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FXDeko User’s Guide

Note The Enhanced Keypad feature is available even without the

FastAction Keyboard option. Deko displays the keypad on

your VGA monitor.

To quickly call up graphics with numerical filenames, type the

filename on the keypad and press Read. The display shows the

filename as it is being typed, and advances to the sequential

file when you press Read.

The keyboard will display any alphanumeric filename, but

only numeric filenames can be entered on the numeric keypad.

To read in any filename, press Clear to clear the display, then

press Read. In the Read dialog box, type the filename.

SPECIAL FASTACTION KEYBOARD FUNCTION KEYS

Browse Graphics

Activates/deactivates the Graphic Browser Window.

Browse Typeface

Activates/deactivates the Typeface Browser Window.

Center Row

Toggles centering on current cursor row.

Char

In conjunction with arrow keys, moves, scales, rotates, skews, or

kerns characters, depending on which tool is selected.

Clear

Clears the alphanumeric display.

Clear Preview

Erases the graphic in the Preview window.

Clear Program

Erases the graphic in the Program window.

Cmd

Activates the macro or command bar.

Color 1 - Color 8

Selects the face shader for the current style from the first eight

preset shader chicklets.

Delete File

Deletes file open in the active window.

Effect

Activates single effect playback layout.

Font

Activates the Style/Font Window.

Help

Activates FXDeko Online Help.

Justify

Activates the Justify dialog box.

