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Value, Performance, Reliability
User's Guide
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  • Page 1 Character Generator Value, Performance, Reliability User’s Guide PPN: 253000-USRMAN Revision B 280 N. Bernardo, Mountain View, CA 94043...
  • Page 2 COPYRIGHT Copyright © 1999 Pinnacle Systems, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Portions of the software described in this document Copyright © 1985-1999 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Portions of the software described in this document Copyright © 1991-1999 Arthur D. Applegate. All Rights Reserved. TRADEMARKS Microsoft is a registered trademark, and Windows and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Introduction Welcome! ...5 How to Use This Manual ...6 How to Contact Pinnacle Systems...7 Starting Windows NT ...8 Starting Deko500 ...8 Exiting Deko500 ...9 Exiting Windows NT ...9 Overview of Deko500 The Deko500 Desktop...11 About Graphic Files ...11 The Program Window ...11...
  • Page 4 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 Deko500 User’s Guide Table of Contents...
  • Page 5 Moving a Layer ...82 Justifying a Layer...84 Rotating a Layer...84 Scaling a Layer...85 Skewing a Layer...86 Effects and Sequences About Deko500 Effects...87 Creating a Sequence...88 Composing Rolls...90 Composing Crawls ...91 Browsing for Graphics in a Sequence ...91 Selecting Events ...92 Cutting and Pasting Events ...93...
  • Page 6 Parameters...117 Variables ...119 Operators...121 Comments ...124 Conditional Commands and Loops ...124 Subroutines...126 Return Values...127 Objects ...127 Data Type Conversions ...128 Deko500 Options About Deko500 Options ...130 Automation...130 Chyron Import...135 FastAction Keyboard ...137 Sportsware...140 StillDeko ...144 Menus Baseline...147 Channel ...148 Edit...149 File ...151...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Deko500 offers unprecedented performance in a broadcast-quality character generator, including: Like a word processor, Deko500 offers a variety of tools for typing text and for selecting fonts and styles. Like a page layout program, Deko500 allows total flexibility in positioning text and full-color graphic elements on the screen.

  • Page 8: How To Use This Manual

    Deko500 Installation Guide. If you’re familiar with other Windows applications like Word or WordPerfect, we think you’ll find using Deko500 easy and natural. If you know Windows, but not Windows NT, you have nothing to worry about—their operation is almost identical.

  • Page 9: How To Contact Pinnacle Systems

    Using this Manual and Contacting Pinnacle YSTEMS Product name and software version number Product serial number (in the Help menu, choose About) Type of computer hardware you are using Precise description of problem and attempted solutions Exact wording of any error messages Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 10: Starting Windows Nt

    Enter your user name and password, then press Enter. If you don’t have a user name, log on as user Deko500. This user name is installed at the factory and does not require a password. Once you log on, you will see the Windows NT Program Manager.

  • Page 11: Exiting Deko500

    To log off from Windows NT: Starting and Exiting Deko500 In the Windows NT Program Manager, hold Ctrl down and drag the Deko500 program icon into the Startup group. Refer to your Windows NT documentation for more information. Do one of the following: Double-click the control icon at the left end of the Deko500 program title bar, or choose Close from the control icon menu.
  • Page 12 Starting and Exiting Deko500 To shut down Windows NT: Exit Deko500. In the Windows NT Program Manager, do one of the following: Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete, then choose Shutdown. Double-click the control icon at the left end of the Program Manager title bar, then choose Shutdown.

  • Page 13: Overview Of Deko500

    RAPHIC ILES The main function of Deko500 is the creation and display of graphic files. You create a Deko500 graphic, including text and background elements, in a Program window. Once created, a graphic may be saved on disk in a graphic file.

  • Page 14: Creating A Graphic

    Use the cursor keys or click the mouse to position the text cursor. Type any desired text. Use any of Deko500’s compositional tools to select fonts and styles, add geometric shape or text layers, position layers, etc. Save the graphic, by choosing Save Graphic As (F12) from the File menu.
  • Page 15 In the Video Standard text box, select NTSC. In the Video Standard text box, select PAL. In the Video Standard text box, select custom, then enter Horizontal pixel and Vertical pixel values. Click OK or press Enter. Deko500 User’s Guide...
  • Page 16 In the Save Graphic As dialog box, choose Options. Check Add automatic comment, based on text in file. Click OK or press Enter. Deko500 will automatically fill in the comment field with the content of the graphic’s first text field.

  • Page 17: Opening A Graphic File

    Choose the file from the File Name list box or type the file name in the File Name text box, then click OK or press Enter. The next time you call up the File Open dialog box, Deko500 will prompt you with the name of the next file in the current directory.
  • Page 18 File Name text box, then click OK or press Enter. Note Clip to fit and Pad to fit maintain the graphic’s original aspect ratio. Scale to fit distorts it. To re-open the graphic file in the active window: From the File menu, choose Revert. Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 19: Keying

    To transfer a GF/Halo/Kseries/Presto image to Deko500: Note EYING Using Deko500’s built-in keyer, you can key text and graphics over live video. Or, you can use Deko500’s linear key output to key text and graphics downstream, using a switcher. To turn Deko500’s keyer on: To turn Deko500’s keyer off:...

  • Page 20: Frame Grabbing

    Select to enable frame grabbing of shaped input video. This selection is not available if Grab With Key is not selected. Connect an input signal to Deko500. See Video Inputs in the Deko500 Installation Guide. From the Channel menu, choose Frame Grab.

  • Page 21: Composing Text

    Shift and press right or left arrow. From the top left of the text, drag across, then down the text. Press Insert and Tab to the text field, or choose Select Field from the Edit menu. Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 22: Selecting A Typeface

    Press any arrow key ( Select the text to which you will apply the new typeface. If no text is selected, Deko500 applies changes to the current style. Do one of the following: From the View menu, choose Browser, then choose Browse Typefaces from the File menu.

  • Page 23: Using An International Character Set

    Type or scroll to the new keyboard layout. Any keyboard layout installed in Windows NT is automatically available in Deko500. In the Windows NT Program Manager, double-click Main, Control Panel, then International. Refer to Windows NT documentation for more detailed information.

