BCC+ Cross Zoom Dissolve

Category: BCC Transitions

Effect Name: BCC+ Cross Zoom Dissolve

The BCC+ Cross Zoom Dissolve filter, part of the BCC Transitions category, simulates a rapid zoom distortion in the source footage which automatically animates in intensity as the transition progresses to obscure the underlying dissolve between clips.

Working with the Filter

FX Editor and Presets

• Use the FX Editor to load or save presets for reuse.
• To load a preset: Open the FX Editor, select a preset from the Presets panel, and click Apply to return to the host application.
• To save a custom preset: While in the FX Editor, click the Create Custom Preset icon in the parameter list, enter a preset name, and click Done. Additionally, a custom preset can be saved from the main menu bar by selecting File->Save Preset.
• To import custom presets from another drive: While in the FX Editor, select File->Import Preset from the main menu bar.

• Animation: Menu controlling what drives the animation of the transition.
• Auto: Automatically generates a transition based on the transition length (when used as a transition) or the clip length (when used as a filter.)
• Percent Done: Requires the user to set keyframes to control the transition progression.
• Layer to Reveal: This layer selection popup is not relevant when you have applied the filter as a true NLE-style transition and it will be hidden or disabled in that context. When applied as a normal “effect” as opposed to a transition, however, this menu is used to select the Incoming or Reveal layer for the transition.
• Percent Done: Disabled/Hidden by default. When the Animation menu is changed to Percent Done then this slider can be manually keyframed to control the transition progression.

Cross Zoom Group

• Master Zoom: Sets the overall amount of Zoom.
• Outgoing Zoom: Determines amount of Zoom for the Outgoing shot.
• Incoming Zoom: Sets the amount of Zoom for the Incoming shot.
• Outgoing Aspect: Used to make adjustments so the Outgoing shot stretches horizontally or vertically as it Zooms.
• Incoming Aspect: Used to make adjustments so the Incoming shot stretches horizontally or vertically as it Zooms.
• Zoom Overlap: At a value of 100 the Incoming and Outgoing Zoom occur simultaneously and at a value of zero the Zooms occur consecutively – with in between values offering a full range of Overlap timing choices.
• Lock Centers to Outgoing: Enabling this forces the center point for the incoming zoom to follow the value of the center point for the outgoing zoom so the zoom centers will automatically be the same.
• Outgoing Zoom Center: Used to adjust X/Y coordinate for the center point of the outgoing zoom. If Lock Centers is enabled, the X/Y coordinate selected here will be used for the incoming clip as well.
• Incoming Zoom Center: Used to adjust X/Y coordinate for the center point of the incoming zoom. If Lock Centers is enabled, the X/Y coordinate selected here will be ingnored in favor of the Outgoing Zoom Center value.
• Edge Mode: In some effects the filter can create instances where the image becomes offset creating areas along the edges of the frame where no image appears. Edge Mode options allow for different methods of handling those pixels.
  • Transparent: allows the edge of the result to become transparent.
  • Repeat: repeats edge pixels to generate opaque pixels along the edge of the result. This is the default setting of the filter.
  • Reflect: reflects pixels back into the result to generate opaque pixels along the edge of the result.
• Enable Motion Blur: Enables the Motion Blur.
• Shutter Angle: Determines how long the shutter would be open in a film camera (and therefore how much motion blur smear appears within a frame).

Color Correct Group

The Color Correct group provides a range of color correction tools to adjust the overall look of the transition.

• Hue: Control the overall hue of the transition.
• Saturation: Used to control the overall saturation of the transition. Higher values create a more intense color saturation than lower values.
• Brightness: Used to control the overall brightness of the transition. Higher values create a more intense highlights than lower values.
• Contrast: Used to control the overall contrast of the transition. Higher values create a more intense contrast between light and dark pixels than lower values.
• Gamma: Used to control the overall gamma of the transition.
• Temperature: Used to control the overall temperature of the transition. Moving the Temperature slider to the left (negative values) will yield a cooler result, while moving the slider to the right will warm up the shot.
• Cyan/Magenta: Used to control the overall amount of cyan/magenta in the image.. Moving the slider to the left (negative values) will add a cyan tint, while moving the slider to the right will add a magenta tint.
• Red: Used to control the overall value of the red color channel. Higher values increase the overall influence of the red color channel than lower values.
• Green: Used to control the overall value of the green color channel. Higher values increase the overall influence of the blue color channel than lower values.
• Blue: Used to control the overall value of the blue color channel. Higher values increase the overall influence of the red color channel than lower values.

Animation Tuning Group

These parameters control the overall timing of the transition. On hosts which permit on-screen heads up display widgets (such as AE, Premiere, and Avid) you should never need to modify these sliders directly since they can be configured in a more convenient and intuitive manner by manipulating the widgets directly in your comp/preview pane. On hosts without heads up display widgets you can use these sliders directly to fine tune your animation timing, taking advantage of the View Ease Curve option to help visualize the animation rates.

• Lock Ease to Outgoing: When enabled the Incoming Ease parameters are linked to the Outgoing parameters.
• Outgoing Ease In: Controls how quickly or slowly the effect increases at the beginning of the transition for the outgoing clip.
• Outgoing Ease Out: Controls how quickly or slowly the effect decreases at the end of the transition for the outgoing clip.
• Incoming Ease In: Controls how quickly or slowly the effect increases at the beginning of the transition for the incoming clip.
• Incoming Ease Out: Controls how quickly or slowly the effect decreases at the end of the transition for the incoming clip.
• Dissolve Duration: Control the timing of the underlying dissolve relative to the timing of the rest of the transition.
• OSC Enable: Only visible in hosts that support heads up display widgets for manipulating these controls directly on screen. Enables/Disables on screen controls.
• View Ease Curve: (Only visible/enabled in hosts that don’t support heads up display widgets for manipulating these controls directly on screen.) Enable this control to display a preview graph of the the animation curves rendered into in the composite window.
• GPU Rendering: allows for the selection of GPU or CPU software rendering.
  • Default: Uses the GPU to render the effect.
  • 16 bit float
  • 32 bit float
  • Disabled: disables GPU rendering and allows for CPU software rendering.