Offset and Wrap

*new since VEGAS Pro 21*

The VEGAS Offset and Wrap OFX plug-in allows you to apply motion effects to your video images, enabling features like sliding the video in any direction and wrapping the content from one edge to another. You can also tile or mirror the image for additional special effects. This tool works excellently in combination with Adjustment events to create modern and exciting video transitions and other effects.

Creative Custom Transitions using Adjustment Events, Offset and Wrap, Linear Blur

Adding Adjustment Event

  1. Place two video clips on your timeline, ensuring that the second event overlaps the first event to create a crossfade effect lasting approximately two seconds. This longer duration will make it easier to observe the results.

  2. Choose "Insert | Video Track" to add a new video track.

  3. With the newly added video track selected, choose "Insert | Adjustment Event".

  4. Reposition the adjustment event so that its center aligns roughly with the center of the crossfade on the track below.

Applying Offset Plugin and configuring Wrap Modes

  1. Click on the "Video FX" tab and select "Offset and Wrap" from the list of plug-ins.

  2. Drag and drop the "Default" preset onto the adjustment event.

  3. In the "Video Event FX" window, click on the Expand arrow for the "Offset" parameter control.

  4. Adjust the control within the rectangle to define the desired offset angle. Observe the changes in the Video Preview window as you modify the angle. The video wraps around from the right edge to the left as you drag to the right, allowing you to offset the image center.

  5. Move the "Count" slider to reduce the video's size, causing tiled images of the video to repeat and fill the video frame.

  6. Click the "Wrap Mode" drop-down arrow and set both the "Horizontal Wrap Mode" and "Vertical Wrap Mode" values to:

    • "Off" to create a picture-in-picture effect.

    • "Mirror" to observe the effect

    • "Repeat".

  7. Double-click the "Count" slider to restore it to the default value of 1.0.

Creating Movement

  1. Double-click the control to reset it.

  2. Click the "Animate" button for the "Offset" value.

  3. In the keyframe animation timeline, click the "First Keyframe" button to set the initial keyframe.

  4. Click the "Last Keyframe" button and enter "1.0, 1.0" in the Offset text box or drag the Angle anchor to the top-right corner of the graph.

  5. Place the cursor before the Adjustment event in the main timeline and play the project to observe the image moving at a 45-degree angle towards the top right as the cursor passes through the Adjustment event.

Adding Linear Blur Effect

  1. In the Video FX window, select the "Linear Blur" effect from the list of plug-ins.

  2. Drag and drop the "45 Degrees" preset onto the Adjustment event.

  3. Click the "Animate" button for the "Amount" setting.

  4. Create three keyframes in the keyframe animation timeline: one at the beginning, one in the middle, and one at the end of the keyframe controller timeline.

  5. Set the two end keyframe values to "0.0" and the middle keyframe value to "1.0".

  6. Play your project to witness the final effect of your custom transition.