  • Page 24: Bold And Italic

    Press the underline button on the text bar (Ctrl+U). To change text back to normal, unpress the underline button. In the Options menu, choose Transform/Rotate & Skew (Ctrl+R). In the Options menu, choose Transform and set increment of change to Coarse or Fine (Ctrl+spacebar). Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 25: Skewing Text

    Move the pointer near the dotted line surrounding selected text, so that the pointer becomes the rotation tool. Drag to rotate selected text. Select the text to rotate. If no text is selected, Deko500 applies changes to the current style. Activate the Style window.

  • Page 26: Small Caps

    To change selected text to upper case: Changing Text Appearance, Size, and Spacing Drag the handle to skew selected text. Select the characters to skew. If no text is selected, Deko500 applies changes to the current style. Activate the Style window.

  • Page 27: Changing The Text Field Box

    Drag to move or size the text field box. When you size the text field box, Deko500 does not scale the text along with the box. The text remains the same size, but wraps differently to fit within the box.

  • Page 28: Character Spacing (Kerning)

    Hold Ctrl down while dragging a corner handle to preserve the aspect ratio of the text — height and width scale together. Select the text to scale. If no text is selected, Deko500 applies changes to the current style. Do one of the following: On the text bar, double-click the Size text box.

  • Page 29: Character Width

    Drag the handle either outward to widen spacing between characters or inward to decrease character spacing. Select the characters to kern. If no text is selected, Deko500 applies changes to the current style. Activate the Style window.

  • Page 30: Row Spacing (Leading)

    Drag the handle downward to increase the space between rows, or upward to reduce row spacing. Select the text for leading. If no text is selected, Deko500 applies changes to the current style. Activate the Style window.
  • Page 31 To apply the baseline and remain in baseline edit mode, choose Apply Baseline (Enter) from the Baseline menu. To apply the baseline and close the Baseline Edit window, choose Accept Baseline (Alt+Enter) from the Baseline menu. Deko500 User’s Guide...
  • Page 32 Do one of the following: To cancel all changes and exit the Baseline Edit window, choose Cancel from the Baseline menu. If Undo is enabled, you can choose Undo (Ctrl+Z) from the Edit menu, for each change you wish to undo. Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 33: Cutting And Pasting Text

    Select the text to be deleted. Choose Delete (Delete) from the Edit menu. Select a text field. From the Layer menu, choose Clear Text. The emptied layer remains in the graphic. Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 34: Finding And Replacing Text

    Select the text to move. Click the move button in the Tools window. Move the pointer near the dotted line surrounding selected text, so that the pointer becomes the moving tool. Deko500 User’s Guide ) to move selected...

  • Page 35: Justifying Text

    From the Text menu, choose Justify, then select a setting for horizontal justification, vertical justification or both. The choices are self-explanatory, except for full and spread justification. Deko500 User’s Guide...
  • Page 36 Middle left Middle center Bottom left Bottom center Justification off Notes If you select only some of the text in a field, that text will be justified in a separate field. Deko500 User’s Guide Top right Middle right Bottom right...

  • Page 37: Tab Stops

    Tools window. To copy and leave the selected tab stop intact, choose Copy (Ctrl+C), then Tabs, from the Edit menu, or click the copy button in the Tools window. Deko500 User’s Guide Decimal: ) to move the...

  • Page 38: Using Undo

    Undo will not undo changes to a macro or custom typeface, and is disabled during sequence playback. When you play a sequence, Deko500 resets the Undo buffer so that no previous Deko500 User’s Guide...
  • Page 39 Using Undo actions can be undone. Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 40: Creating Styles

    SPECIFYING A FONT BOUT ONTS A font is a single typeface in a particular size and orientation. In Deko500, the current font and the current look make up the current style. Deko500 supports alphabet-based fonts as well as fonts of several ideographic languages.

  • Page 41: Custom Typeface

    The name of the current typeface. Click this box to call up a list of available typefaces. The list includes TrueType and Postscript fonts as well as Deko500 Custom Typefaces. The latter are indicated by the word “(deko)” after the typeface name.

  • Page 42: Installing Truetype And Postscript Fonts

    Once fonts have been installed in Windows NT, you must restart Deko500 before those fonts are available in Deko500. Select text whose font you wish to copy. From the Edit menu, choose Copy (Ctrl+C), then Font.

  • Page 43: Custom Typeface

    Type the file name in the File Name text box or choose it from the File Name list box, then click OK or press Enter. Deko500 copies the file into the selected character.
  • Page 44 To change pin location and set width of a character: In the Custom Typeface window, double-click the character you wish to edit. Deko500 displays the character in its own window. In the character window, type in or scroll to X and Y values for the character’s pin location.

  • Page 45: Specifying A Look About Looks

    Frame A frame behind the character. Shadow A shadow of the character. The shadow is based on details above it in the list of details. A look can have up to two shadows. Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 46: Face

    Click the face button on the text bar to toggle the face on or off. Select the text to change. If no text is selected, Deko500 applies changes to the current style. Do one of the following: Click the shader button next to the face button on the text bar (only for the first face of a look).

  • Page 47: Face Attributes

    To add or remove an edge: To add additional edges: Specifying a Look Select the text to change. If no text is selected, Deko500 applies changes to the current style. Activate the Style window. Choose Look (Alt+L) at the top of the Style window.

  • Page 48: Edge Attributes

    To change other attributes of an edge: TTRIBUTES Specifying a Look Select the text to change. If no text is selected, Deko500 applies changes to the current style. Do one of the following: Click the shader button next to the edge button on the text bar (only for the first edge of a look).
  • Page 49 Priority Determines whether the edge appears in front of or behind other details. By default, Deko500 assigns a priority to each detail so that they render from front to back, in the order they appear in the Details list. Use Priority to change the rendering order. Priority ranges from 0 (closest to viewer) to 1000 (farthest from viewer).

  • Page 50: Shadow

    This button controls only the first shadow of a look. Activate the Style window. Choose Look at the top of the Style window. Next to the Details list, choose Add, then choose Shadow from the popup menu. The shadow is added after the selected detail. Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 51: Shadow Attributes

    To change other attributes of a shadow: HADOW TTRIBUTES Specifying a Look Select the text to change. If no text is selected, Deko500 applies changes to the current style. Do one of the following: Click the shader button next to the shadow button on the text bar (only for the first shadow of a look).
  • Page 52 Priority Determines whether the shadow appears in front of or behind other details. By default, Deko500 assigns a priority to each detail so that they render from front to back, in the order they appear in the Details list. Use Priority to change the rendering order. Priority ranges from 0 (closest to viewer) to 1000 (farthest from viewer).

