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By right clicking on the graphical display area with your mouse the following options
will appear:
First, a short tutorial....
By default, all adjusters (the blue dots) are Grouped. That is they are coupled to each
other so that if you grab one with the mouse (single left click and hold) and then slide
the mouse up and down, all blue points move up and down together.
If you double click a blue dot, it turns red to indicate that it has been selected, after
which it may be moved individually to anywhere along the vertical scale.
If you now double click another blue dot somewhere else on the line, it too will turn
red....
Now if you move the mouse to a point between the two dots selected in the above
steps, right click the mouse, and select UnGroup Adjusters, all the dots between the first
two dots that were double clicked to turn them orange will also turn red.
At this point all of the dots can be individually adjusted up or down. If you now place
the mouse over the same graphical area, right click again and this time select Group
Adjusters the points between the first two that you highlighted will turn back to blue. If
you then grab the line between these points with the mouse again (left click and drag)
you can move the entire line connecting the two highlighted end dots up and down, with
the two end points remaining anchored in place. Cool, eh?
Right clicking on the graphical area and selecting Group All Adjusters removes
all highlighted dots turning them blue again. Conversely, right clicking and selecting
UnGroup All Adjusters turns all (remaining) blue points red and they can now each be
individually adjusted.
The Flatten function, although next in the list, is best explained last....
Highlight a single dot again ... any dot will do. Then right click the graphical area
and select Proportional Drag. Now left click any dot to the left or right of the dot you
highlighted and drag it up or down. See how the line behaves? It pivots at the point where
you highlighted the dot, and it bends at the point where you grabbed it with the mouse.
Virtually ANY curve can be created by following these steps. Now right click again and
this time select Flat Drag. Grab the line again... anywhere (left click and drag)... and
move it up and down. See how the line pivots at the highlighted point but remains flat
above or below it as you raise and lower the line?
FM-531HD / May 2013
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