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HFX and the Montage Themes

By Le Papy - Published on Monday, December 29, 2008
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Category: Tips & Tricks Special effects HFX [EN]
Last updated on Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Created on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 6:55 PM

I was inspired by the Montage Themes and this will allow me to show you, once again, the things that you can accomplish by using these two complimentary programs.

Moreover, as one can not directly import HD clips into the Easy FX Editor, this trick might also enable me use HD video while using the HFX Effect and Easy FX Editor from Studio 12.

I am not about to tell you that my little tinkering can replace the Montage Themes. So quit dreaming but enjoy yourself anyway ..

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Tip 10 - Changing the map for effect HFX 191

By Le Papy - Published on Tuesday, December 02, 2008
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Category: Tips & Tricks Special effects HFX [EN]
Last updated on Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Created on Wednesday, September 03, 2008 10:27 PM

In "Tip-6 Alter the text and position of text in the transition 191-france", you learned how to change the name of a city and its geographical position. So, if you lived in France, you could adapt the transition to your needs. But not everyone lives in France! So, in this tutorial, we will expand the effect to include all countries as we learn to change the map at the bottom of the transition.

Tip-9 Use and Modify the "222-compteur2" Effect

By Le Papy - Published on Thursday, November 20, 2008
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Category: Tips & Tricks Special effects HFX [EN]
Last updated on Sunday, November 16, 2008
Created on Wednesday, March 05, 2008 9:53 AM

This tips and tricks shows you how to use the "222-compteur2" transition to display the clock from a well-known television series. This transition will actually be applied as a plugin effect and not as a transition between two clips.

Tip-8 use and modify the effect #217-compteur

By Le Papy - Published on Monday, October 27, 2008
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Category: Tips & Tricks Special effects HFX [EN]
Last updated on Saturday, November 08, 2008
Created on Tuesday, March 04, 2008 5:16 PM

This tip and trick tells you how to take advantage of one of the transitions "217-compteur" to display the power of a well-known television series ("24 Twenty-Four"). This transition will actually be applied as a plugin effect and not as a transition between two clips.

Tutorial-14 Change the Size of an Object

By Le Papy - Published on Monday, October 06, 2008
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Category: Tutorial Special effects HFX [EN]
Last updated on Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Created on Tuesday, March 04, 2008 9:47 AM

The transition at your disposal requires some minor adjustments... Don't hesitate to make the modifications, it isn't difficult! If you have Easy FX Editor (V5 or V6) with the HFX Mega, Plus or Pro version, follow this short tutorial and the size of the selected object will be updated in just a few steps!

Tuto-9 Change the position of an object in a HFX

By Le Papy - Published on Wednesday, September 10, 2008
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Category: Tutorial Special effects HFX [EN]
Last updated on Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Created on Saturday, March 01, 2008 3:03 PM

So you downloaded the transition 201-pip-inverse and now you would like to modify it.  It is very easy and in this tutorial, we'll show you how!

Tip-7 Installing Hollywood FX Pro V5.1 into Adobe Premiere Pro

By Le Papy - Published on Monday, September 01, 2008
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Category: Tips & Tricks Special effects HFX [EN]
Last updated on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Created on Thursday, August 21, 2008 8:54 PM

In this tutorial we will see how we can install and use Hollywood FX V5.1 with Adobe Premiere Pro CS3. It should work with all Adobe Premiere Pro versions.

Tip-6 Alter the text and position of text in the transition 191-france

By Le Papy - Published on Tuesday, August 26, 2008
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Category: Tips & Tricks Special effects HFX [EN]
Last updated on Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Created on Sunday, August 03, 2008 10:06 AM

You already know how to modify the text included in some transitions "Tip-3 Modify "Texthere" for HFX 169". You also know how to modify the envelope parameters "Tuto-5 Creating effects". But in the transition 191-france, if you change the name of a city, it is no longer in the right place on the map of France. So it will be necessary to learn how to change the city's name and move it to the correct place on the map.

Tuto-8 Making PIP (Picture In Picture)

By Déclic Vidéo FX - Published on Thursday, August 21, 2008
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Category: Tutorial Special effects HFX [EN]
Last updated on Sunday, October 26, 2008
Created on Friday, August 01, 2008 6:48 AM

Having  two different scenes in one video is possible, by making a PIP (picture in picture). Just follow our tutorial and you will discover that this is an opportunity to showcase your editing in a different way ... Take note that most recent Pinnacle Studio version already include a PIP tool. Nevertheless, it does not include all flexibility allowed by HFX (parametersdes modification, tilting view, key framing, ...). For example, you can add multiple PIP window with this HFX technic....

Tuto-7 Warps, Filters and 3D Text

By Jan Molenaar - Published on Sunday, April 20, 2008
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Category: Tutorial Special effects HFX [EN]
Last updated on Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Created on Monday, August 27, 2007 8:17 AM

In the previous three parts of this series you have seen how you can create effects in Hollywood FX and how you can change their appearance. In this last part we look at advanced additions, like warps and filters. And we will also be checking the possibilities with 3D-text, with which we can make titles that are bouncing of your screen.