  • Page 53: Underline

    Click the underline button on the text bar to toggle the underline on or off. This button controls only the first underline of a look. Select the text to change. If no text is selected, Deko500 applies changes to the current style. Do one of the following: Click the shader button next to the underline button on the text bar (only for the first underline of a look).

  • Page 54: Underline Attributes

    To change other attributes of an underline: NDERLINE TTRIBUTES Specifying a Look Select the text to change. If no text is selected, Deko500 applies changes to the current style. Activate the Style window. Choose Look at the top of the Style window.

  • Page 55: Frame

    Priority Determines whether the underline appears in front of or behind other details. By default, Deko500 assigns a priority to each detail so that they render from front to back, in the order they appear in the Details list. Use Priority to change the rendering order. Priority ranges from 0 (closest to viewer) to 1000 (farthest from viewer).

  • Page 56: Frame Attributes

    RAME TTRIBUTES Specifying a Look Select the text to change. If no text is selected, Deko500 applies changes to the current style. Do one of the following: Click the shader button next to the frame button on the text bar (only for the first frame of a look).

  • Page 57: Cutting And Pasting Details And Looks

    Priority Determines whether the frame appears in front of or behind other details. By default, Deko500 assigns a priority to each detail so that they render from front to back, in the order they appear in the Details list. Use Priority to change the rendering order. Priority ranges from 0 (closest to viewer) to 1000 (farthest from viewer).
  • Page 58 Select the text or position the cursor where you will apply the look. From the Edit menu, choose Paste (Ctrl+V), or click the paste button on the text bar. Note When you copy a look, it is saved in the Windows NT clipboard. Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 59: Specifying A Shader About Shaders

    SPECIFYING A SHADER BOUT HADERS To apply color to text or graphics, Deko500 uses a shader. Each detail in a look (face, edge, frame, shadow or underline) has its own shader. The shader determines how color is applied to the detail.

  • Page 60: Activating A Shader

    If you click the shader button for a detail that is not in the Details list, Deko500 automatically adds the detail. Click the background-shader button (Ctrl+F7) on the text bar. Activate the Style window. In the Style window, click the desired detail in the Details list box.

  • Page 61: Applying A Ramp

    Opacity Controls overall transparency of the ramp, in addition to any transparency in the individual colors of the ramp. Enter a value for ramp opacity from zero (transparent) to 100 percent (opaque). Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 62: Highlight Options

    In the File Name text box, type name of the texture file. Press Browse, then double-click a thumbnail in the Texture Browser. Specify texture options as desired. The Sample box in the Shader window displays the current texture. Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 63: Texture Options

    File Name The name of the texture file. If you check the File Name check box (the default), Deko500 saves only the name of the texture file when saving the graphic. Any changes you make to the texture file will be reflected in the graphic as well.
  • Page 64 Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 65: The Color Picker

    OLOR ICKER Use Deko500’s color picker to pick colors for the color shader and ramp shader. Specifying a Shader Selects the RGB color space. Click a color on the palette, or enter numerical values up to 100 percent for each of red, green and blue.

  • Page 66: Picking A Color

    Selected Component Selects the color component RGB or HSV to display in the Selected Component Bar. In the picture above, Value is the selected component. If Opacity is selected, Deko500 displays a gray scale in the Selected Component Bar. Un-selected Components The large square displays the two un-selected RGB or HSV components.

  • Page 67: Using Preset Shaders

    File Name text box, then click OK or press Enter. When you save a preset shader file, Deko500 automatically attaches “.shd” to the file name. Do not type a different extension.

  • Page 68: Working With Styles

    The cursor becomes a sizing cursor. Drag the border to change the window’s size. Move the selection cursor over the window’s title bar. Drag the window offscreen left. The window will pop back to its original spot in the lower left corner. Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 69: Saving A Style

    Type a file name in the File Name text box, then click OK or press Enter. When you save a style file, Deko500 automatically attaches “.sty” to the file name. Do not type a different extension. Activate the Style window (F6).

  • Page 70: Retrieving A Style

    Options/Preferences/Cursor dialog box, you can omit step 3. Activate a graphic window. From the Text menu, choose Pick Presets. Deko500 assigns the first style in the graphic to the first preset button, the next style to the second preset button, and so on.

  • Page 71: Saving Preset Styles

    Type a new file name in the File Name text box, then click OK or press Enter. When you save a preset style file, Deko500 automatically attaches “.pst” to the file name. Do not type a different extension.

  • Page 72: Saving A Pre-Rendered Style

    Type a file name in the File Name text box, then click OK or press Enter. When saving a pre-rendered style, Deko500 renders each character in the style’s font using the style’s look. For complicated styles, this can take several minutes.

  • Page 73: Graphics And Layers

    Graphics and Layers IDEO TANDARD You can create Deko500 graphics in standard 4 x 3 aspect ratio or in the wider 16 x 9 aspect ratio used for some feature films, music videos and commercials. The default video standard is standard NTSC.
  • Page 74 “live video” shows through when Deko500 graphics are keyed over external video. When on, the background’s shader determines its color. Like all Deko500 shaders, the background can be a solid color, a ramp or a texture. Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 75: The Background

    The background turns into a full-screen rectangle, but keeps the shader it had as a background. The graphic now has a transparent background. If the background is an unnamed texture, you cannot turn it into a layer. Activate a graphic window. Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 76: Adding A Text Field

    This is useful if your graphic has a “companion” graphic in which the luminance represents the key of the original. From the Layer menu choose Add Text Field. Deko500 adds a text layer based on the boundaries of the safe title area.

  • Page 77: Text Field Properties

    Same priority as previous layer Specifies that the current layer appears in the same plane as the layer in front of it. In other words, Deko500 renders this layer as if it were part of the layer in front of it.
  • Page 78 A text string to display in the field or the name of a macro file. Usage Specifies whether Deko500 use text, a macro (which must return a string), or data in an .aut file, or requests data from an automation host to initialize the field.

