Translate Effect

Effect Translate

Overview

The Translate Effect () translates the video position (moves it) within the display screen by the Target value (in pixels). Translation animation begins at the From value and continues up to (or down to) the To value (see Figure 2.). Check the Apply a From Value checkbox to use the From value. If a From is not applied, translation will begin at the current position. A translation effect may be useful when another effect (ex rotation) moves the video out of the viewable surface of the screen window.

You can Translate in either positive or negative X or Y values. See the Screen Coordinates System section for details on X or Y values.

Give the effect a short Name that will identify its purpose or values.

See the Timing section for details on timing the animation of the effect.

Target Values

• Valid Range  -10,000.0 to +10,000.0

In Figure 1, Translation moves the video from (X,Y : 0,0) to (X,Y : 4,2). The Arrow shows the direction of the movement.

Favorite Values

As a productivity aid, you can save the entire effect (all values on all tabs) as a Favorite with the Save as Favorite Values button. Then you can set all values of an effect from the Favorite values using the Set from Favorite Values button. Separate favorites are saved for each type of effect (Translate, rotation, etc).

Translate Example

In this Screen, we set Translate Targets to X=50, Y=25 (Figure 3). Notice that the video moves out of the Screen bounds (white bordered rectangle) as it is translated. Translate is most useful when combined with other effects, for example when also Scaling or Rotating a video to keep the video within the Screen bounds during animation.