The broad categories of DVE's offered out of the box with Video Toaster [2] include:

• Expansions
• Wipes
• Curls
• Trajectories
• Fades
• ChromaFX Overlays
• Rotations
• Compressions
• Borders
• Miscellaneous
  (I mean, where else does one put a Stampeding Sheep wipe?)

In all, there are currently more than 300 transitions available, and these transitions can be used in either normal or in reverse mode, bringing the count above 600.

That last category, ChromaFX, may need a little explanation to people new to the Video Toaster. ChromaFX is a method of manipulating the real time video and replacing certain brightness values with others. This gives you the power to change the color of your sky, to color-correct footage, or to even make the video appear as if it's painted with chrome. It can sometimes prove a challenge to our content creation team to describe in a single thumbnail image precisely what the effect will do when launched. While looking at a folder full of wipe categories, it quickly becomes apparent what each does. Or it should. Just to make your job easier, hovering the mouse over any of the file icons will animate that icon.

So then, when quickly browsing through a large number of curl wipes, you place your mouse over one of the choices, and are greeted with .

That makes it perfectly clear what you'll get. The same applies to every wipe in the library. It doesn't get any easier than that, does it?

While the debate rages over whether video production has become driven entirely by special effects, we at NewTek believe it's important to provide the maximum in power, flexibility and FUN in visual communication. Just remember after you possess the unique power of Video Toaster [2] to please "Wipe Responsibly".