  • Page 79: Adding A Rectangle Layer

    Drag the cursor to define the rectangle. Holding Ctrl as you drag the cursor maintains a square rectangle. Deko500 always adds a new rectangle as the frontmost layer. From the Layer menu choose Add Ellipse. An ellipse layer is added at the center of the screen.

  • Page 80: Specifying Layer Properties

    Same priority as previous layer Specifies that the current layer appears in the same plane as the layer in front of it. In other words, Deko500 renders this layer as if it were part of the layer in front of it.

  • Page 81: Selecting A Layer

    Check the Select More toggle in the Edit menu. Use one of the above methods to select each layer individually. From the Edit menu, choose Clear Layers (F8). Deko500 replaces the layers with a single, empty text field. Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 82: Clearing Or Deleting A Layer

    To clear the background from the active graphic: To clear the layers and the background from the active graphic: To have Deko500 prompt you to save modified files before clearing them: LEARING OR ELETING A To delete a layer: To delete all layers:...

  • Page 83: Cutting And Pasting Layers

    Select a layer. From the Edit menu, choose Paste (Ctrl+V), or click the paste button on the text bar. Deko500 pastes the cut or copied layer directly in front of the selected layer. ECOND RAPHIC Open the first graphic file.

  • Page 84: Reordering Layers

    Makes the layer the frontmost layer. ACKGROUND From the Layer menu, choose Layers to Background. Deko500 copies the layers to combine them in the background. The original layers remain until you choose Clear Layers (F8) from the Edit menu. Select the text fields you wish to combine. Hold Ctrl and drag the mouse to select the fields.
  • Page 85 To specify numerical values for layer position: Select the layer. Activate the Style window. Choose Layer at the top of the Style window. In the Style window, enter values for Left, Top, Width and Height. Deko500 User’s Guide ) to move the layer...

  • Page 86: Justifying A Layer

    Hold down Alt and press either the down arrow ( ) to rotate the layer clockwise, or the up arrow ( ) to rotate it counterclockwise. Click the rotate button in the Tools window. Select the layer. Deko500 User’s Guide Top right Middle right Bottom right...

  • Page 87: Scaling A Layer

    Choose Layer at the top of the Style window. In the Style window, enter values for H Scale and V Scale. When you scale a text field, Deko500 scales all text within the field. To change the size of the text field without scaling the text, change the Box value in Text Field Properties.

  • Page 88: Skewing A Layer

    Drag the handle to skew the layer. Select the layer. Activate the Style window. Choose Layer at the top of the Style window. Double-click the Skew text box, then type or scroll to a value. Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 89: Effects And Sequences

    The Program graphic slides off to reveal the Preview graphic. wipe up/down/left/right The Program graphic is wiped off in place, revealing the Preview graphic. Text Effects operate primarily on text fields: roll Text scrolls continuously up the Program graphic, bottom to top. Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 90: Creating A Sequence

    REATING A EQUENCE To open a Sequence window: To create a sequence: About Deko500 Effects crawl Text moves continuously across the Program graphic, right to left. reveal Text is typed onto the Program graphic, one character, word or row at a time.
  • Page 91 The name of the graphic file on which to perform the effect. Press Ctrl+L or click the Browse button to select the file from the Graphic Browser window. Rate The rate at which Deko500 performs the effect, as specified here or with Sequence/Playback Rate. Units The unit of measurement for rate.

  • Page 92: Composing Rolls

    Allows only clean rates. Choose OK or press Enter. When you enter a playback rate for a roll effect, Deko500 displays any suggested adjustments in a dialog box. You can choose to decrease or increase duration of the roll or original line spacing of the graphic.

  • Page 93: Composing Crawls

    Follow the above instructions for running the crawl effect. EQUENCE Activate the Sequence window (F11). Do one of the following: From the Sequence menu, choose Browse for Files (Ctrl+L). Select Browser from the View window (Ctrl+L). Double-click a thumbnail to enter it into the sequence. Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 94: Selecting Events

    Creating a Sequence Activate the Sequence window (F11). In the Sequence menu, select Auto Advance From Browser. If the next event is empty, Deko500 duplicates the last event. Do one of the following: Double-click the event number. Use arrow keys ( ) to position the cursor on the event, then hold Shift and press the down arrow ( ).

  • Page 95: Cutting And Pasting Events

    From the Edit menu, choose Paste Events (Ctrl+V), or click the paste button on the text bar. VENTS Choose Insert Event (Alt+Insert) from the Sequence menu. Choose Delete Event (Alt+Delete) from the Sequence menu. Select the group of events to be deleted. See Selecting Events. Press Delete. Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 96: Playing A Sequence

    Activate the Sequence window. Press the up or down arrow ( ) to move the cursor to an event. Deko500 always begins a sequence with the current event. Activate the Sequence window. Do one of the following: Click the play button in the Sequence window.

  • Page 97: Using Agpi Trigger

    DE9S Activate the Sequence window (F11). From the Sequence menu, choose GPI Settings. In the GPI Trigger Settings dialog box, check GPI Enabled, enter the Com port name (e.g. COM2), then choose OK. Deko500 User’s Guide (GREEN) (RED) Optional circuitry...

  • Page 98: Stopping Sequence Playback

    Playing a Sequence TOPPING EQUENCE LAYBACK To stop sequence playback: Do one of the following: Press Esc. Click the stop button in the Sequence window. Choose Stop Sequence Playback (Ctrl+Pause) from the Sequence menu. Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 99: User Preferences

    User Preferences 500 L AYOUTS Deko500 offers six standard layouts for creating, editing and playing back graphics and macros: REFERENCES To specify preferences: Note To save current preferences: Graphic Compose To compose text and graphics. Style Edit To create and edit styles.
  • Page 100 Specifying User Preferences To automatically save current preferences each time you exit Deko500: In the Options menu, check Save Settings on Exit. To reset preferences to factory default settings: From the Options menu, choose Preferences. In the dialog box, choose the type of preference you wish to change: Common, Prompts, Paths, Cursor, Markers or Advanced.

  • Page 101: Common Preferences

    The desktop layout that appears each time you start Deko500. Color used where graphic is transparent The color Deko500 uses to fill all transparent areas of a graphic (areas filled with live video when the Deko500 keyer is turned on).

