Screen layout, that is a set of the sizes and positions of the materials on the display layers (except for the fixed positioned background layer), is defined when materials are dropped on the playlist according to the selected template, but you can adjust layout settings of each event line later.
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1 In the Playlist window, | • Select the layer in the Screen Layout window, right- | ||||
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| The Screen Layout window and the Layout Settings | Video layer, clicking [Original Size] restricts the | |||
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| Clicking any point in the Screen Layout window | recognize the size of the web page. | |||
| displays a popup menu. [View: 50%] and [View: | When you click any point in the Template Settings | |||
| 100%] on the menu change the Screen Layout window | dialog box, the values change accordingly. | |||
| size. | • Change the values of the relevant text boxes in the | |||
2 Specify sizes and positions of layers to be used. | Layout Settings dialog box. | ||||
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| Do the following for all the layers, respectively. | point in the Screen Layout window, the position and/ | |||
| • Click the layer in the Screen Layout window, then | or size of the layer(s) change accordingly. | |||
| • Place check marks in the Original Aspect Ratio | ||||
| select a handle of the layer and drag it to the desired | check boxes in the Layout Settings dialog box. | |||
| position and size. | When you click the layer in the Screen Layout | |||
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| dialog box, the values change according to the | aspect ratio of that layer returns to that of the | |||
| position and size of the layer in the Screen Layout | original. Then, you can change the position or the | |||
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