
 Render more frames
 Move the play head
forward or backward a
frame at a time
 Render all the frames
 Click on the Render
button

Render Your Effect
 Position the play head
over the clip you wish
to render
 Click on the Render
button
 It will render all clips at
the current play head
position
 When the render is
done, back up the
play head the play
your effect

Gap Effects
 Allows you to span an
effect across part of a
clip or across multiple
clips in your sequence
 Uses the empty video
track above the active
video track
 Like an Adjustment
Layer in Photoshop

Create a Gap Effect
 Create a new video track
 Move the focus point on
your play head to the top
track
 Press Control V to create
a splice somewhere
above sunset quest and
another past the out point
 Select the space in-
between the two splices
to create a gap clip for
that set duration

Create a Gap Effect
 Click on the Effects
button and select Colour
Correct
 Adjust the parameters like
Contrast, Gain, Saturation
and Hue
 Scrub though your
sequence to see how this
effect is applied on
multiple clips
 Trim the Gap clip to
change when this effect

Resizing Effect
 Allows you to use
any media at any size
and framerate in any
sequence setting
 If the clip does not
match the sequence
settings, Smoke will
resize the clip to fit
the sequence as best
as possible
In this example the source clip was
3000 X 2000 edited to a sequence of
1920 X 1080

Set Up for a
Resize Effect
over the my fall clip
and move the focal
point to the video
track on top of that
clip
 Press X
 This marks in and out
points around the my
fall clip

Set Up for a
Resize Effect
 In the Media
Browser select the
immersed clip and
press X
 This sets an in and
out point for all the
media in this clip
 Overwrite the clip
into the timeline

Check Out the
Effects on the Clip
 Change the size of
this video track wide
enough so you can
see the effects that
have been applied to
this clip
 TW = Time warp
 RZ = Resize

Check Out the
Effects on the Clip
 Select the Timewarp
effect and notice the
settings in the
toolbar
 Speed is faster
 In my case 227.36%

Check Out the
Effects on the Clip
 Select the Resize
effect
 Notice the current
width and height
settings

Modify the Resize Effect
 Click on the Enter
Editor button
 Left side
 Original clip
 Right side
 Result of any changes you
make or what Smoke did
to try to make it fit to the
sequence

Resizing Types
 If your source is
smaller or bigger
than your
sequence, you can
choose with resizing
is best for you
 In our case, since our
source clip is almost
exactly the same as
our sequence, we will
not notice any changes

Resizing Types
 Center cropped
 Places the original image in the middle of the sequence
and crops off any extra source material on all sides of
the source image
 No scaling is applied to the original image

Resizing Types
 Letterbox
 Will scale the longest side of the original image to
fit the sequence
 For example – placing a 16:9 image in a 4:3 frame

Resizing Types
 Fill
 This will take the original image and stretch it to fit
the height and width of the sequence

Resizing Types
 Crop edges
 Uses the bounding box in the original image side to
crop the clip to the desired size in your sequence

 Inside the
editor, move the
play head to where
you can see the
whales underwater
 Change the scale
to Crop Edges

 Under Scale click on
the Free button and
change the setting to
Destination
 This will keep the
scaling in aspect with
the sequence
 Click on the green
bounding box to move
and scale your resize
effect to where the
whales are

 On the right side turn
on Auto Key
 Click Set Key to set a
key at the current
frame
 Move the play head to
10:00:05 or so when
the whales move to
the upper left
 Move the bounding
box to where the
action is
Make sure
your bounding
box does not
go outside the
video clip or
you will have a
gap edge in
your sequence

 Turn off Auto Key
clip to see your
scaled animation
applied to your clip
 Press Exit to close
the Editor
 Render your clip and
play it back to see
the completed result

Creating Titles
 Simple titles are
easily created using
timeline effects

Set up for a Title
 Select the gap clip
above sunset
quest and
immersed and
move so it
completely over
sunset quest

Set up for a Title
 Move the focus
point on the play
head to the the
track on top of
immersed
 Press Shift V
 This sets a splice on
both sides of the
immersed clip to the
top track

Set up for a Title
 Select the gap clip
 Click on the FX
button and select
Text
 Enter the Editor

Set up for a Title
 On the right side
change the view
from 100% to Fit
 Now we can see the
whole clip

Titles Layout
 Color
controls
 Sets the text
face, edge
and shadow
colors

Titles Layout
 Font
 Type style
and size
 Copy/paste
 Copy
attributes in
one place and
paste them
somewhere
else

Titles Layout
 Paragraph
controls
 Margins
 Leading
 Text path
tools
 Text follows a
designated
path

Titles Layout
 Axis
 Change
position and
scale to the
entire text
object or
individual
characters

Create and Modify a Title
 On the right side
below the video
clip choose New
Layer
 You can have as
many text layers as
you like
 At the top, type in
Killer Whales

 In the Paragraph
section choose
Centre to center
the text
 In the Font section
click on the current
font to bring up the
Font manager