  • Page 102: Paths Preferences

    NTSC 16x9) or imported from another file format (Windows bitmaps, Targa files, etc.). Although Deko500 automatically converts these graphics to the current resolution, the conversion process takes time, which can slow recall time and sequence playback. You may want to re- record these files in the current resolution using the Save As (F12) command from the File menu.

  • Page 103: Cursor Preferences

    Show text cursor Shows or hides the text cursor. Moving cursor sets font and look Automatically changes the current style, whenever you move the text cursor, to reflect the style of the character to the left of the cursor. Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 104: Marker Preferences

    Specifies the top, bottom, right and left of the safe title area. Values represent a percentage of the distance from the specified edge of the screen to the opposite edge. Deko500 User’s Guide INDOWS sends cursor to start of row...

  • Page 105: Advanced Preferences

    You can set it to any convenient value. Text rendering Specifies a time limit for Deko500 to render text. If Deko500 is unable to fully render text within this time, it automatically substitutes low-resolution text. Low-resolution text appears jaggy on the desktop monitor, without details (such as edges and shadows).

  • Page 107: Managing Files

    When you open a new file, it is opened into a new window. Other open files remain open behind the new file. Deko500 only allows one Program Window to be open at a time. You may have two open preset Style Windows.

  • Page 108: Closing Files

    An asterisk (*) next to a file name on a window’s title bar indicates that the file has been modified since it was last saved. When you save a file under a new name, Deko500 prompts with the name of the most recently saved file and appends a numeric suffix. Use up or down arrows to increment or decrement this number.

  • Page 109: Deleting Files

    HARING ILES If Deko500 is networked to other computers, you can share files with other users on the network. Using File Manager, you can make any directory a shared directory, allowing other users to access all files in that directory. By default, a directory is not shared unless you explicitly share it, or one of its parent directories is already shared.
  • Page 110 Saving, Deleting and Sharing Files Note When you create a new directory, the new directory does not automatically become the current directory. Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 111: Working With Macros

    Deko500 Command Reference. A macro is a sequence of Deko500 commands. You can name and store a macro by saving it in a file. You can invoke a macro in the same way you can invoke a command, by typing the macro name on the Command Bar and pressing Enter.

  • Page 112: Working In The Macro Window

    Unlike many Windows applications, Deko500 does not automatically open a new window when you open an existing macro. If the Macro window is already open, Deko500 opens the macro into that window, replacing any previous macro. Be sure to save any modified macro before opening another macro in the same window.

  • Page 113: Using The Macro Recorder Recording A Macro

    Click the play button near the right end of the text bar. Choose Play Macro (Alt+F2) from the Macro menu. On the text bar, the play button lights up green to indicate that a macro is playing. Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 114: Pausing A Macro

    The name of the macro that is currently playing appears on the status bar. If no Macro window or Sequence window is active, Deko500 plays the macro in the most recently activated Macro window. If the Command Bar is not visible, choose Command Bar (F4) from the View menu.

  • Page 115: Stopping Macro Playback

    Do one of the following: Click the play button at the right end of the text bar. Choose Play Macro (Alt+F2) from the Macro menu. The blinking cursor in the Macro window indicates where the macro is paused. Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 116: Editing A Macro

    Type a new file name in the File Name text box, then click OK or press Enter. When you save a macro, Deko500 automatically attaches “.mcr” to the file name. Do not type a different extension. Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 117: Appending To A Macro

    From the Macro menu, choose Convert Graphic to Macro. From the Sequence menu, choose Convert Sequence to Macro. Deko500 determines the sequence of macro commands needed to recreate the graphic or sequence and inserts them into the active macro. Do one of the following: From the Window menu, choose Select Layout, then Macro Edit.

  • Page 118: Macro Programming Language

    Commands are the basic building blocks of any macro. In macros, commands are similar to the verbs, or action words, we use in speech. A command is a direct instruction to Deko500 to perform a function. A Deko500 command may include alphanumeric characters and underscores (_). The first character may not be a number.

  • Page 119: Parameters

    Very large or small real values may be expressed in exponent form. For example, 2.5e-10. An example of a real parameter is the input parameter of the sqrt (square root) command: sqrt input= Macro Programming Language justify vertical=top top vertical justification; horizontal unchanged justify v=top top vertical justification; horizontal unchanged Deko500 User’s Guide...
  • Page 120 An integer parameter specifies a whole number value, either positive or negative, e.g., 3, 12967, -14, 0, etc. If you specify a real value for an integer parameter, Deko500 ignores the fractional component. An example of an integer parameter is the number parameter of the...

  • Page 121: Variables

    ARIABLES In Deko500, a variable name can include any upper or lower case alphanumeric character as well as the special character, underline (_). The first character is always a dollar sign ($), and the character immediately after the dollar sign cannot be a number.
  • Page 122 String $message = "Goodbye Cruel World" If you try to use an uninitialized variable, Deko500 stops executing the command or macro and displays an error prompt. A variable may be an element of an array, in which case its name is the name of the array followed by a subscript that identifies its location in the array.

  • Page 123: Operators

    Once declared, a global variable remains until you either delete it by using the free command, or exit Deko500. Deko500 has a set of built-in global variables, known as system variables, which provide information about the state of your system. System variables are preceded by the at-sign symbol (@), and are often referred to as at-sign variables.
  • Page 124 Strings can be compared for equality and inequality using the comparison operators == and !=. Additional string operations are performed by commands. Please refer to the Deko500 Commands section of this manual. The index and element operators allow direct access to values that are elements of...
  • Page 125 OR $a and 2, assigns result to $a $a ^= $b bitwise exclusive OR $a and $b, assigns result to Deko500 uses the same order of operator precedence used by C: subscript, element parentheses logical not, one’s complement, unary minus...

  • Page 126: Comments

    You may find the same to be true of your macros. A single-line comment starts with a pound sign (#). Deko500 ignores text to the right of the pound sign. # This comment is on a line by itself.
  • Page 127 Notice how indentation makes conditional statements easier to read. Indenting the commands between if and its corresponding end is a good practice. Loop commands instruct Deko500 to execute a series of commands multiple times. Loop commands include loop, while and for.

