Pinnacle Speakers DEKO500 manual

280 N. Be rnar do, Mou ntain Vie w, CA 94043 D EKO 500 Character Genera tor Value, Perform ance, Reli ability User’s Guide PPN: 253000-U SRMAN Revisi on B[...]

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Deko500 User’s Guide Table of Contents Introduction Welcome! ...................................................................................................................................5 How to Use This Manu al ......................................................................................................... ..6 How to Contact Pinn [...]

Table of Contents ii Deko500 User’s Guide Tab Stops ...................................................................................................................... ...........35 Using Undo ..................................................................................................................... .........36 Creating Sty les SPECI[...]

Table of Contents iii Deko500 User’s Guide Clearing a Graph ic ............................................................................................................. ...... 79 Clearing or Deleting a Layer ................................................................................................... .80 Cutting and Pasting Layers .....[...]

Table of Contents iv Deko500 User’s Guide Single-Stepping a Macro ........................................................................................................ 113 Editing a Macro ................................................................................................................ ......114 Saving a Macro ...................[...]

5 Deko500 User’s Guide Introduction W ELCOME ! This is th e User’s Guide for Dek o500, a full -color video ch aracter generator fro m Pinnacle S ystems, I nc. Ba se d on the Wind ows NT oper a ting system, Deko500 off ers unpreceden ted performance in a broadcast-quality character gener a tor, includ ing:  The highest picture quality availab[...]

Using this Manual and Contacti ng Pinnacl e 6 Deko500 User’s Guide H OW TO U SE T HIS M ANUAL The Deko50 0 User’s G uide is a reference m anual that describes the operation of Deko500. The User’s Guide is derived l argely f rom Deko500’s on-line H elp screens—you’ll find pretty much the same information in both places . One differen ce [...]

Using this Manual and Contacti ng Pinnacl e 7 Deko500 User’s Guide H OW TO C ONTACT P INNACLE S YSTEMS Pinnacle Sys tems, Inc. 280 N. Bernardo Mountain View, CA 94043 What to do befo re you call: Whenever you co ntact Pinnacle Sys tems for technic al support, please have t he following infor mation avail able: Product name and software version nu[...]

Starti ng and Exiting Deko500 8 Deko500 User’s Guide S TARTING W INDO WS NT To start Wind ows NT: 1. Turn on the pow er to the PC. The computer m onitor shows a series of diagn ostic screens, t hen displa ys the Windo ws NT startup screen. P ress Ctrl+ Alt+Delete to log on. 2. Enter y our user name and pas sword, t hen press Ente r. If you don’[...]

Starti ng and Exiting Deko500 9 Deko500 User’s Guide To start De k o50 0 autom atical ly, ever y time y ou log on: In the W indo ws NT P rogr am Manage r, hol d Ctr l do wn a nd drag the Dek o500 program icon int o the Startup grou p. Refer to y our Windows NT docu m entation for more information. E XITING D EKO 500 To exit Dek o500 and return to[...]

Starti ng and Exiting Deko500 10 Deko500 User’s Guide To shut down Windows NT: 1. Exit Deko500. 2. In th e Windows NT Program Manag er, do one of t he following :  Press Ctrl+ Alt+Delete, the n choose Shutdown.  Double-click the control icon at the left end of the Program Manager title bar, then choose Shutdown.  From th e File menu, ch [...]

11 Deko500 User’s Guide Overview of Deko500 T HE D EKO 500 D ESKTOP All creat ion and playback of Deko500 g raphics is don e using the m ouse and keyboard t o interact w ith the variou s controls and windows on Deko500’ s desktop . The appearance of the deskt op depends on t he current layout , as selected f rom the Window menu. A BOUT G RAPHIC[...]

Creating and Saving Graphics 12 Deko500 User’s Guide C REATING A G RAPH IC To create a D ek o500 gr aph ic: 1. Activ ate a Program window. If desired, clear any previous g raphic by pres sing F8 on ce, or press F8 tw ice to clear th e background, too. 2. Use the cursor keys or click the mouse to positio n t he text curs or . 3. Type any desired t[...]

Creating and Saving Graphics 13 Deko500 User’s Guide To save a m odified gra phic: 1. Act ivate the gr aphi c wind ow. 2. From the File menu, choose Save Graphic (Ctrl+S or Alt+F12) to replace the previou s version of the .dk o file. To save a graphic under a dif ferent video st andard: 1. From th e File menu ch oose Save Graph ic As (F12). 2. In[...]

