S_VHSDamageSimulates artifacts that may be introduced in analog tape recording and playback. Simulates interlaced combing, chroma/luma degradation and several kinds of tape noise.In the Sapphire Stylize effects submenu.
Inputs:
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Parameters:
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Load Preset:
Push-button
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Brings up the Preset Browser to browse all available presets for this effect.
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Save Preset:
Push-button
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Brings up the Preset Save dialog to save a preset for this effect.
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Mocha Project:
Default:
0,
Range:
0 or greater.
Brings up the Mocha window for tracking footage and generating masks.
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Blur Mocha:
Default:
0,
Range:
0 or greater.
Blurs the Mocha Mask by this amount before using. This can be used to soften the edges or quantization artifacts of the mask, and smooth out the time displacements.
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Mocha Opacity:
Default:
1,
Range:
0 to 1.
Controls the strength of the Mocha mask. Lower values reduce the intensity of the effect.
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Invert Mocha:
Check-box, Default:
off.
If enabled, the black and white of the Mocha Mask are inverted before applying the effect.
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Resize Mocha:
Default:
1,
Range:
0 to 2.
Scales the Mocha Mask. 1.0 is the original size.
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Resize Rel X:
Default:
1,
Range:
0 to 2.
The relative horizontal size of the Mocha Mask.
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Resize Rel Y:
Default:
1,
Range:
0 to 2.
The relative vertical size of the Mocha Mask.
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Shift Mocha:
X & Y, Default:
[0 0],
Range:
any.
Offsets the position of the Mocha Mask.
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Bypass Mocha:
Check-box, Default:
off.
Ignore the Mocha Mask and apply the effect to the entire source clip.
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Show Mocha Only:
Check-box, Default:
off.
Bypass the effect and show the Mocha Mask itself.
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Combine Masks:
Popup menu, Default: Union
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Determines how to combine the Mocha Mask and Input Mask when both are supplied to the effect.
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Union:
Uses the area covered by both masks together.
- Intersect: Uses the area that overlaps between the two masks.
- Mocha Only: Ignore the Input Mask and only use the Mocha Mask.
- Intersect: Uses the area that overlaps between the two masks.
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Union:
Uses the area covered by both masks together.
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Downsample:
Check-box, Default:
on.
If checked, reduces output resolution.
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Downsample Resolution:
Default:
720,
Range:
1 or greater.
Target horizontal output resolution in pixels when Downsample is checked.
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Interlaced Combing:
Check-box, Default:
off.
If checked, replaces every other raster line in the current frame with the corresponding raster line from the next frame of the clip. Areas in motion will appear distorted like distinct teeth of a comb, unless softened by subsequent processing.
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Color Style:
Check-box, Default:
on.
If checked, applies color lookup tables and adjusts tint.
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Lut1:
Popup menu, Default: VHS color 01
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Selects the 1st color lookup table to apply.
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None:
No 1st LUT.
- VHS color 01: Option 1 for 1st LUT.
- VHS color 02: Option 2 for 1st LUT.
- VHS color 03: Option 3 for 1st LUT.
- VHS color 04: Option 4 for 1st LUT.
- VHS color 01: Option 1 for 1st LUT.
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None:
No 1st LUT.
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Lut1 Strength:
Default:
0.45,
Range:
0 to 1.
Scales the intensity of 1st color lookup table application.
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Lut2:
Popup menu, Default: VHS color 02
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Selects the 2nd color lookup table to apply.
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None:
No 2nd LUT.
- VHS color 01: Option 1 for 2nd LUT.
- VHS color 02: Option 2 for 2nd LUT.
- VHS color 03: Option 3 for 2nd LUT.
- VHS color 04: Option 4 for 2nd LUT.
- VHS color 01: Option 1 for 2nd LUT.
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None:
No 2nd LUT.
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Lut2 Strength:
Default:
1,
Range:
0 to 1.
Scales the intensity of 2nd color lookup table application.
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Tint:
Default:
0,
Range:
-1 to 1.
Adjusts color toward magenta with positive values and toward green with negative values.
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Color Downsample:
Check-box, Default:
on.
If checked, reduces color resolution independent of luma.
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Downsample Scale:
Default:
6.67,
Range:
0 to 100.
Scales the horizontal color resolution.
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Rel Height:
Default:
0.6,
Range:
0 to 100.
Scales the vertical color resolution.
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Color Aberration:
Check-box, Default:
on.
If checked, applies shifts and horizontal blurs to chroma independent of luma.
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Shift Amount:
X & Y, Default:
[0.00469 0],
Range:
any.
Shifts the position of chroma by this amount.
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Shift Red:
X & Y, Default:
[-0.00208 0],
Range:
any.
Shifts the position of red chroma by this amount.
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Shift Green:
X & Y, Default:
[0 0],
Range:
any.
Shifts the position of green chroma by this amount.
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Shift Blue:
X & Y, Default:
[0 0],
Range:
any.
Shifts the position of blue chroma by this amount.
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Blur Amount:
Default:
0,
Range:
0 or greater.
Horizontally blurs chroma by this amount.