  • Page 128: Subroutines

    Conditional loop commands define both the loop and its conditional test. The while command continues looping as long as its test expression is true. Deko500 evaluates the test expression prior to each iteration of the loop, and as long as the result is true, continues the loop: $a=1 while $a<=5...

  • Page 129: Macro Programming Language Commands

    The rgb command creates and returns a color object that is then assigned to the variable $color. BJECTS An object is a data structure created by a command. Typical objects in Deko500 include colors, shaders, ellipses, rectangles, fonts and looks. The elements of an object correspond exactly with the parameters of the command that created it.

  • Page 130: Data Type Conversions

    Add the integer to 0.0 or multiply it by 1.0. $a = 123 $b = $a*1.0 $b equals 123.0 Use the command: integer Deko500 truncates the real number. To round numbers accurately, add .5 to the real number. $a = 12.7 $b = integer $a+.5 $b equals 13...
  • Page 131 Use the command: ascii2str $a = 97 $b = ascii2str $a $b equals "a" To convert an object to a string: Use the command: obj2str $a = @black $b = obj2str $a $b equals "yuv 16 0 0" Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 132: Deko500 Options

    Deko500 options currently available for purchase include: To see what software options are enabled on your system: AUTOMATION The Automation option allows you to control Deko500 externally, in two ways: This option also includes timecode control, which allows you to control sequences via SMPTE timecode. Note...
  • Page 133 PEGS The protocol used with Grass Valley Group editors. The optional protocol for using non-Deko500 commands. Identifies your Deko500. If only one Deko500 is connected to the automation host, the ID setting is 1. Port The COM port or the name of the network pipe used for the automation interface.
  • Page 134 Open the Sequence file. In the Sequence Window, select the event. From Timecode Menu, choose Set Intime to Outtime. Open the Sequence file. In the Sequence Window, select the event. From Timecode Menu, choose Set Outtime to Intime. Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 135: Database Connection

    ATABASE ONNECTION The Automation option includes a dynamic feature that enables Deko500 to read and display information from a database. This means you can set up a layer to query a database and display the value of a field within that database.
  • Page 136 Enter a value in the Frequency box to specify how many seconds to wait between requests to the data source for updates. If Frequency is set to zero, the automation interface will issue the request only once. Click Create Query. Deko500 User’s Guide Automation...

  • Page 137: Chyron Import

    CHYRON IMPORT The Chyron Import option gives you the ability to read Chyron Infinit family files and work with them in the Deko500 environment. The members of the Infinite family include Maxine, Max, Winfinit, and Infinit. These files come in...
  • Page 138 In the Chyron Import window, click Details. Click Save. Enter a name for the mapping file, then click Save. Click OK or press Enter. Deko500 saves the font mapping file as a text (.txt) file. To open a font mapping file: In the Chyron Import window, click Details.

  • Page 139: Fastaction Keyboard

    FASTACTION KEYBOARD The FastAction Keyboard (FAK) enables you to perform common tasks in Deko500 with a single keystroke. It is designed for use in real-time on-air environments, where speed is critical. Based on a standard PC 101 keyboard, the FAK provides additional keys for one keystroke accessibility to many of Deko500’s functions.

  • Page 140: Function Keys

    Clear Clears the alphanumeric display. Clear Preview Does not apply to Deko500. Clear Program Erases the graphic in the Program window. 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.
  • Page 141 Pauses sequence playback. Pick Style Picks up the style of the character the cursor is on. Play Starts a sequence playback. Preview Does not apply to Deko500. Print Screen Provided for standard PC keyboard. Program Activates the Program Window. Read Reads in the file shown in the alphanumeric display or, if the display is cleared, activates the read dialog box.

  • Page 142: Sportsware

    If you have the SportsWare option, when you open one of these macros, it will play automatically. If you want Deko500 to automatically play any macro that you open, all you have to do is follow a one-time process to enable macro autoplay.
  • Page 143 File name text box. Choose Save Selection. Activate a Program window. Create a layer for the text or use the default layer. Choose a preset style or create a new style for the text. Deko500 User’s Guide...
  • Page 144 Likewise, the File Info section of the File Open dialog box will tell you if a file is a pop file. Deko500 User’s Guide SportsWare...
  • Page 145 Choose the file from the File Name list box or type it in the File Name text box, then click OK or press Enter. Deko500 creates a new layer for the place pop in front of the current or selected layer, then automatically activates the layer behind the previously current or selected layer..

  • Page 146: Stilldeko

    ETTING IGHTNING Deko500 must be networked and the hard drive where your databases will reside must be set up for file sharing, for StillDeko to work properly. If your Deko is not networked or if you are unsure, check with your network administrator.
  • Page 147 From the File menu, choose Open From Lightning. In the Open From Lightning dialog box, double-click the anywhere on the image data line. You can re-sort images alphanumerically by StillNum, Date, Title, Category, User, or Memo, by clicking the appropriate sort button. Deko500 User’s Guide...
  • Page 148 Click OK. The image now appears in the Lightning Browser. You can drag and drop one or more images from Windows Explorer into the Lightning Browser. Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 149: Baseline

    Activates the “insert point” mode, in which you can insert points by clicking on the baseline where you wish to insert them. Line to Changes the selected point to a “line to” point. Deko500 draws a straight line from the previous point to the line to point. Loose Fit Filters out “wobbles”...

  • Page 150: Channel

    Keyer On Turns on Deko500’s built-in keyer. Keyer Test Displays a test pattern in the Program window. Use this pattern to help time Deko500’s video and key outputs at a downstream keyer or switcher. Keyer Thaw Un-freezes input video. Offline Disables video output.

  • Page 151: Edit

    Copies the active shader to the clipboard. (Ctrl+X) Removes the selected text from a file and copies it to the clipboard. (Ctrl+X) Cut Detail Removes the selected detail from the active style and copies it to the clipboard. Deko500 User’s Guide...
  • Page 152 Selects from the active graphic all text in the current style. (Ctrl+Z) Undo Undoes changes to the current graphic, style, style presets, shader or sequence. If the most recent action is not reversible, Undo is grayed out. Undo enabled Enables Undo. See Using Undo. Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 153: File

    Deletes a file. Delete Selected File Permanently erases the selected file from your computer's disk. Exit Closes all Deko500 windows and ends the current Deko500 session. Import Character Imports the graphic from the Program window into the active Character window of the current custom typeface.