Creating and Saving Graphics 14 Deko500 User’s Guide To specify whether or n ot to sa ve ch aracter glyphs: 1. From th e File menu ch oose Save Graph ic As (F12). 2. In th e Save Graphic As dial og box, choos e Options. 3. Select whether to sav e graphic f iles with pre- rendered glyph s Always, Never or If not already in pre- rendered style. 4. [...]

Opening Graphic Files 15 Deko500 User’s Guide O PENING A G RAPHI C F ILE To open a gr aphic file : 1. From the File menu, choose Open (Ctrl+O or F9 ). 2. In th e Open dialog box, n avigate to the dri ve and direct ory that contain the file. 3. Choos e the file from th e File Name list box or type th e file name in the File Name text box, then cli[...]

Opening Graphic Files 16 Deko500 User’s Guide Chops off part of t he left and ri ght sides of a 16 x 9 g raphic, leaving a 4 x 3 center.  Pad to fit. Centers a 4 x 3 graphic, paddi ng th e right and left sides. Shrinks a 16 x 9 graphi c to fit h orizontally, paddi ng the t op and bottom .  Scale to fit. Stret c hes a 4 x 3 graph ic hor izon[...]

Opening Graphic Files 17 Deko500 User’s Guide To transfer a GF/Halo/Kseries/Prest o image to Dek o500: 1. <Record> the GF/Halo i mage as a still or Kseries/P resto as ppic. 2. Insert a compatible disk for matted for DOS into o ne of the GF/Halo driv es. 3. <Do> do s expor t. Export the GF/Halo still to the DOS disk as a DOS file with [...]

Keying / Frame Grabbing / Motion Suppression 18 Deko500 User’s Guide F RAME G RABBI NG To set gr ab option s: In the Channel menu, click Grab Options, then click to select or de-select options from the drop-down menu. A checkmark n ext to an option indicates that it is selected. Grab With Key Select to enable frame grabbing video input with key. [...]

19 Deko500 User’s Guide Composing Text S ELECTING T EXT To selec t a bloc k of text: Drag across, then down or u p the text. Use ar ro w keys ( ↑ → ↓ ← ) to move the cursor to the beginning or end of the text block, th en hold Shift and press arrow keys as necessary. To selec t multipl e block s of text: Hold Ctrl as y ou drag across, the[...]

Selecti ng Text, Select i ng a Typeface, Using an Int ernat ional Character Set 20 Deko500 User’s Guide To selec t all text ch aract ers in a graph ic: Choose Select All (Crl+ A) from the Edit menu. To selec t all te xt char acters in the cu rrent style: Choose Select Style from the Edit m enu. To de-select te xt: Click anywhere in the text field[...]

Selecti ng Text, Select i ng a Typeface, Using an Int ernat ional Character Set 21 Deko500 User’s Guide cursor, unless a text character or layer is selected. U SING AN I NTERNATIONAL C H ARACTER S ET To type a char acter fr om an intern ation al chara cter set: 1. From the View menu, choose International. 2. In th e Interna tional window , clic k[...]

Changing Text Appearanc e, Size, and Spacing 22 Deko500 User’s Guide B OLD AND I TALIC To change no rmal text to bold: 1. Select the text to be changed, or select noth in g to change the current sty le . 2. Do one of the followi ng:  Press th e bold butt on on th e text bar (Ctrl+B).  Activate the Style window , select Font at the top of th[...]

Changing Text Appearanc e, Size, and Spacing 23 Deko500 User’s Guide 3. Select the text to rotate. 4. Hold down Alt and press either the down arrow ( ↓ ) to rotate the selected text clockwise, or th e up arrow ( ↑ ) to rotate counterclockwise. To rotate text usin g the mouse: 1. Click the rotate/ske w button in the Tools window. 2. Select the[...]

Changing Text Appearanc e, Size, and Spacing 24 Deko500 User’s Guide 4. Drag the handle to skew selected text. To specify a num erical value f or sk ewing: 1. Select th e characters to skew . If no text is selected, Dek o500 applies changes to the current style. 2. Acti vate t he Styl e wind o w. 3. Choos e Font at the top of the Style window . 4[...]

Changing Text Appearanc e, Size, and Spacing 25 Deko500 User’s Guide To change se lect ed text to lower case: 1. Select the text to be changed, or select noth in g to change all text in the current text field. 2. From th e Text menu, choos e Lower Case. C HANGING THE T EXT F IELD B OX To change the te xt field b ox, using th e k e yboard: 1. From[...]