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Blur Red:
Default:
0.84,
Range:
0 or greater.
Horizontally blurs red chroma by this relative amount.
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Blur Green:
Default:
0.55,
Range:
0 or greater.
Horizontally blurs green chroma by this relative amount.
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Blur Blue:
Default:
1,
Range:
0 or greater.
Horizontally blurs blue chroma by this relative amount.
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Saturation:
Default:
1,
Range:
0 or greater.
Scales the chroma saturation. Increase for more intense color. Set to 0 for monochrome.
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Sharpen Amount:
Default:
2,
Range:
-10 or greater.
Sharpens the chroma by this amount.
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Soften Amount:
Default:
0,
Range:
0 or greater.
Softens the chroma by this amount.
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Color Bloom:
Check-box, Default:
on.
If checked, adjusts vintage hue and saturation of chroma independent of luma.
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Bloom Vintage Amount:
Default:
0.5,
Range:
0 or greater.
Applies VintageColor3Strip by this amount to chroma.
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Bloom Saturation:
Default:
0.73,
Range:
0 or greater.
Scales the chroma saturation. Increase for more intense color. Set to 0 for monochrome.
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Luma Adjust:
Check-box, Default:
on.
If checked, adjusts the luminance (brightness) of the image independent of chroma
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Offset Darks:
Default:
0,
Range:
any.
Adds brightness to dark-tones with this value
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Boost Mids:
Default:
1,
Range:
0.1 or greater.
Scales brightness of mid-tones with a curve using this gamma value.
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Scale Lights:
Default:
1,
Range:
any.
Scales overall brightness by this value.
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Blur Luma:
Default:
0.0115,
Range:
0 or greater.
Blurs luma by this amount
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Blur Rel:
X & Y, Default:
[0.05 1],
Range:
0 or greater.
Sets the relative amount of horizontal and vertical luma blur.
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Tape Noise:
Check-box, Default:
on.
If checked, adds wiggly distortion to the image.
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Coarseness:
Default:
0.16,
Range:
0 to 1.
Adds coarse noise by this amount.
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Dampen Coarseness:
Default:
0.00429,
Range:
0 or greater.
Clumps coarse noise by this amount.
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Fine Noise:
Default:
0.01,
Range:
0 to 0.1.
Adds fine noise by this amount.
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Displace X:
Default:
0.33,
Range:
-1 to 1.
Spreads noise horizontally by this amount.
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Displace Y:
Default:
-0.04,
Range:
-1 to 1.
Spreads noise vertically by this amount.
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Fast Forward Amount:
Default:
0,
Range:
0 or greater.
Generates a VCR fast-forward look with torn bars across the screen.
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Band Frequency:
Default:
1,
Range:
0 or greater.
How many fast-forward bands to create.
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Band Frequency Vary:
Default:
2,
Range:
any.
Varies the number of fast-forward bands randomly by no more than this amount. Negative values decrease the probability that the number of bands will be greater than zero.
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Band Height:
Default:
0.1,
Range:
0 to 1.
The height of each fast-forward band.
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Band Shift:
Default:
1.03,
Range:
0 or greater.
Shifts the fast-forward bands up or down.
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Band Shift Vary:
Default:
0.7,
Range:
any.
Varies how far the fast-forward bands shift randomly by no more than this amount.
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Scanlines:
Check-box, Default:
on.
If checked, adds a scan line pattern resembling a CRT monitor.
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Lines Frequency:
Default:
120,
Range:
0 or greater.
The frequency of scan lines on the screen. Increase for more lines, decrease for fewer.
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Lines Intensity:
Default:
0.02,
Range:
0 or greater.
Scales the severity of the lines. Increase for sharper edges, or decrease for a more subtle effect. A sharpness of zero reduces the scan line effect to nothing.
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Add Noise:
Default:
0,
Range:
0 or greater.
If positive, this much color noise is added to the image.
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Noise Freq:
Default:
0.006,
Range:
0 or greater.
The frequency of the noise, relative to the frequency of lines. This has no effect unless the Add Noise parameter above is positive.
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Lines Shift:
Default:
0,
Range:
any.
Offsets the position of the pattern of lines. A value of 1.0 shifts one entire scan line over, giving the same result as 0.
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Lines Shift Red:
Default:
0,
Range:
any.
Shifts the red scan lines by this amount, relative to the other lines.
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Lines Shift Green:
Default:
0,
Range:
any.
Shifts the green scan lines by this amount.
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Lines Shift Blue:
Default:
0,
Range:
any.
Shifts the blue scan lines by this amount.
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Shift Speed:
Default:
1.5,
Range:
-10 to 10.
Translation speed of the result. If non-zero, the result is automatically animated to shift at this rate. The result of animated Speed values may not be intuitive, so for variable speed motion it is usually best to set this to 0 and animate the Shift Start values instead.
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Smooth Source:
Default:
0.00021,
Range:
0 or greater.
If positive, the source clip is blurred by this amount before being processed.
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Add Streaks Noise:
Default:
0.25,
Range:
0 to 1.
If positive, this much color noise is added to the streaks.
