MEDIASTUDIO PRO USER GUIDE54Creating background setsWhile Video Paint allows you to paint over and enhance the frames of avideo, you can also use it to create background sets. These backgroundsets are then placed into Video Editor as the underlying clip for any bluescreen clips you may have. You can create background sets by paintingover an original video or by using some of the animation filters available inVideo Paint.To create an animated background set [1]:1. Create a new project and then select half of the frames by draggingover the Preview bar in the Filmstrip panel.2. Drag-and-drop the Animation Texture thumbnail from the VideoFilter: Special folder in the Production Library to the edit window ofyour new project. The Animation Texture dialog box opens displayingvarious options for controlling the display and movement of a texture.3. Select thumbnail 11 from the Pattern group box and then click on theEnd key frame in the Key frame controller to jump to the last frame inthe sequence. (Click the Lock button so that the Preview imagechanges.)4. Select thumbnail 11 from the Pattern group box again and then clickthe Palette ramp image to open the Palette Ramp Editor dialog box.Select the CMYK thumbnail and click OK to return to the AnimationTexture dialog box.5. Enter a value of -1.5 in the Amplitude slider and click OK to apply thefilter. (You can experiment with each of the other sliders to see howthey affect the texture.) Once applied, repeat the procedure, but thistime, select the remaining frames in the sequence and reverse the orderof the texture so that it appears to be repeating itself.Creating an animated texture background
