The last 2007 HFX collection, concocted by "Le Papy", is available... You will always have a transition corresponding to your leisure or passion from 218_Grand_Prix to 223_Hockey.

[HFX collection]

And do not forget the HFX preview page which gives you the possibility to see transitions in action...

The whole Declic Video team (Kiwi, Le Papy, LooseCannon and EKinnaer) would like to wish you a Happy New Year !

Video produced by Kiwi using proDAD Heroglyph and Pinnacle Studio. If you can not see the video, click on this link.

May this New Year bring you all that you wish for, plenty of movies, and of course 366 days of good health and happiness.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the people who have helped me daily in improving this website. The names are already mentioned at the top of this article, but I'd like to repeat them again : Kiwi, Le Papy, Loosecannon and EKinnaer. Without them, I would not have been able to present such a website. I will also associate Gilles who brought to my attention this content management system...

I would like to add 3 people who are helping me daily in translating the articles: fjones52, Fehlmann and Mark655. Without them, the English part would be empty ! (newcomers are welcome, we always need more people to help translate the articles faster)

Finally, we can add all people visiting the website, YOU, subscribers to the mailing list or visitors, who are part of the Declic Video success !

Yes! Even more new HFX.

Coming straight from the fertile imagination of "Le Papy"  to help decorate your videos and to have a Merry Christmas, 4 Special Christmas HFX and 2 other bonus effects.

Jingle Bells, A Christmas Tree,White Christmas.... These songs reminds us that Christmas approaches. So..... Illustrated by a movie made by Kiwi with proDAD Heroglyph and Pinnacle Studio, with the song "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"

The whole Team Declic Video Fx (Kiwi, Le Papy, Loosecannon, EKinnaer) wish a Merry Christmas to you and your family as well as your friends. We hope that Santa Claus will be generous (HD camcorder, additional packs, ...)

{if you have trouble in seeing the video, click on this link to see it in our usual webpage}

After contacting proDAD team to obtain further explanations regarding Studio plugin or "stand-alone" version (*), please find hereafter the answer received, which should give you some explanations to recent questions...

proDAD answer:
Before a Standalone version could be released, I´m sure a Studio plugin will be available sooner. Please don´t be too hard with Pinnacle - they have good reasons not to release it yet but in near future. And I´m sure that finally, if the full speed and all options will be available in Mercalli for Studio, everybody will be happy.

What sense would it make to bring it sooner and having a speed barrier or less options forever?
Mercalli is a great product - Many people want it - but everybody should better wait in order to get the finally best possible plugin. Although it might be hard to wait - what we do understand of course ...

(*) A stand-alone version does not necessitate any non linear video editing software to work. You use it as an independant version, autonomous, which is not part of any video software. This way, you use it without any video software, you render your movie and then use it into your movie software.

Pinnacle launches his new additionnal module for Studio 11: TitleExtreme™.

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Please take note that a new patch has been published, available on this website. Concerns:

• New plugin for nle software: Sony Vegas and Adobe After Effects
• Helpful tips as overlay to avoid wrong settings/effects: like mosaic, etc...

You can obtain 25% discount if you purchase Mercalli through the following links :

• Mercalli Light (-25 %)
• Mercalli Expert (-25 %)

Take note that Pinnacle Studio plugin is not yet available, see the dedicated article concerning this subject on this website.

Always more HFX for your movies... This is one advantage of Declic Video FX website.

We were used to "Le Papy" transitions. This week, discover Viewmaster transition, made by Sonnetje (Sonja). We hope that she will send us many others creations as soon as possible. If you own some HFX, do not hesitate to share them, contact us !
We are very happy to receive transitions from girls/woman, they are not so present on forums !....

[Access to the new HFX collection]

Pinnacle launch new additionnal modules for Studio 11: Scorefitter™ Volume 1 and Volume 2.

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Le Papy is publishing a new collection of HFX (he has many ideas, all collection are home made). From 198_Rouleau to 203_Reseau, everybody should fine something interesting...

Free HFX transitions

And to enjoy the transitions, do not forget to take a look to the new pages: HFX preview...

It's Colok-Traductions birthday, between 11 and 13 december 2007.
The french website which propose translation of english software has reached is third year !! During this event, many software publisher has been associated to propose discount up to 50% !! Discount are not proposed for french software, but also for english one.
For christmas, take the opportunity and visit his website for additional information !! It's only during 3 days, 11 - 13 december 2007 inclusive !

To access the discount : visit http://www.colok-traductions.com

Background Rendering ... What is it?
Studio can calculate effects (plugins / transitions) behind the scenes as you work. This feature is called background rendering.

Background rendering is a feature in which the calculations needed to create an overview done as a "background task", theoretically without interrupting the work. Fortunately, this feature is optional. "Le Papy" is explaining through a new Pinnacle Studio FAQ, all the subtility of this background rendering. You will learn what is the advantage of using it or not, how to enable/disable it, in summary, you will learn everything you should know concerning this feature...

» Pinnacle Studio FAQ - Background Rendering «

I would like to take this opportunity to send a SPECIAL THANK to fjones52, fehlmann, mark655 and Loosecannon. Without their collaboration, english articles would have stopped. If you like their work, to see new articles/faq/tutorials translated every week, do not hesitate to leave a comment in this article, I am sure they will appreciate it. It will take only 1 minute of your time...

On Déclic Vidéo FX website only... If you use Adobe Première, Ulead Video, Avid Liquid, Pinnacle, Canopus, Sony, it should interest you...

[Exclusivity DV FX]

Few weeks ago, on Declic Video FX website, we make a promise... Here it is... If you work on Adobe Premiere, Ulead Video, Avid Liquid, Pinnacle, Canopus, Sony... it's christmas and you will have the promised gift ! Want to know more ???

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Do you ever think about creating custom HFX effects?

We can only encourage you ... However, a minimum of organization is needed to manage creation of your HFX album.

The measures we suggest are:

• Not to overwrite existing transitions,
• To create, edit, delete files and directories,
• To delete obsolete personal transitions,
• To modify your original files,
• To easily find transitions in the album that you have created.

Direct link to HFX tutorial
» Tuto-4 Organise your HFX effects «

Take note that the Studio FAQ "Studio and files" has been slightly updated. Two new important notices have been inserted :

• To backup a Studio project, save the project file (0 bytes) as well as the hidden folder which has the same name as the project (with all its content !!)
• Beware of some software which erase files with an empty size (0 bytes). This is to be avoided with Studio, since the project file size 0 bytes…

The DV FX team is pround to announce the new tutorial, as requested by some of you. We done everything possible to publish it asap. Various concepts are presented. If you follow this tutorial, you will be able to apply the tip & trick to your own movies. Star Wars theme, as well as family events, sportive, various... will be enhanced by using this tip & trick.

Many thanks to Le Papy for adaptation of Clopin tutorial, and updating it to current tools. I would like also to thank all of those who are working behind the scene, mamounette as well as Kiwi for the tests, Loosecannon for fine tuning the english. MANY THANKS to fjones52 who proposed his service following my last newsletter where I asked some help. Thanks to him, you will continue to have various tips & tricks, depending on his time availability. If others are interested, please contact me, more people we are, more tutorials / tips & tricks can be translated.

Pinnacle Studio Studio - "Closing Credits Star Wars"

We frequently have the same recurring questions regarding the files created by Studio. You will find a small FAQ on this particular topic, which will help you in being familiar with files and Studio.

Pinnacle Studio FAQ - Studio and files