Quote: Is it possible to apply an effect to just a selected area of the cliip?

How about transitions?

I think this would be a great enhancement if it isn't possible yet.

If you put a split in the video, then you can put the effect to start at the split, same is true for transitions.

Actually you can put FX (effects) at any point of the video, It is just the placement below the video on the FX track. Put you Scrubber (pointer) at the point you want the effect to start, you can set the duration of the effect to any amount.

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Thanks Carl, I'm aware of that. But what I meant is a "region" of the screen on the video clip.

Call it "regional Fx" or "regional transitions". PD17 Ult, PD16Ult, PD15ult + 13ult + 12ult
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Quote: Thanks Carl, I'm aware of that. But what I meant is a "region" of the screen on the video clip.

Call it "regional Fx" or "regional transitions".

There are some FX that can be applied to one small area of the video, the Blur Effect can be modified to a very small area and the amount of blur can be adjusted. I am not familar with other effects as I have not used them.

In the case of the Blur effect after you bring the effect to the FX track, select it, click Modify on top of the timeline. Many changes in there. Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

Thanks Carl, much appreciated.

I actually watched a tutorial on the blur effect the other day and learned how to apply it "regionally".
What I'm learning is:

- Some effects can not be applied to a selected area. It's either all or nothing.
- Some effects can be applied to some areas of the video using that effect's own mask, which is cool. But you need to apply the effect directly to the video.
- Some effects can be applied to a selected are of the video BUT only if you apply the effect to the effects track.

So I guess there's a fair bit of testing neeeded.

All good!

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You should be able to split your video on the timeline and assign the wanted effects to that section. that you have split

Every time you want a different effect for another part of the video then split it and apply the effect.

Thanks Dannie, but that's not what I'm asking. I'm asking about applying the effect regionally, to a selected area of the video.
If it were possible to apply all FX and transitions this way, it would open up some really interesting creative possibilities.
At present, however, it seems that this can only be done with a limited number of effects and no transitions. PD17 Ult, PD16Ult, PD15ult + 13ult + 12ult
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Hi Javisyd

Those are some interesting ideas. I think I understand what you're looking to do, and you should actually be able to apply any transition or effect regionally by duplicating the clip of interest and placing it on the track directly underneath the original. You'd simply want to mask off the area on the lower clip where you want the effect to appear.

You'd basically be setting up a picture-in-picture situation, except that you're using identical, synced clips. When you want to apply whichever FX or transition, you'd do it on the lower clip (with the higher track number) so that it would appear in front of the unaffected (background) clip.

Does that make sense?

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Thanks Opto.
Yes, that makes a lot of sense. I hadn´t considered that possibility, but it's a neat one.

I'm not sure it would work though, because essentially what you'd be doing then is seeing part of the transition effect, but not the full effect applied to an area. (the mask would hide the full effect and you'd only get to see a small portion of the effect applied to that particular area).

Still, it's a most valid approach. PD17 Ult, PD16Ult, PD15ult + 13ult + 12ult
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I'm pretty sure it will do everything you're looking for, but without any specifics I can't be 100% sure. I have to run, but here's a very quick *video* showing an obvious mask limiting an otherwise full screen FX, followed by a regular transition then a regional transition without any indication of where the mask is. At the end, I fade the two clips out at different speeds so you can see the actual mask on the lower track.

I've also attached my project. All you need to do is point to any clip you have on your machine and PD will accept that for the missing clip that I used. Let me know how things go!

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