Adding effects on players

group effects in facesThere are multiple ways to add effects on top of the content you display in players. You can combine them with group effects in faces for example, to overlay geometric patterns on top of your videos. Players are also affected by the effects you put on sequences, as they affect the whole output.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Using Post-Processing Effects on Players
  • Adding Shaders on a Player
  • Arranging Shaders
  • Managing Shader Settings
• Adding Effects to the Library

But one solution is especially made for this: you can directly put shader effects on players and they will alter any content that's displayed inside of it.

Using Post-Processing Effects on Players

The effects that can be added on players are ISF post-processing shaders. HeavyM contains a built-in library of these.

Adding Shaders on a Player

To add an effect on a player:

1. Select the player.
2. Go to its Properties on the left of the interface.
3. Click on the + icon next to "Effects".
4. Select an effect in the shaders library and double-click on it or use the "Open" button.

Note
You can add as many shaders as you want on a single player and even add the same effect multiple times.

Arranging Shaders

The order of shaders in the list has an importance: transformations are applied shader by shader, in order, from the bottom of the list to the top. That means that the one at the top of the list is applied last, after all others and this can have a great impact.

By default, each new shader added is put on top, but you can edit the order afterwards by simply drag & dropping an item in the list to change its position.

Some shader combinations have a really different output depending on the order they're in. Try messing it up!

Managing Shader Settings

Once you've added an effect, it directly affects your player, but you can disable it with the switch next to the effect name. It can be useful to toggle them ON/OFF when you want to try different combinations.

In addition, shaders can have parameters, so you can customize their effect! Most of the shaders included in HeavyM have at least one.

You can see and customize them by clicking on the cog icon next to the effect name. Most of the parameters can even be animated with variators, as you would do for group effect parameters.