Contents

Main Page Table of Contents Introduction Overview of FXDeko Composing Text Composing Text (cont.) Creating Styles Specifying a Font Specifying a Look Specifying a Shader Working with Styles Graphics and Layers (cont.) Effects, Motions, and Sequences User Preferences Managing Files Working with Macros Introduction to Macros Using the Macro Recorder Macro Programming Language FXDeko Options Menu Commands (cont.) Appendixes Page Introduction WELCOME! HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL OTHER DOCUMENTS HOW TO CONTACT PINNACLE SYSTEMS What to do before you call: Pinnacle Systems Technical Support by Phone: Information and Technical Support on the Internet: Page To have FXDeko prompt before exiting: To use other applications without exiting FXDeko: EXITING WINDOWS NT To log off from Windows NT: To shut down Windows NT: Page Overview of FXDeko THE FXDEKO DESKTOP ABOUT GRAPHIC FILES Page CREATING A GRAPHIC To create a FXDeko graphic: SAVING A GRAPHIC FILE To save a graphic under a new name: Note To save a modified graphic: To save a graphic under a different video standard: Page Page OPENING A GRAPHIC FILE To open a graphic file: Notes Warning To browse for graphic files to add to a sequence: To open a graphic recorded under a different aspect ratio: Note Page Page Page To specify motion suppression options: Composing Text Page Page BOLD AND ITALIC To change normal text to bold: To change normal text to italic: UNDERLINING TEXT To underline text: ROTATING TEXT To rotate text using the keyboard: To rotate text using the mouse: To specify a numerical value for rotation: SKEWING TEXT To skew text using the keyboard: Page Page SCALING TEXT To scale text using the keyboard: To scale text using the mouse: To specify a numerical value for font size: CHARACTER SPACING (KERNING) To kern text using the keyboard: To kern text using the mouse: To specify a numerical value for kerning: CHARACTER WIDTH To change character width using the keyboard: To change character width using the mouse: To specify a numerical value for character width: ROW SPACING (LEADING) To change leading using the keyboard: To change leading using the mouse: To specify a numerical value for leading: Page FINDING AND REPLACING TEXT To find text within a graphic: To find and replace text within a graphic: MOVING TEXT To move text using the keyboard: To move text using the mouse: Note JUSTIFYING TEXT To justify text using the mouse: Page Page To cut or copy a tab stop: To paste a cut or copied tab stop: To change the decimal tab character: To display or hide tab markers: SPELL CHECKING TEXT To spell check text in the current graphic: To change spell check options: Page B ASELINE E To activate the Baseline Edit window: To draw a curved baseline: To draw a line-segment baseline: To use a rectangle or ellipse as a baseline: Note To apply a baseline: To delete or insert a point on a baseline: To reverse the direction of the baseline: To change the type of a point on the baseline: To adjust the continuity between two Bezier curves: To cancel changes to a baseline: Creating Styles Page Note INSTALLING TRUETYPE OR POSTSCRIPT FONTS To install a TrueType or Postscript font: Note COPYING AND PASTING A FONT To copy and paste a font: Page To change pin location and set width of a character: Note To specify custom typeface properties: Custom Typeface Properties SPECIFYING A LOOK ABOUT LOOKS To change the attributes of the current look: THE STYLE/LOOK WINDOW To display the Style/Look Window: Controls in the Style/Look Window: F To add or remove a face: To change the color of a face: To change other attributes of a face: FACE ATTRIBUTES E To add or remove an edge: To add additional edges: To change the color of an edge: To change other attributes of an edge: EDGE ATTRIBUTES Page S To add or remove a shadow: To add additional shadows: To change the color of a shadow: To change other attributes of a shadow: SHADOW ATTRIBUTES U To add or remove an underline: To change the color of an underline: To change other attributes of an underline: U NDERLINE A F To add or remove a frame: To add additional frames: To change the color of a frame: To change other attributes of a frame: FRAME ATTRIBUTES CUTTING AND PASTING DETAILS AND LOOKS To cut or copy a detail: To paste a detail into a Details list: Page SPECIFYING A SHADER ABOUT SHADERS Page A PPLYING A R To apply a ramp to a detail: To apply highlighting to a ramp: Ramp Options Highlight Options APPLYING A TEXTURE To apply a texture to a detail: Notes To replace one texture with another: Page Texture Options A PPLYING V To apply keyed video to a detail: A PPLYING A C EL A To apply a cel animation to a detail: Notes Cel Animation Options To play a cel animation: Notes To keep a cel animation playing once a motion ends: THE COLOR PICKER PICKING A COLOR To pick a color: To pick a color from anywhere on the desktop: USING PRESET SHADERS To apply a preset shader to a detail: Page Page Page Page Page S AVING A PRE-RENDERED S To save the current style as a pre-rendered style: Notes Graphics and Layers VIDEO STANDARD To change the current video standard: Notes ABOUT LAYERS AND BACKGROUNDS The background: T HE L AYER B T HE B To turn the background on: Page Page To specify text field properties: TEXT FIELD PROPERTIES ADDING A RECTANGLE LAYER To add a rectangle to a graphic, using the keyboard: Page LAYER PROPERTIES Page Page Page Page To paste a layer: APPENDING A GRAPHIC TO SECOND GRAPHIC To append one graphic to another graphic: Note REORDERING LAYERS To reorder layers in the active graphic: Page To specify numerical values for layer position: JUSTIFYING A LAYER To justify a rectangle, ellipse, or text layer: ROTATING A LAYER To rotate a layer using the keyboard: To rotate a layer using the mouse: To specify a numerical value for rotation: SCALING A LAYER To scale a layer using the keyboard: Page Page Effects, Motions, and Sequences ABOUT FXDEKO EFFECTS Transitional Effects Text Effects Motion Effects SINGLE EFFECT PLAYBACK To open an Effect Playback window: To play a single effect on the current graphic: To imbed an effect into a graphic: Notes CREATING A SEQUENCE To open a Sequence window: To create a sequence: To save a sequence: Page Page Page Note To compose a graphic for a crawl effect: Notes To run a crawl effect: To crawl text across a specific row of the screen: To run a continuous crawl: Notes To imbed speed changes in a roll or crawl graphic: Notes To edit imbedded speed changes: Page Page Page Page Page Page Page To add a motion to the current motion script: To delete the selected motion descriptor: To append a motion to the active motion: To save a new motion script: Note Page Page Page To specify motion parameters: Timeline Tools Page To specify a pause in a sequence: To resume a paused sequence: USING A GPI TRIGGER To connect a GPI trigger: To enable GPI triggering: Page User Preferences FXDEKO LAYOUTS A RRANGING THE D To change the FXDeko layout: Page Page Page COMMON PREFERENCES P ROMPTS P P ATHS P CURSOR PREFERENCES Page MARKER PREFERENCES ADVANCED PREFERENCES Note Page Managing Files To open one of the four most recently opened files: CLOSING FILES To close the file in the active window: To close all open files and exit FXDeko: To have FXDeko prompt to save modified files before closing them: SAVING FILES To save an untitled file or to save a file under a new name: To create a new directory: Note To save an existing file: SHARING FILES DELETING FILES Warning To delete a file or group of files: BROWSING FOR STILLS AND CLIPS To Install Thunder Browse: C ONNECTING TO AN EXISTING R EMOTE D To connect to a remote database: SETTING UP A DATABASE ON DEKO To set up file sharing on the hard drive: To create and open a database: Note To set a default database: A CCESSING STILLS AND C To open a still image from Deko: Tip To browse for images: To open a still image from Thunder Browse into Deko: To associate a clip with a Deko graphic: STORING IMAGES To save a Deko graphic in a Lightning database: Note Working with Macros INTRODUCTION TO MACROS COMMANDS AND MACROS Page Page Page Page Page To save a modified macro: APPENDING TO A MACRO To append a macro to the active macro: To view the macro: MACRO PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE C COMMAND SYNTAX P Page Accessing Object Elements V Page O Page Page C CONDITIONAL COMMANDS AND LOOPS Page S RETURN VALUES O D ATA TYPE C To convert an integer value to a real value: To convert a real value to an integer value: Page Page FXDeko Options ABOUT FXDEKO OPTIONS To see what FXDeko options are enabled on your system: Page AUTOMATION Note THE AUTOMATION WINDOW To open the Automation window: Automation window fields: To start Automation immediately every time you start FXDeko: AUTOMATION GRAPHICS To define a layer for automation: Notes Page To specify timecode settings: D ATABASE C To view installed ODBC drivers: To specify a DSN: To set up a layer to query a database: DATABASE WINDOW OPTIONS: To use a variable Field Value ($FieldValue): Page CHYRON IMPORT To open the Chyron Import window: To import a Chyron message file: Note To map a Chyron bitmap font onto a TrueType font: Page Page R ECORDING AND I MPORTING C To verify the compression protocol: To record a new clip from input video: To import a clip to the browser database: USING CLIPS WITH KEY Page Page Page Note To rename a clip: To delete a clip from the browser database: FASTACTION KEYBOARD ENABLING THE FASTACTION KEYBOARD To enable/disable FastAction function keys (F1 - F12): Note To enable/disable the enhanced keypad: Note SPECIAL FASTACTION KEYBOARD FUNCTION KEYS Page Page ROCKET SPORTSWARE A BOUT MACRO A To enable Macro Autoplay: ABOUT POPS CREATING POPS To create a text pop: To create a style pop: To create a place pop: Note Page Page Menu Commands B Page C E Page F Page H L Page M O P Page Page S Page T V W Page Page Shortcut Keys WINDOW SELECTION BACKGROUND AND LAYERS C HANNEL C CUT AND PASTE F FIND AND REPLACE FORMATTING TEXT JUSTIFYING TEXT M PRESET STYLES SELECTING TEXT S TRANSFORMING TEXT/LAYERS F1 - F12 Keys Glossary Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Index A B C D E F G H I K L M O P R S T U V W