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Shape editing tools – Grass Valley EDIUS Neo 3 User Manual

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EDIUS NEO — User Reference Guide

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Shape Mask Filter

Control Point

A point from which the direction of a Bezier curve that extends from a
vertex is controlled.

Segment

A portion of a shape path that is defined by a body with a vertex at either
end and any control points between these vertices.

Shape Editing Tools

After clicking the

Draw Path

button in the Mask dialog, use the editing func-

tion explained in this section to create and edit vertices and control points
along free shape paths (

Figure 634

shows the image that will be used for

these examples).

Figure 634. Bell Tower Image

Since a shape will be created that matches the upper portion of the bell
tower, the zoom and pan tools are used to enlarge and display only that
portion of the image in order to provide finer detail to the free-form shape
creation process. See Zoom and Pan Tools

on page 542

for more information

on using these tools.

Create a Vertex

Clicking the mouse creates a vertex. Move cursor to next point and click to
create another vertex and complete the segment.

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