you can create your own organic wipe patterns and add them to the matrox realtime plug-in for use in your projects. organic wipes use grayscale gradient patterns to switch from one image to another by gradually revealing the second image in a certain pattern. a progressive transition occurs between your initial image (video 1a), represented by the white areas of your gradient pattern, and your final image (video 1b), represented by the black areas.

    the following pattern is used for the 2-corner diag organic wipe in the matrox plug in:

   

    when you apply this organic wipe, you'll see it affect your clips halfway through the transition like this:

   

    creating a subdirectory for your new organic wipes

    your new organic wipes must be added to a subdirectory where you installed matrox x.tools. if you chose the default location when you installed matrox x.tools, your matrox organic wipes will be installed at:

    program files\matrox x.tools\effects\organic wipes

    under the organic wipes directory, create a new subdirectory in which to store your own organic wipe patterns, such as:

    program files\matrox x.tools\effects\organic wipes\my patterns

    to create your own organic wipe patterns for use in a widescreen production, create them with a 16:9 aspect ratio. for more information, see "creating a production in 16:9 format" on page 61.

    creating your own organic wipe patterns in adobe photoshop le

    1 start adobe photoshop le, then choose file ] new.

    2 in the new dialog box, define the size of your image:

    for an ntsc image, select 720 pixels for width and 480 pixels for height.

    for a pal image, select 720 pixels for width and 576 pixels for height.

    1 if you want to create an organic wipe for use in a widescreen (16:9) production, create your image at 853×480 (ntsc) or 1024×576 (pal).

    2 after you've created your image, resize only its width to 720. when you do this, your graphic will appear elongated on your computer screen.

    3 choose image ] mode, then select grayscale and 8 bits/channel.

    4 create your organic wipe pattern using any of the tools in the toolbox. the gradient tools, however, work best for creating organic wipe patterns.

    5 when finished, choose file ] save as, name your file, select targa [*.tga, *.vda, *.icb, *.vst] as the file type, and select your subdirectory under the organic wipes directory.

    6 when you open your subdirectory within the matrox realtime plug-in for adobe premiere, you'll see that the new effect was found, and an icon of your pattern will be added to the effect list.

    while these instructions are for creating organic wipe patterns with adobe photoshop le, you can use any image-editing software's long as you specify the correct image size, select 8-bit grayscale, and save your pattern as a .tga file. if your program provides the option of saving your .tga file as compressed or uncompressed, make sure you select the uncompressed option.