EFFECTS

In WATCHOUT, Effects (called tweens in previous WATCHOUT versions) are applied to media Cues. An Effect is a real-time change to a media Cue when it is played back.

EFFECT MENU

Effects can be toggled on a media Cue by selecting it in the Timeline and using the Effect menu, or right clicking the Cue, and accessing the Effect menu that way.

Effect menu options

EFFECT VIEW

Effects are shown in a single unified view. To the left there is a collapsible list of the Cue's Effects. To the right is the keyframes/tween points and their curves.

Effect view interface

Left View

This effect list contains:

  1. The color of the effect
  2. A checkbox if the effect is enabled/disabled in rendering
  3. An eye icon to mute this effect in the right view
  4. Effect name and value

Tip 1: You can change what color a tween has in Edit Menu/Tween Colors

Tip 2: You can "solo" a tween by shift-clicking the eye icon

Right View

Here you add and move key points. Multi-select works to move many points at once.

Tip: You can move key points to the same time by multi-selecting and changing their time property.

Read more about Tween Points here

You can also edit the tween points in their property window.

In the Properties window for Effects you can generally edit the Expression for this Effect. Normally the expression is only tweenValue, but this may be changed to any expression you want.

Additional Resources

Advanced Control: Learn how to drive effects with Expressions and Variables

Effect Reference: View the complete list of all Tweenable Effects