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Analog film effect not adjusting
MAURO50 [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Oct 18, 2013 10:45 Messages: 22 Offline
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Hello Everyone,

PD 365, Effects, "Analog Film 02"

I can select any effect into a frame and immediately I get a "Effect" buttom to access and change the many parameters of that effect.
But not when I select any of the analog films effects.
I would like to reduce the amount of effect (old movie) - just like I did with PD 18 - but I don't get that option anymore.

Is this my computer acting up, am I doing anything wrong, what am I missing here? Does that happen to you too?

Thanks for the help,

M.
optodata
Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline
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You're not doing anything wrong.

Although there are 3 Analog Film choices are in the FX Room, they're not actually FX. Instead they're simply video overlays whose settings cannot be adjusted, and that's why they're placed on the track below the main clip you dragged them onto. You can reduce the opacity so the effects are less stark, but that's about it.

Use Old Camera, Old Movie or NewBlue Old TV (if available) just like you did in PD18 if you want to tweak the effect levels.
tomasc [Avatar]
Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 25, 2011 12:33 Messages: 6464 Offline
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It does seem that PD20 grouped the blending mode Analog Film 02 with the other fx effects. In the previous PD versions it was found in the Blending Mode instead. One can set the blend mode and opacity of the entire overlay used on a clip with the popup. Did not see anything in the help screen about this change.

It looks like you are expected to know that it is a video overlay in PD20 if you used an older version of PD previously. If you have say a clip longer than 10 seconds like a minute long then you need to highlight all 6 of those overlay clips to set the opacity and then go to Tools/Blending Mode. In the popup window click the down arrow and highlight each of the blending modes to see and then select the desired blend mode.

You may also want to use the other old film effects suggested by optodata.
MAURO50 [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Oct 18, 2013 10:45 Messages: 22 Offline
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Thank you Tomasc & Optodata!
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