Distort Settings

Input1 Display box

Select a display mode for Input1.

Input2 Display box

Select a display mode for Input2.

Matte1 Display box

Select a display mode for Matte1.

Matte2 Display box

Select a display mode for Matte2.

Back Display box

Select a display mode for the background clip.

Input box

Toggles between Input1 and Input2 clips based on the selection in the View box.

If Input is selected in the View box, this box toggles between Front1 and Front2. If Matte is selected in the View box, this box toggles between Matte1 and Matte2. If Result is selected in the View box, this box toggles between showing the splines for Front1 and Front2 drawn on top of the result.

X Position field

Displays the position of the X axis. Editable.

Y Position field

Displays the position of the Y axis. Editable.

Z Position field

Displays the position of the Z axis. Editable.

Motion Path button

Enable to animate the position of the axis using a spline drawn in the scene.

X Rotation field

Displays the rotation value of the X axis. Editable.

Y Rotation field

Displays the rotation value of the Y axis. Editable.

Z Rotation field

Displays the rotation value of the Z axis.

X Scale field

Displays the scale value of the X axis. Editable.

Y Scale field

Displays the scale value of the Y axis. Editable.

Z Scale field

Displays the scale value of the Z axis. Editable.

Prop Scale button

Enable to scale the X, Y, and Z axes proportionally.

X Shear field

Displays the shear value of the X axis. Editable.

Y Shear field

Displays the shear value of the Y axis. Editable.

Z Shear field

Displays the shear value of the Z axis. Editable.

X Centre field

Displays the centre value of the X axis. Editable.

Y Centre field

Displays the centre value of the Y axis. Editable.

Z Centre field

Displays the centre value of the Z axis. Editable.

Track Axis button

Opens the Stabilizer menu to apply tracking data to an axis.

Tracking Rotation box

Select whether tracking rotation is On, Off, or Inverted.

Tracking Scale box

Select whether tracking scaling is On, Off, or Inverted.

Tracking Adjust box

Select whether an offset is applied relative to the spline's axis.

Track Clip box

Select the clip to track.

Warper button

Select whether to display the Warp or Morph menu.

Interpolation field

Displays the percentage of mixing between the Input1 spline and the Input2 spline when source splines are linked for source interpolation. Editable.

You independently set an interpolation value for each set of linked Front1 and Front2 source splines.

Blend field

Displays the level of blend between the Input1 and Input2 clips when morphing. Editable.

Source button

Enable to display source splines for manipulation. Also use to display the unwarped input clip.

Source Show button

Enable to display source splines for reference when working with destination splines.

Source colour pot

Displays the colour of all source splines. Editable.

Destination button

Enable to display destination splines for manipulation. Also use to display the warped input clip.

Destination Show button

Enable to display destination splines for reference when working with source splines.

Destination colour pot

Displays the colour of all destination splines. Editable.

Correspondences button

Enable to display correspondence points and connector lines, which indicate how the source spline maps to the destination spline.

You can add, edit, animate, and delete correspondence points. The more correspondence points a spline has, the greater effect it has on the overall warp.

Active button

Enable to allow greater control over an animated spline by toggling selected vertices on and off.

Lasso Fit field

Displays the number of vertices in freehand segments of a spline. Editable.

Increasing the value decreases the number of vertices, while decreasing the value increases the number of vertices. Only segments of the spline drawn using freehand mode are affected, while segments created by simple clicks remain unaffected. The Lasso Fit parameter loses its influence over freehand segments of a spline if you edit vertices.

Link box

Controls whether source and destination splines are linked together or manipulated independently.

Set this to Lnk Src & Dst to keep the source and destination splines linked as you draw and animate the source spline. Set this to Enable Warping to control the destination spline independently to create a warp. You can also independently link and unlink the axis nodes that are the parents of a source spline and its corresponding destination spline.

Toggle Input button

Switch between an Input1 spline and an Input2 spline.

This is useful when you have animated a spline on one input and wish to apply it to the other.

Iterations field

Displays a value for the distance that the distortion follows the destination spline. Editable.

If Z-mode is disabled, the maximum distance of the distortion is limited to avoid overlapping. When there is a large distance between a source and destination spline, you will achieve better results by increasing the number of iterations. For smaller warps or morphs, there is no advantage in using a greater number of iterations—it will increase processing time unnecessarily.

Z-mode button

Enable to allow overlapping in the image to create 3D-like effects where parts of the image are pulled over other parts.

Range field

Displays the size of the region affected by the warping effect. Editable.

The greater the value, the larger the portion of the image affected. A value of 100% affects the entire image, a value of 33% affects one-third of the image, for example.

Weight field

Displays the relative weight on the selected spline, to control its influence. Editable.

For example, you can set a higher weight on a spline in an area of the image that you do not want to move.

Resolution field

Displays the pixel resolution of the clip being warped or morphed. A lower pixel resolution creates warps and morphs that better follow the contours of the distortion splines, although it can slow down system performance.

Track Shape button

Opens the Stabilizer menu to apply tracking data to a spline's vertices.

Adjust box

Select whether an offset is applied relative to the spline's tangents.

Distort Setup Settings

Repeat button

Enable to fill in gaps by repeating the clip.

Repeat Value box

Select 4 to fill gaps by repeating the clip once on each side, or 8 to repeat the clip twice on each side.

Amount box

Select the amount of clip to repeat.

Draw Grid button

Enable to display the distortion grid.

Scale Setup button

Enable to scale a loaded setup's splines to the resolution of the current project.

Icons button

Enable to display splines, tangents, and vertices in the image.

Icons Transparency field

Displays the transparency level of the icons in the image. Editable.

Tangent colour pot

Displays the colour of tangents on the splines. Editable.

Schematic Transparency field

Displays the transparency level of the schematic. Editable.

Undo Levels field

Displays the levels of Undo available in the Undo/Redo lists. Editable.

Miscellaneous Settings

Exit button

Exits the Distort module.

Load button

Loads a setup.

Save button

Saves a setup.

Setup Name field

Displays the name of the last saved setup.

Revert button

Reverts to the last saved setup.

Player button

Opens the Player to view the last rendered clip.

Step Process field

Displays the frame number interval to be processed (to see intermediate results, for example). Editable.

Preview button

Displays the distort effect without processing.

Setup button

Opens the Setup menu, where you can set various preference and display settings.

Animation button

Opens the channel editor, where you can animate various distort settings.

Set Key button

Sets a keyframe at the selected frame.

Delete Key button

Deletes the selected keyframe.

Copy button

Copies an object, a branch (object and its children), or all, depending on what is selected in the Selection Mode box.

Delete button

Deletes an object, a branch (object and its children), or all, depending on what is selected in the Selection Mode box.

Selection Mode box

Select whether to copy, delete, or reset.

Reset button

Resets an object, a branch (object and its children), or all, depending on what is selected in the Selection Mode box.

Node Name field

Displays the name of the selected node in the schematic. Editable.

Previous button

Selects the previous node in the schematic.

Next button

Selects the next node in the schematic.

Add button

Adds an axis or spline, depending of the selection of the Node box.

Node box

Select whether to add an axis or spline, then click Add.

Close button

Closes a spline at the first vertex.

Finish button

Finishes a single-point or open spline at the last vertex.