Live effects / Video effects > Layer effects

Layers effects You can find the layers effect in the Toolbox below the tab objects in the section live effects. It is possible to combine several images or videos by using the Layers effect. There are different styles, such as adding, subtracting, lighting, shading and more.

1 Application of layers effects

Empty layers effect in the timeline

Drag the effect from the Toolbox into the Timeline.

In the effect you will find two areas: Content and effect level:

In the content field, drag the object to which the effect is to be applied.

In the effect level field, put the image or video, with which you wish to describe the up and down of the effect.

2 Settings of the effect

Settings for Layers effects

Depending on the Combine mode you choose, the appearance of the effect affects the content.

Combination mode	Effect
Adding	The lighter the areas of the effect layers are, the lighter the areas of the content levels will appear.
Subtracting	Depending on the color information of the effect level, the mixed color are subtracted.
Illuminate	Includes the alpha channel and makes semi-transparent areas glow. The brighter the areas of the effect layer are, the brighter the areas of the content layer are displayed.
Shade	Includes the alpha channel and makes semi-transparent areas darker. The mixed colors are subtracted depending on the color information of the effect layer.
Screen	Dark areas are shown transparently. This has a similar effect to two projectors projecting their images onto the same screen at the same time.
Multiplcation	Patterns and colors of the effect layer overlay the content level, where the highlights and shadows of the content area remain.
Minimum (darken)	Shows areas in the alpha channel as darker. Bright areas of effect level are highlighted.
Maximum (lighten)	Brightens areas in the alpha channel. Dark areas of the effect layer are displayed darker.
Lighter color	Stronger separation of light and dark than with adding.
Darker color	Stronger separation of light and dark than with subtraction.
Transparent areas glow	Transparent areas of the effect layer are shown glowing.
Show content track only	The content of the content track can be viewed on its own, without effects.
Show effect track only	The content of the effect track can be viewed on its own, without effects.
Adjustment
Strength	The extent to which the effect is to affect the content. Click on the curves icon to select the following:: •Value (set single value) •Curve (strength of the effect can change over time)
Post-processing	If this option is enabled, the effect will work on everything that is hidden by the effect frames in the Timeline.