 In the Font
manager change
the font selection
from Type 1 to
Auto
 This is so we can
see all types of fonts
in our library
 In the
Subdirectories
section click on

 In the upper
left, change the
view from Titles to
Proxies
 Click on Generate
Proxy so you can
preview the fonts

 Scroll down the list
of proxies until you
find Arial Bold.tff
and select
 Click Load to load
the font

Have a Better Look
 Click on the small
red icon on the left
of the text layer
and drag the text to
the center lower
third of your clip.
 On the right
change the scale of
your clip to 200%

Have a Better Look
 On the
right, change the
Point tool to the
Pan tool
 Pan down to the
bottom of your clip
where your text
is, then change the
tool back to Point

Have a Better Look
 Adjust the fill color
by clicking on the
color box
 Turn on the Outline
and Shadow and
adjust to your
liking
 When
done, change the
scale back to Fit

Animate your Text
 Press the Exit key to return to
the timeline
 Turn on Autokey
 Go to the last frame of your clip
and change the Kern to 35
 Go to the first frame of your clip
and change the Kern to 0
 Turn off Autokey, then scrub
though your clip to see your
changes

Fade Your Text
 Click the bottom of the timeline to
deselect all your clips
 Make sure the focus point is on
the top video track and use the
up/down arrow to the beginning
of the gap clip
 Click on the Transition button
and select Dissolve
 Deselect the transition
 Repeat on the end of the gap clip
 Check out the results

Change Speed &
Time Warps
 Speed changes
 Can be at a constant
rate or variable
 Can be forward or
backward
 Can be fastmo or
slowmo
 Tools available to
smooth out slowmo
stuttering

Changing Speed
 Select the teachers clip at the
end of your sequence
 Right click (Control click) and
choose Add Effect
 Choose Time Warp

Three Kinds of Time
 Strobe
 Repeats a frame a number of times
 Constant
 Uses the same value to effect the
entire clip
 Variable
 Allows you to modify the speed
across the clip

Changing Speed
 Set the type of speed
change to Constant
 In the % box type 25 Enter
 Sets the speed to ¼ speed
 Scrub through the clip and
notice the speed change
 Also notice that the clip
duration in the sequence did
NOT change
 Extra frames were pushed off
the clip

What to Keep?
 Anchor pop-up box
 Allows you to choose what frames stay
with the clip when performing a time
warp
 Anchor In
 In point stays, out point pushed off
 Anchor Out
 Out point stays, in point pushed off
 Anchor Pos
 Frame where the play head stay, out
point pushed off

Fix Your Clip
 The out point of this
clip is more important
than the in point, so
let’s fix the speed
effect
 Undo the speed
change
 Change the anchor
point to Anchor Out
 Reapply the 25%
speed change and
notice the difference

Cleaning Up Slomo
 3 options to remove
the stuttering effect
caused by repeating
frames
 Frame mixing
 Mixes the past and future
frames causing a trailing
effect
 Select Mix then select
how many frames before
and after the current
frame to blend together

Clean up the Slowmo
 Select Mix in the
pop-up menu
 Change the mix
frame number to
5.00
 Render the clip and
play it back
 Notice that the slomo
is smoother

Cleaning Up Slomo
 Motion estimation
 Sometimes known as
optical flow
 Morphs existing
frames together to
make a smoother
effect
 Looks better with less
blurring than Mix, but
takes longer to render

Clean up the Slowmo
 Select Motion
 Leave the ¼ Res
setting at the default
 This does not mean ¼
resolution, but the
strictness of the motion
estimation process
 Render out the clip
and check out the
super-smooth slomo

Cleaning Up Slomo
 Trail
 You choose how many
frames before and after
the play head to blend
together for the final
effect
 Creates an interesting
effect with a high
number of frames
chosen

Try Out This Effect
 Select Trail
 Change the Pre and
Post settings to 10
frames
 Render out again
and check out the
motion this time

Prep for a Variable Speed
 Click on the Reset
Speed button
 Change the speed
blend mode back to
Mix and Mix frames
to 0
to where the seal
looks at the camera

Do aVariable Speed
 Change the speed
to Variable
 The Auto Key light
should turn on
 Where the seal is
looking into the
camera change the
speed to 25%

Do a Variable Speed
 Back up 10 frames
 Shift 
 Set the speed at this
frame for 100%

Do a Variable Speed
 Move the play head 1
second after the 25%
change
 Shift  4 times
 Once to catch up to
where you were
 3 more times to move
forward 30 frames
 Set the blend to Mix 5
frames and render out
your speed effect

Adjust Your Variable
Speed
variable speed clip
 Notice that at the slow
part the speed dips
well below 25%
 Smoke is trying to
smooth out the speed
changes at this point
in the variable speed
setting

Speed
 Enter the Editor
 In the graph, notice
how the Bezier curve
handles bend the
speed below 25%
 Grab the handles
and straighten the
curve

Speed
 This time select the
Motion frame
blending effect and
render the clip
 Now check out your
super-sweet-super-
slowmo effect!

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