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Sunday, June 29, 2008

REVIEW: proDad Vitascene

Using Vitascene is a little different than just applying an effect or transition.  In Premiere Pro, you’ll find the proDad folder nestled in with all the other effects or transitions, and when you open it you’ll see the Vitascene plug.  When you drag the plug to the clip or transition you want to effect, all you will get is a default ripple wipe.  It’s when you go to the Effect Controls pane in Premiere Pro and click the “Setup” button that the fun begins. 

The Vitascene application opens in a separate window, offering you thumbnails of all the installed effects in a file manager pane.  To the right is a preview window with your footage or transition point.  To apply an effect, simply drag it over to the preview window, sit back and watch the transition play with its associated default settings.  If you want to modify the effect, sliders for adjustable parameters lie just below the file manager window.  Tweak away!  You can even adjust parameters over time with easy-to-use keyframes.  It is ridiculously easy to become mesmerized with the variables available to you – you could tweak for hours and never get bored.  Once you get the look you want, remember:  If you don’t exit Vitascene by hitting the [F12] key, your effect or transition will not get transferred back to the NLE!  So hit [F12].

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