NewTek TriCaster 2 Elite (3 RU) - Manual (Page 119)

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B ORDERS , E DGES AND SHADOWS
FIGURE 115
The Borders, Edges and Shadows group also provides each DSK , KEY and M/E layer with three quick access
Border preset slots (Figure 115).
Hint: Since these are per-layer Position effects and can be controlled – even animated – by Comps, you can use
the Borders feature to create custom multi-box compositions in M/Es.
These powerful effects can include full color
overlays, backgrounds, matte layers for ‘keyhole’
effects, and shadows.
You can freely scale, position and rotate various
Switcher sources, add custom borders, overlays,
shadows, and so-on, over custom backgrounds or
even live or animated sources
– all without special
skills or resorting to Virtual Set Editor .
In addition to hundreds of supplied borders, you
can easily create elaborate custom effects using
Photoshop. You need merely define a Photoshop format file
with three (rasterized) layers. The uppermost layer contains foreground elements
(such as a bezel). The next layer is treated as a mask based on opacity and defines the part of the source
image that will appear in the result. The ‘bottom’ layer supplies a background to appear behind transparent
parts of the source (as, for example, when LiveMatte is applied to a source).
A template PSD file is supplied to assist you to do this. You will find the multi-layer Photoshop file in the
Borders folder at C:\ProgramData\NewTek\(
TriCaster )\Effects\Borders.
FIGURE 116