User Interface

The Lens Video effect adds a fish-eye-like filter to the video by magnifying an area of the video. The property page is shown in the following figure:

The Lens property page provides a user interface to change the filter's attributes.

Changes will be applied directly to the streaming media with the ability to set them permanently by clicking Apply or OK, or to abandon changes by clicking Cancel. Positioning the mouse pointer over a control displays general information for that control. The following table shows the controls and their descriptions:

 

Control

Description

Enable check box

Enables/Disables the effect.

Refraction slider

Controls the concavity of the lens, which affects the magnification. Range: 1 to 160.

Keep original surroundings check box

Controls the lens surroundings. If selected, takes the lens surroundings from the same frame.
If cleared, sets the lens surroundings to white.

Enable effect area check box

Enables/Disables the effect for a cropped video area. Area limits are set using the Left, Top, Right and Bottom controls.

Left spin edit control

Left boundary of the effect area.

Top spin edit control

Top boundary of the effect area.

Right spin edit control

Right boundary of the effect area.

Bottom spin edit control

Bottom boundary of the effect area.