Tip-5 Using transition #201

By Le Papy - Published on Wednesday, February 06, 2008
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Category: Tips & Tricks Special effects HFX [EN]
Last updated on Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Created on Thursday, December 06, 2007 4:39 PM

This Tips & Tricks shows one way to use the "Transition" 201-PIP_Inverse.
It allows you to simulate a shoot made with two cameras and so it give's the illusion that you are operating hi-tech equipment.

Tuto-6 Advanced possibilities with HFX

By Jan Molenaar - Published on Saturday, January 26, 2008
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Category: Tutorial Special effects HFX [EN]
Last updated on Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Created on Monday, August 27, 2007 7:45 AM

In previous tutorials for Hollywood FX, the user interface of the program has been explained. That was necessary to be able to create a simple effect. In this part of the tutorial we go further into the program and look at some advanced functions of Hollywood FX.

Tuto-5 Creating effects

By Jan Molenaar - Published on Friday, January 04, 2008
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Category: Tutorial Special effects HFX [EN]
Last updated on Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Created on Friday, August 24, 2007 12:13 PM

Creating your own effect. In the "Tuto-2 General Tutorial", we have looked at the user interface. This overview was necessary in order to find most of the essential functions. It will become very clear when you are using the program. And what better way than to create an effect yourself. In this part we will investigate this possibility.

Tuto-4 Organise your HFX effects

By Loosecannon - Published on Wednesday, December 05, 2007
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Category: Tutorial Special effects HFX [EN]
Last updated on Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Created on Thursday, November 15, 2007 4:58 PM
Now that you know how to create, edit and save FX effects (see the previous tutorials), let's learn how to organize them!

Tip-4 Closing Credits (#182)

By Kiwi - Published on Sunday, November 11, 2007
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Category: Tips & Tricks Special effects HFX [EN]
Last updated on Saturday, November 08, 2008
Created on Sunday, November 04, 2007 12:35 PM

This "tip and trick" explains how to benefit of one of the #182 transition to make a simple rolling closing credit.

Tuto-3 Prepare the saving of HFX effects

By Markk655 - Published on Sunday, October 28, 2007
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Category: Tutorial Special effects HFX [EN]
Last updated on Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Created on Thursday, September 06, 2007 6:12 PM

When working with a default Hollywood FX special effect, you will need to save it before modifying for your own personal video use. Here's how.

Tuto-2 General tutorial / Easy FX Editor

By Jan Molenaar - Published on Wednesday, September 05, 2007
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Category: Tutorial Special effects HFX [EN]
Last updated on Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Created on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 10:54 AM

The user-interface of Hollywood FX version 5.X / 6.x (Easy FX Editor) is quite different than that of the earlier versions 4.x. Users of Liquid Edition will recognize the style of this editing program.
It is a case of ‘’getting used to it’’, but soon you will find out, that it is not a cosmetic adaptation, but that there are also improvements, so that working with Hollywood FX is easier than before.
The parts of the user interface version 5.X / 6.x which are changed the most will be explained.

Tip-3 Modify "Texthere" for HFX 169

By Loosecannon - Published on Saturday, September 01, 2007
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Category: Tips & Tricks Special effects HFX [EN]
Last updated on Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Created on Sunday, August 26, 2007 4:59 PM

Here is the procedure to be applied to modify the text in special effect #169-flyofftext.

Tip-2 My HFX thumbnails in Studio are black

By Loosecannon - Published on Saturday, August 11, 2007
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Category: Tips & Tricks Special effects HFX [EN]
Last updated on Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Created on Saturday, August 11, 2007 10:27 PM

After having created a special HFX effect or installed a free HFX, you discover that your transitions thumbnails in Studio are black. The following procedure will help you to restore everything.

Tuto-12 How to use a multi screen transition ?

By Kiwi - Published on Wednesday, July 18, 2007
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Category: Tutorial Special effects HFX [EN]
Last updated on Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Created on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 12:53 PM

Effects such as "160-Multi7" or "091-Filmstrip" are called multi-screen transitions. These effects are capable of displaying multiple video clips simultaneously (animated or not). This tutorial will guide you through the setup process, step by step, to include this transition into your own production. A preview of this effect can be viewed by clicking on this link.

Tip-1 HFX effects do not appear in Studio

By Loosecannon - Published on Monday, April 23, 2007
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Category: Tips & Tricks Special effects HFX [EN]
Last updated on Thursday, July 17, 2008
Created on Sunday, April 01, 2007 4:11 AM

After having created an HFX effect or installed a free HFX, you discover that you cannot see your HFX effects listed in Pinnacle Studio (transition list). The following procedure will help you to restore everything.

Tuto-1 Files with .HFZ extension

By Loosecannon - Published on Sunday, April 22, 2007
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Category: Tutorial Special effects HFX [EN]
Last updated on Monday, September 08, 2008
Created on Sunday, April 22, 2007 2:18 AM

Lesson 1- Files with .HFZ extension
What to do with these files ?




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