Pinnacle Speakers DEKO500 Creating Styles, Graphics and Layers

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Deko500 User’s Guide
Tab Stops .................................................................................................................................35
Using Undo..............................................................................................................................36
Creating Styles
SPECIFYING A FONT
About Fonts..............................................................................................................................38
The Style/Font Window...........................................................................................................38
Installing TrueType and Postscript Fonts.................................................................................40
Copying and Pasting a Font.....................................................................................................40
Custom Typeface..................................................................................................................... 41
SPECIFYING A LOOK
About Looks.............................................................................................................................43
The Style/Look Window..........................................................................................................43
Face..........................................................................................................................................44
Face Attributes.........................................................................................................................45
Edge......................................................................................................................................... 45
Edge Attributes.........................................................................................................................46
Shadow.....................................................................................................................................48
Shadow Attributes....................................................................................................................49
Underline..................................................................................................................................51
Underline Attributes.................................................................................................................52
Frame .......................................................................................................................................53
Frame Attributes.......................................................................................................................54
Cutting and Pasting Details and Looks....................................................................................55
SPECIFYING A SHADER
About Shaders..........................................................................................................................57
Activating a Shader..................................................................................................................58
Applying a Color......................................................................................................................58
Applying a Ramp.....................................................................................................................59
Ramp Options ..........................................................................................................................59
Highlight Options.....................................................................................................................60
Applying a Texture..................................................................................................................60
Texture Options........................................................................................................................61
The Color Picker......................................................................................................................63
Picking a Color.........................................................................................................................64
Using Preset Shaders................................................................................................................65
WORKING WITH STYLES
The Current Style Window...................................................................................................... 66
Saving a Style...........................................................................................................................67
Copying and Pasting a Style.....................................................................................................67
Assigning a Style to a Style Preset...........................................................................................67
Retrieving a Style.....................................................................................................................68
Saving Preset Styles.................................................................................................................69
Saving a Pre-rendered Style.....................................................................................................70
Graphics and Layers
Video Standard.........................................................................................................................71
About Layers and Backgrounds...............................................................................................71
The Background.......................................................................................................................73
Adding a Text Field .................................................................................................................74
Text Field Properties................................................................................................................75
Adding a Rectangle Layer........................................................................................................77
Adding an Ellipse Layer...........................................................................................................77
Specifying Layer Properties.....................................................................................................78
Layer Properties.......................................................................................................................78
Selecting a Layer......................................................................................................................79