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Pinnacle DEKO500 User Manual

Pinnacle DEKO500 User Manual (199 pages)

Character Generator Value, Performance, Reliability

Brand: Pinnacle | Category: Software | Size: 1 MB

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
3
Introduction

7
- Welcome
  7
- How to Use this Manual
  8
- How to Contact Pinnacle Systems
  9
- Starting Windows NT
  10
- Starting Deko500
  10
- Exiting Deko500
  11
- Exiting Windows NT
  11
Overview of Deko500

13
- The Deko500 Desktop
  13
- About Graphic Files
  13
- The Program Window
  13
- Creating a Graphic
  14
- Saving a Graphic File
  14
- Opening a Graphic File
  17
- Keying
  19
- Frame Grabbing
  20
- Suppressing Motion
  20
Composing Text

21
- Selecting Text
  21
- Selecting a Typeface
  22
- Using an International Character Set
  23
- Bold and Italic
  24
- Underlining Text
  24
- Rotating Text
  24
- Skewing Text
  25
- Small Caps
  26
- Changing Text Case
  26
- Changing the Text Field Box
  27
- Scaling Text
  27
- Character Spacing (Kerning)
  28
- Character Width
  29
- Row Spacing (Leading)
  30
- Typing on a Curve
  30
- Cutting and Pasting Text
  33
- Deleting Text
  33
- Finding and Replacing Text
  34
- Moving Text
  34
- Justifying Text
  35
- Tab Stops
  37
- Using Undo
  38
Creating Styles

40
- SPECIFYING a FONT about Fonts
  40
- The Style/Font Window
  40
- Custom Typeface
  41
- Installing Truetype and Postscript Fonts
  42
- Copying and Pasting a Font
  42
- Custom Typeface
  43
- SPECIFYING a LOOK about Looks
  45
- The Style/Look Window
  45
- Face
  46
- Face Attributes
  47
- Edge
  47
- Edge Attributes
  48
- Shadow
  50
- Shadow Attributes
  51
- Underline
  53
- Underline Attributes
  54
- Frame
  55
- Frame Attributes
  56
- Cutting and Pasting Details and Looks
  57
- SPECIFYING a SHADER about Shaders
  59
- About Shaders
  59
- Activating a Shader
  60
- Applying a Color
  60
- Applying a Ramp
  61
- Ramp Options
  61
- Highlight Options
  62
- Applying a Texture
  62
- Texture Options
  63
- The Color Picker
  65
- Picking a Color
  66
- Using Preset Shaders
  67
- Working with Styles
  68
- The Current Style Window
  68
- Saving a Style
  69
- Copying and Pasting a Style
  69
- Assigning a Style to a Style Preset
  69
- Retrieving a Style
  70
- Saving Preset Styles
  71
- Saving a Pre-Rendered Style
  72
Graphics and Layers

73
- Video Standard
  73
- About Layers and Backgrounds
  73
- The Background
  75
- Adding a Text Field
  76
- Text Field Properties
  77
- Adding a Rectangle Layer
  79
- Adding an Ellipse Layer
  79
- Specifying Layer Properties
  80
- Layer Properties
  80
- Selecting a Layer
  81
- Clearing a Graphic
  81
- Clearing or Deleting a Layer
  82
- Cutting and Pasting Layers
  83
- Appending a Graphic to Second Graphic
  83
- Reordering Layers
  84
- Pasting Layers to the Background
  84
- Combining Text Fields
  84
- Moving a Layer
  84
- Justifying a Layer
  86
- Rotating a Layer
  86
- Scaling a Layer
  87
- Skewing a Layer
  88
Effects and Sequences

89
- About Deko500 Effects
  89
- Creating a Sequence
  90
- Composing Rolls
  92
- Composing Crawls
  93
- Browsing for Graphics in a Sequence
  93
- Selecting Events
  94
- Cutting and Pasting Events
  95
- Inserting and Deleting Events
  95
- Playing a Sequence
  96
- Pausing Sequence Playback
  96
- Using Agpi Trigger
  97
- Stopping Sequence Playback
  98
User Preferences

99
- Deko500 Layouts
  99
- Common Preferences
  101
- Prompts Preferences
  101
- Paths Preferences
  102
- Cursor Preferences
  103
- Marker Preferences
  104
- Advanced Preferences
  105
Managing Files

107
- Opening Files
  107
- Closing Files
  108
- Saving Files
  108
- Deleting Files
  109
- Sharing Files
  109
- Creating a Directory
  109
Working with Macros

111
- Introduction to Macros
  111
- Commands and Macros
  111
- Working in the Macro Window
  112
- USING the MACRO RECORDER Recording a Macro
  113
- Recording a Macro
  113
- Playing a Macro
  113
- Pausing a Macro
  114
- Stopping Macro Playback
  115
- Single-Stepping a Macro
  115
- Editing a Macro
  116
- Saving a Macro
  116
- Appending to a Macro
  117
- Converting a Graphic or Sequence into a Macro
  117
- Macro Programming Language
  118
- Commands
  118
- Command Syntax
  118
- Parameters
  119
- Variables
  121
- Operators
  123
- Comments
  126
- Conditional Commands and Loops
  126
- Subroutines
  128
- MACRO PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE Commands
  129
- Return Values
  129
- Objects
  129
- Data Type Conversions
  130
Deko500 Options

132
- About Deko500 Options
  132
- Automation
  132
- Database Connection
  135
- Chyron Import
  137
- Fastaction Keyboard
  139
- Function Keys
  140
- Sportsware
  142
- Stilldeko
  146
Menus

149
- Baseline
  149
- Channel
  150
- Edit
  151
- File
  153
- Help
  154
- Layer
  154
- Macro
  155
- Options
  156
- Presets
  157
- Sequence
  157
- Shader
  158
- Style
  159
- Text
  160
- Timecode
  161
- View
  161
- Window
  163
- Shortcut Keys
  165
  - Window Selection
    165
  - Formatting Text
    166
- F1 - F12 Keys
  168
- Glossary
  169
- Index
  192

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