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EDITING FOR MOVING PICTURES

You drag this effect to the Viewer Window and click on the Filters
tab.

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You turn the rotation angle control to read 180 . Now you look
◦
at the Canvas Window to see the result. Sure enough, it worked!
Although the image is still faint and will need to have its brightness
raised (using the Brightness and Contrast filter in the Video Filters/Image
Control folder), you can now read the words outlined on the surface
of the dining room mirror: “Less is best,” the calling card of an eco-
terrorist group that had previously threatened to make trouble for this
construction project. You quickly trim the remaining clips and select
Print to Video in the File Menu to record your masterpiece back to tape.