Welcome! This help guide holds everything you need to know about Pixelan Software's Easy Packs.

This help applies to the Easy Packs version for Adobe Premiere Pro CC (Creative Cloud 2017 or later). If you have Premiere Elements or earlier Premiere Pro CC, please install and use the Easy Packs version for Adobe Premiere (Pro or Elements).

Contents

•How to Apply Easy Transitions in Premiere
•How to Apply Easy Effects in Premiere
•Working with Effects Browser -- Presets
•Easy SpiceMaster's Unique Capabilities -- Working with Spices

 How to Apply Easy Transitions in Adobe Premiere Pro

In Adobe Premiere Pro (Creative Cloud 2017 or later):
1. From the Effects panel (Video Transitions > Pixelan folder) of Premiere Pro, drag an easy transition item onto a cut point between two clips. [Screenshot] It will then appear in the Effect Controls panel of Premiere Pro.
2. Click the applied transition in the Premiere timeline to activate it. Drag the transition's edge to adjust its duration as desired.
3. In the Effect Controls panel, click the Click here to load a preset... button [Screenshot] to open our large Effects Browser window. See below for the basic steps to using Effects Browser.
COOL TIP: Set the transition's progress over time, using the Progress controls. To ease-In/out the transition select a handy preset in the Progress menu OR select Via Progress Slider and add the desired keyframes to Progress slider. To hold a transition, set two adjacent keyframes to equal value.

 How to Apply Easy Effects in Adobe Premiere Pro

In Adobe Premiere Pro (Creative Cloud 2017 or later):
1. From the Effects panel (Video Effects > Pixelan folder) of Premiere Pro, drag an easy effect item on a clip. [Screenshot] It will then appear in the Effect Controls panel of Premiere Pro.
2. In the Effect Controls panel, click the Click here to load a preset... button [Screenshot] to open our large Effects Browser window. See below for the basic steps to using Effects Browser.

 Pre-Made Video Transitions and Effects

Easy Packs Presets

Easy Packs has two types of presets -- Effects Browser presets and Premiere Effect presets.

Effects Browser presets

This is the most powerful and visual way to access presets and is where HUNDREDS of presets are located. Click the Click here to load a preset... button at the top of the pack interface to open a large Effects Browser window to visually choose/compare pre-made effects. The Effects Browser is shown below. To explore presets, click a folder in the left pane, then click a thumbnail image to see animated preview. Double-click to apply.

Handy tips while working within the Effects Browser:
• To scroll through presets in a folder while keeping your eye on the top preview image for comparison, click a thumbnail in the right pane then use arrow keys.
• To increase/decrease the thumbnail image size, use the Size button at the bottom of the Effects Browser.
• To copy a favorite preset into the My Favorites folder located atop the left column of preset folders, right-click any preset image and choose Copy to My Favorites. To copy the preset into a subfolder within that folder (such as if you want to organize presets per project or per client), right-click the preset and choose Copy to My Favorites >> [new subfolder]. You can then name the subfolder as desired. After the subfolder is created, it will also appear in the right-click menu.
• To rename a preset that is in the My Favorites folder, right-click the preset there and choose Rename this preset. To remove a My Favorites preset, right-click and choose Delete this preset.
• To hide any preset, right-click the preset and choose Hide this preset. To show all hidden presets in a folder, right-click any preset in that folder and choose Restore all hidden presets from this folder. To temporarily view the folder's hidden presets, which can be handy if you just want to momentarily browse them, choose Temporarily show hidden presets.
• To toggle between viewing the source file image and the selected preset, click the top large preview image in the Effects Browser.

Time-saving tips to load presets faster:
The Effects Browser is fast, but sometimes you may already know which preset you want to use, such as when you are applying the same preset repeatedly in a project. In that situation, selecting a preset by one of the following methods can be faster... To see recently chosen Effects Browser presets, click the Recent button. For a drop-down menu of Effects Browser presets, click the Menu button. To use a standard Open file dialog box, click the Open button.

Premiere Effect Presets

If you prefer, you can save Easy Packs presets as effect presets in the usual place within Premiere, by choosing Save Preset from the Effect Controls panel menu. The saved presets will apear in Premiere's Effects panel, Presets section.

 Easy SpiceMaster -- Working with Spices

In SpiceMaster, you can easily combine presets (pre-made border, shadow, softness, etc.) with hundreds of pre-made transition geometries (Spices) and get thousands of compelling new video transitions.
Click the Choose Spice File button located in Easy SpiceMaster's interface to open a large Spice Library window and visually choose/compare from hundreds of spices.
To select a spice immediately after selecting a preset, select (click on) preset icon in Effects Browser and then click Select Spice and Open button.

Spice Library

Spice Library presets

Each 'spice' is a specially-designed grayscale map that guides SpiceMaster. SpiceMaster uses the brightness of the pixels (in the spice file's image, not your content), to control the transition's shape and direction. It's simple in concept but incredibly flexible and organic in its creative possibilities compared to the usual hard-edged, limited-adjustment, standard algorithmic effects.
Click a subfolder in the Library's left pane, as shown below. Thumbnail-size previews of available spices will then play in the right pane so you can visually compare and choose the best effect design for your segment.
Double-click a thumbnail in the Library's right pane to select the effect and close the Library.

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