Blend Modes with Filters in Avid Xpress Pro on Tiger
StudioMonthly Tutorial by Tim Wilson Sr. Product Marketing Manager - Avid Technology 
Blend modes produce dramatic looks, but they’re processing intensive. By harnessing the power of the Tiger OS and your computer’s graphics card (GPU), Avid provides real-time compositing power! STEP 1: Apply filters to clips and sequences The easiest way to begin is to drop any of the more than 80 Noise Industries plug-in filters (bundled with Noise’s standalone Factory Floor app in Xpress Pro as "Factory Tools") onto a video or still image clip, or  a very cool Avid technique  onto any blank track above the sequence you’d like to affect. Filter a whole sequence in one stroke! Even better, you can build your own custom filters, or customize existing ones, with this same OS-level technology. I’ll show you how to add an advanced compositing tool to your Avid real-time animated blend modes. read more...
Blend modes produce dramatic looks, but they’re processing intensive. By harnessing the power of the Tiger OS and your computer’s graphics card (GPU), Avid provides real-time compositing power! STEP 1: Apply filters to clips and sequences The easiest way to begin is to drop any of the more than 80 Noise Industries plug-in filters (bundled with Noise’s standalone Factory Floor app in Xpress Pro as "Factory Tools") onto a video or still image clip, or  a very cool Avid technique  onto any blank track above the sequence you’d like to affect. Filter a whole sequence in one stroke! Even better, you can build your own custom filters, or customize existing ones, with this same OS-level technology. I’ll show you how to add an advanced compositing tool to your Avid real-time animated blend modes. read more...