  • Page 154: Help

    Save To Lightning Saves the active graphic to the current Lightning database. About Deko500 Displays your Deko500 software version and ID numbers as well as Deko500 copyright information. Help Contents Opens the Deko500 Help Window.

  • Page 155: Macro

    Convert Sequence to Macro Converts the current sequence into its equivalent macro. Playback of the resulting macro recreates the sequence. (Pause) Pause Macro Pauses or resumes playback of the currently playing macro. Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 156: Options

    Toggles the macro recorder on or off. (Ctrl+Pause) Stop Macro Playback Stops playback of the currently playing macro. Enabled Options Provides a list of Deko500 options. Marked check boxes indicate enabled options. Factory Defaults Resets Deko500 options to their original (factory default) settings. Hardware Settings Opens the Deko500 Hardware Settings dialog box.

  • Page 157: Presets

    Deletes the current event from the active sequence. GPI Settings Displays current GPI Trigger settings. (Alt+Insert) Insert Event Inserts a blank event above the current event of the active sequence. (Pause) Pause Sequence Pauses or resumes sequence playback. Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 158: Shader

    Adds or removes the first edge in the current look. Edge Shader Displays the edge shader for the first edge in the current look. If there is no edge in the current look, Deko500 automatically adds one. Face Adds or removes the first face in the current look.

  • Page 159: Style

    Adds or removes the first shadow in the current look. Shadow Shader Displays the shadow shader for the first shadow in the current look. If there is no shadow in the current look, Deko500 automatically adds one. Underline Adds or removes the first underline in the current look.

  • Page 160: Text

    Assigns the current style to one of eight user-specified preset styles. A check mark indicates the current style. Tab Clear Clears the tab stop at the cursor location in the current text field. Tab Clear All Clears all tab stops in the current text field. Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 161: Timecode

    Specifies the com port and drop frame mode settings for timecode control. Automation Displays or hides the Automation window, for viewing or specifying Deko500 automation options. A check mark indicates that the Automation window is displayed on the desktop. (Ctrl+L = display, Alt+F4 = close) Browser Displays or hides the browser, used for selection of graphic (.dko)
  • Page 162 Stills window is displayed on the desktop. (F6 = display, Alt+F4 = close) Style Displays or hides the Style window. A check mark indicates that a Style window is displayed on the desktop. Text Bar Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 163: Window

    Auto Cascade Toggles auto-cascade mode on and off. A check next to Auto Cascade indicates that it is on. In auto-cascade mode, Deko500 automatically arranges windows so that windows of the same type overlap and each title bar is visible. If you activate a window while in auto-cascade mode, it automatically becomes the frontmost window.

  • Page 165: Shortcut Keys

    Transfer and Read Next File Shortcut Keys Ctrl+F7 Ctrl+L Alt+F7 Alt+F6 Ctrl+Tab Ctrl+F4 Ctrl+F8 Alt+F8 or F8 F8 Ctrl + (plus key) Ctrl + (minus key) Alt + (plus key) Alt + (minus key) Alt+PageUp Alt+PageDown Alt+F9 Alt+F10 Ctrl+F9 Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 166: Formatting Text

    ISCELLANEOUS Help Shortcut Keys Ctrl+X Ctrl+C Ctrl+V F9 or Ctrl+O Alt+F12 or Ctrl+S Ctrl+N Ctrl+Delete Ctrl+F12 Ctrl+P Ctrl+F Ctrl+G Ctrl+H Ctrl+B Ctrl+I Ctrl+U Ctrl+NumPad0 Ctrl+NumPad1 Ctrl+NumPad2 Ctrl+NumPad3 Ctrl+NumPad4 Ctrl+NumPad5 Ctrl+NumPad6 Ctrl+NumPad7 Ctrl+NumPad8 Ctrl+NumPad9 Ctrl+F2 Alt+F2 Pause Ctrl+Pause Deko500 User’s Guide...
  • Page 167 Play Sequence RANSFORMING AYERS Kerning Mode Move Mode Rotate Mode Scale/Width Mode Toggle Coarse/Fine Shortcut Keys Ctrl+Z Alt+F4 Shift+F1 Shift+F2 Shift+F3 Shift+F4 Shift+F5 Shift+F6 Shift+F7 Shift+F8 Shift+arrow keys Ctrl+A Pause Ctrl+Pause Alt+Enter Ctrl+K Ctrl+M Ctrl+R Ctrl+W Ctrl+spacebar Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 168: F1 - F12 Keys

    Style 2 Macro Play Macro Record Graphic Style 5 Clear Style 8 Clear All Clear Bgd Style Edit Compose Deko500 User’s Guide Swap Style 3 Transfer Style Style 6 Program Pick Style Read (Open) Append Layers Read Bgd Record (Save As)

