Rotate Effects

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The following XML defines the "rotate" category of effects in Windows Movie Maker. These effects rotate the video image by a specified number of degrees.

Following the XML are tables that specify which parameters in this XML can be changed, and which cannot.

<TransitionsAndEffects Version="2.8">
    <Effects>
        <EffectDLL guid="TFX">
            <Effect nameID="62871" iconid="21" guid="Rotate 90" comment="Rotate 90" shadermodel="2">
                <Param name="Animation" value="FX" />
                <Param name="FXFile" value="Parity.fx" />
                <Param name="Technique" value="Rotate" />
                <RotationDegree value="90" />
            </Effect>
            <Effect nameID="62872" iconid="22" guid="Rotate 180" comment="Rotate 180" shadermodel="2">
                <Param name="Animation" value="FX" />
                <Param name="FXFile" value="Parity.fx" />
                <Param name="Technique" value="Rotate" />
                <RotationDegree value="180" />
            </Effect>
            <Effect nameID="62873" iconid="23" guid="Rotate 270" comment="Rotate 270" shadermodel="2">
                <Param name="Animation" value="FX" />
                <Param name="FXFile" value="Parity.fx" />
                <Param name="Technique" value="Rotate" />
                <RotationDegree value="270" />
            </Effect>
            <Effect nameID="62796" iconid="24" guid="Spin 360" comment="Spin 360" shadermodel="2">
                <Param name="Animation" value="FX" />
                <Param name="FXFile" value="Parity.fx" />
                <Param name="Technique" value="Rotate" />
                <RotationDegree evaluation="Linear" type="float">
                    <Point time="0.0" value="0.0"/>
                    <Point time="1.0" value="360.0"/>
                </RotationDegree>
                <CameraZoom evaluation="Linear" type="float">
                    <Point time="0.0" value="1.0"/>
                    <Point time="0.35" value="0.80"/>
                    <Point time="0.5" value="0.75"/>
                    <Point time="0.65" value="0.80"/>
                    <Point time="1.0" value="1.0"/>
                </CameraZoom>
            </Effect>
        </EffectDLL>
    </Effects>
</TransitionsAndEffects>

Non-Customizable Parameters

Parameter Value
Animation FX
FXFile Parity.fx
Technique Rotate

Customizable Parameters

Parameter or
element		 Type Range/options Description
RotationDegree int 0 – 360 The number of degrees to rotate the output video.
CameraZoom float 0.0 – 1.0 The relative "distance" of the viewport from the original video image. The smaller this value is, the higher the zoom magnification.
Point float 0.0 – 1.0 The point within the duration of the effect at which the enclosing element will have the specified value. When the time attribute is equal to 0.0, it indicates the starting point of the clip; when the time attribute is equal to 1.0, it indicates the end point of the clip.

For more information on the Point element, see Changes to the XML Schema.

Requirements

Client: Windows Vista

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