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Streaks Color:
Popup menu, Default: Generate
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Selects whether streaks are colorized by blending with a generated noise pattern or by amplifying colors in the source.
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Generate:
Generates color noise pattern and applies to streaks if Add Streaks Noise is non-zero.
- Amplify: Amplifies colors in source and applies to streaks if Add Streaks Noise is non-zero.
- Amplify: Amplifies colors in source and applies to streaks if Add Streaks Noise is non-zero.
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Generate:
Generates color noise pattern and applies to streaks if Add Streaks Noise is non-zero.
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Streaks:
Check-box, Default:
on.
If checked, adds animated vertical bands of intense tape dropouts, each dropout having a fading tail of average controllable horizontal length.
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Streaks Amount:
Default:
0.8,
Range:
0 to 10.
Increases or decreases how many dropouts are in each band.
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Streaks Opacity:
Default:
0.9,
Range:
0 to 10.
Reduces the transparency of the dropouts. At very high values, colors applied by scanline noise get blown out.
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Streaks Frequency:
Default:
960,
Range:
0 or greater.
Controls the size of the dropouts.
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Streaks Length:
Default:
50,
Range:
0 or greater.
Controls the average length of each dropout.
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Black Streaks:
Default:
0.25,
Range:
0 to 1.
Controls the relative number of black versus white dropouts. Black dropouts have fading tails and white heads. White dropouts have fading tails and black heads.
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Streaks Band Freq:
Default:
1,
Range:
0 or greater.
Creates this many dropout bands, unless the number varies due to a non-zero value of the next parameter.
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Streaks Band Freq Vary:
Default:
3,
Range:
any.
Varies the number of dropout bands randomly by no more than this amount. Negative values decrease the probability that the number of bands will be greater than zero.
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Streaks Band Size:
Default:
0.23,
Range:
0 to 1.
Scales the height of each dropout band.
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Streaks Band Shift:
Default:
0.15,
Range:
0 or greater.
Shifts the dropout bands up or down.
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Streaks Band Shift Vary:
Default:
0.12,
Range:
any.
Varies how far the dropout bands shift randomly by no more than this amount.
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Streaks Band Roll Speed:
Default:
0.43,
Range:
-10 to 10.
Controls how fast the dropout bands roll over time.
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Use For Fast Forward:
Check-box, Default:
off.
If checked, streaks are rendered in the fast-forward bands instead.
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Sparkles:
Check-box, Default:
on.
If checked, adds another set of intense tape dropout bands. Sparkles are conceptually shorter than streaks, but can be made identical.
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Sparkles Amount:
Default:
1.2,
Range:
0 to 10.
Increases or decreases how many dropouts are in each band.
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Sparkles Opacity:
Default:
1.2,
Range:
0 to 10.
Reduces the transparency of the dropouts. At very high values, colors applied by scanline noise get blown out.
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Sparkles Frequency:
Default:
1.2e+03,
Range:
0 or greater.
Controls the size of the dropouts.
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Sparkles Length:
Default:
5,
Range:
0 or greater.
Controls the average length of each dropout.
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Black Sparkles:
Default:
0,
Range:
0 to 1.
Controls the relative number of black versus white dropouts. Black dropouts have fading tails and white heads. White dropouts have fading tails and black heads.
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Sparkles Band Freq:
Default:
2,
Range:
0 or greater.
Creates this many dropout bands, unless the number varies due to a non-zero value of the next parameter.
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Sparkles Band Freq Vary:
Default:
3,
Range:
any.
Varies the number of dropout bands randomly by no more than this amount. Negative values decrease the probability that the number of bands will be greater than zero.
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Sparkles Band Size:
Default:
0.6,
Range:
0 to 1.
Scales the height of each dropout band.
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Sparkles Band Shift:
Default:
0.4,
Range:
0 or greater.
Shifts the dropout bands up or down.
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Sparkles Band Shift Vary:
Default:
0.6,
Range:
any.
Varies how far the dropout bands shift randomly by no more than this amount.
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Sparkles Band Roll Speed:
Default:
0,
Range:
-10 to 10.
Controls how fast the dropout bands roll over time.
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Random Seed:
Default:
0.123,
Range:
0 or greater.
Used to initialize the random number generator. The actual seed value is not significant, but different seeds give different results and the same value should give a repeatable result.
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Mix With Source:
Default:
0,
Range:
0 to 1.
Interpolates between the result (0) and the original source (1).
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Mask Use:
Popup menu, Default: Luma
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Determines how the Mask input channels are used to make a monochrome mask.
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Luma:
the luminance of the RGB channels is used.
- Alpha: only the Alpha channel is used.
- Alpha: only the Alpha channel is used.
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Luma:
the luminance of the RGB channels is used.
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Blur Mask:
Default:
0.05,
Range:
0 or greater.
Blurs the Matte input by this amount before using. This can provide a smoother transition between the matted and unmatted areas. It has no effect unless the Matte input is provided.
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Invert Mask:
Check-box, Default:
off.
If on, inverts the Matte input so the effect is applied to areas where the Matte is black instead of white. This has no effect unless the Matte input is provided.