  • Page 169: Glossary

    An array is a set of data values. In Deko500, elements of an array are referenced as variables that include the array name and an index number (which must be an integer or an expression that returns an integer), e.g.
  • Page 170 — live video “shows through” the background when you use a keyer. When the background is on, the background shader determines its color. Like all Deko500 shaders, the background can be a solid color, a ramp or a texture. bitmap A bitmap is a set of numerical values specifying the colors of the pixels in a graphic image.
  • Page 171 The clipboard is the Windows NT temporary holding area for text or other data that has been cut or copied from a Deko500 graphic, macro, style or sequence. When you cut or copy a selection, it replaces any previous contents of the clipboard.
  • Page 172 Double-click it to close the window. control point A control point is the point at either end of a Bezier curve or a line segment. In Deko500, you can move control points to change the curvature or length of a baseline segment. creation station...
  • Page 173 The current style is based on current Font and Look settings in the Style window. Deko500 displays the current style in the Current Style window. Any text you type in a graphic appears in the current style.
  • Page 174 The Custom Typeface window shows the currently open custom typeface. default value A default value is the value that Deko500 uses for a parameter with no explicitly specified value. desktop Desktop is the Windows NT term for everything appearing on your computer’s color monitor —...
  • Page 175 0 to 255. The number of rows and columns of pixels determines the resolution of the frame buffer. In NTSC, Deko500’s frame buffer has 720 pixels in each of 486 rows. In PAL, it has 720 pixels in each of 576 rows.
  • Page 176 In Deko500, glyphs are actual renderings of characters, in a particular style (font and look). Deko500 normally renders characters as you type them. For a style with a large font or complicated look, you can increase the speed of typing by pre-rendering the style.
  • Page 177 You can size and position the browser anywhere, to see as many thumbnails as you like. graphic file A graphic file is a Deko500 graphic that has been saved on disk with a file name and the ".dko" extension, for example, "mypict.dko".
  • Page 178 Let’s say you’re keying Deko500 graphics over live video from a camera. You feed the video and key outputs from Deko500 to a keyer (which could be Deko500’s own internal keyer), and also the camera output. Where the key signal is white, the keyer inserts Deko500’s output (the “fill”...
  • Page 179 A layer is one element of a Deko500 graphic. A layer is either a text layer, a rectangle layer or an ellipse layer. A graphic can have any number of layers. Layers are rendered from front to back. layout The layout is the arrangement of windows and toolbars on the desktop.
  • Page 180 Clicking this button reduces the window to its smallest size, usually an icon at the bottom of the screen. For example, clicking the minimize button in Deko500’s title bar reduces Deko500 to its application icon. To restore Deko500, double-click the icon.
  • Page 181 Some examples are the arithmetic operators, + and -, or the assignment operator, =. optional parameter An optional parameter always has a default value. Deko500 uses the default value unless your command specifies a different value. parameter A parameter is a command modifier, and may be optional or required.
  • Page 182 A preset style is a style that has been saved in one of the eight preset style buttons in the Preset Style window. Preset Style window The Preset Style window shows the eight preset styles in the current Preset Style (.pst) file. Click a style to choose it for typing. Deko500 User’s Guide Glossary...
  • Page 183 A ramp shader, or color gradient, is a type of Deko500 shader, used to apply color to a detail. You specify the colors at the four corners of the detail, and Deko500 creates the ramp by interpolating those colors across the interior of the detail.
  • Page 184 In Options/Preferences, choose Cursor Movement by Pixels for screen space. screen units Screen units are the units Deko500 uses for the height of a typeface and for the location of text and shapes in a graphic. Screen units are user-definable, in Options/Preferences/Advanced/ Resolution.
  • Page 185 A character’s set width plus its pin location equals the pin location of the character to its right. shader The shader controls the color — solid, texture, or ramp — of a detail or a background. Deko500 User’s Guide Glossary...
  • Page 186 A sprite is a smaller element within a graphic or graphic element. For example, in a multi-row layer, each row is an individual sprite. status bar The status bar shows Deko500’s current status. string A string is set of characters, such as a word or sentence. A string that includes spaces or non-alphanumeric characters must be defined within quotation marks, e.g.
  • Page 187 A style consists of a font and a look. A font is a typeface of specified size, shape and orientation. A look controls how Deko500 renders a font character. Each look is comprised of a list of details. Each detail is a face, edge, frame, shadow, or underline, and has its own set of attributes which dictate its color, size, shape, etc.
  • Page 188 Box cursor text field A text field is one layer of text in a Deko500 graphic. A text field is defined by its text field box, which controls word wrapping and justification. A text field has a default style (font and look).
  • Page 189 A variable is a place holder of a value that may change. A user- defined variable always has $ as its first character. For example, $a, $frequency, $winner. Deko500 User’s Guide Glossary...
  • Page 190 You can set world space units to any convenient value. In Options/Preferences/Advanced, enter the number of full screen vertical units, and Deko500 derives the number of horizontal units automatically by multiplying the height by the aspect ratio. The current number of vertical units is stored in the system variable @resolution.
  • Page 191 Deko500 User’s Guide...

  • Page 192: Index

    43 importing file as, 43 kerning, 27–29, 41 pin location, 44 scaling, 27–28 set width, 44 skewing, 41 spacing, 41 specifying width of, 29–30 typing from an international character set, 23 width, 29–30 Deko500 User’s Guide...
  • Page 193 48 changing color of, 48 hiding, 48 priority among other details, 49 shape, 48, 49–50 size, 49 type, 48 Edge command, 158 Edit Baseline command, 155 Edit Curve command, 149 Edit menu commands, 151–52 Deko500 User’s Guide...
  • Page 194 Macro, 117 creating a, 14 files, 13 layers of, 73 missing, 101 Program, 13 rendering time limit, 105 saving a, 14 using as a texture, 62 Graphics Factory exporting Halo images to WriteDeko, 19 Hardware settings Deko500 User’s Guide...
  • Page 195 Lower Case command, 27, 160 Macro appending to another macro, 112, 117 canceling, 115 converting graphic into, 117 editing, 116 invoking, 111 pausing, 114, 115 playing, 113–14 recording, 117 resuming paused, 114 saving, 116–17 single-stepping, 115 use-d as subroutine, 128–29 Deko500 User’s Guide...
  • Page 196 Preset Style Select command, 157, 160 Preset Style Set command, 157, 160 Preset Styles command, 69, 162 Prev Point command, 150 Print command, 154 Print Setup command, 154 Program, 13 Program command, 162 Properties command, 77, 80, 155 Push, 89 Deko500 User’s Guide...
  • Page 197 Set Ramp Top Left Color command, 159 Set Ramp Top Right Color command, 159 Set Shader Color command, 159 Shader. See also Color, Ramp, Texture activating, 60 background, 60, 75 edge, 48 face, 46, 47 frame, 56 Deko500 User’s Guide...
  • Page 198 Text to Field command, 76, 161 Text to Multiple Field command, 161 Text to Multiple Fields command, 76 Texture. See also Shader alignment, 64 applying to a detail, 62–64 background, 75 file name, 63 group, 63 offset, 63 opacity, 63 Tiff files Deko500 User’s Guide...
  • Page 199 Program Manager, 10, 11, 12, 23, 42 starting, 9–10 Wipe, 89 Word wrap, 78 Word Wrap command, 161 WriteDeko exiting, 11, 101, 108 preconfigured layouts, 99 prompts, 82, 101–2, 108 resetting to factory defaults, 99–100 starting, 10, 101 Deko500 User’s Guide...

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