Changing Text Appearanc e, Size, and Spacing 26 Deko500 User’s Guide To scale te xt us ing the m ouse: 1. Click the sca lin g button in the Too ls window. 2. Select the text for scaling. 3. Move the poin ter to a handle on any s ide or corner of s elected text, so that the pointer becom es one of the scaling tools. 4. Drag a handle either ou twar[...]

Changing Text Appearanc e, Size, and Spacing 27 Deko500 User’s Guide 2. Select the characters to kern . 3. Move the poin ter to a handle at either side of the selected text, so that the pointer becom es the kerning tool. 4. Drag the handle either ou tward to widen spacing between characters or inw ard to decrease character spacing . To specify a [...]

Changing Text Appearanc e, Size, and Spacing 28 Deko500 User’s Guide 4. Double- click or Tab to t he Width % text box , then type or s croll to a percentage of normal character width. R OW S PACING (L EADING ) To change le adin g using the k eyboard: 1. In th e Options menu, ch oose Transf orm/Kerning & Leading (Ctrl+K). 2. In th e Options m [...]

Cutting, Pasti ng, Finding, Replaci ng, and Moving Text 29 Deko500 User’s Guide To draw a curved baseline: 1. Select the layer whose base line you wish to modify. 2. Activate the Baseline Edit window. 3. Do one of the followi ng:  In the Baseline menu, ch eck Draw Curve.  Click the curve dra wing tool b utton i n t he Tools window. 4. Posit[...]

Cutting, Pasti ng, Finding, Replaci ng, and Moving Text 30 Deko500 User’s Guide To delete or in sert a p oint on a baseline : 1. If not already in the Baseline Edit mode, choose Edit Baseline fro m the La yer menu. 2. In the Baseline menu , check Edit Curve. 3. Do one of the followi ng:  Click the point you wish to d elete, the n choose Delete[...]

Cutting, Pasti ng, Finding, Replaci ng, and Moving Text 31 Deko500 User’s Guide C UTTING AND P ASTING T EXT To cut or c opy t ext: 1. Select the text to be cut or copied. 2. Do one of the followi ng:  To cut selected text, from the Edit menu, choose Cut (Ctrl+X), or click the cut button on the text bar.  To copy selected tex t, from the Edi[...]

Cutting, Pasti ng, Finding, Replaci ng, and Moving Text 32 Deko500 User’s Guide F INDING AND R EPLACING T EXT To find text within a gr aphic: 1. From the Edit menu, choose Find (Ctrl+F). 2. In th e dialog box, ty pe the text in the Find What t ext box. 3. If desi red, check Match C ase or Match Whole Word O nly. 4. Choose Find Next (C trl+G) to f[...]

Cutting, Pasti ng, Finding, Replaci ng, and Moving Text 33 Deko500 User’s Guide 4. Drag to move selected tex t in any direction. Note Unlike cutting and p asting text, m o ving text does not chang e the location of the tex t cursor. When you cut and pa ste tex t, the cursor follows the text, but when you move text, the cursor appears in the or ig[...]

Justify i ng Text and Using Tab Stops 34 Deko500 User’s Guide Spread justifica tio n makes all lines of selected text flush with both the left and right sides of the text field box. To d o this, space is inserted betw een words and between letters, as controlled by the Spread % in the Style/Lay ers window. To justif y text u sin g the k eyboard: [...]

Justify i ng Text and Using Tab Stops 35 Deko500 User’s Guide T AB S TO PS To set a t ab stop: 1. Positio n the cu rsor where y ou will insert the tab stop . 2. From th e Text menu, ch oose Tab Set. 3. Choos e an alignment (R ight, Left, Cent er or Decimal) f rom the drop-dow n m enu. 4. The current tab settings for a text field are display ed at[...]

Justify i ng Text and Using Tab Stops 36 Deko500 User’s Guide  To paste a cut or c opied tab stop: 1. If necessary , open the file into which you w ill paste the tab stop. 2. Positio n to text cursor where y ou will insert the cut or co pied tab stop. 3. From the Edit menu, choose Paste (Ctrl+V), or click the paste button in the Too ls window.[...]

Using Undo 37 Deko500 User’s Guide actions can be undone.[...]

38 Deko500 User’s Guide Creating St yles SPECIFYING A FONT A BOUT F ONT S A font is a single ty peface in a particular size and orient ation. In Deko500, the curr e nt font and t he curr ent lo ok ma ke up the curre nt st yle. Deko500 su pports alph abet-based f onts as well as fonts of se veral ideographi c langua ges. Fo r the fo llo wing la ng[...]

Specifying a Font 39 Deko500 User’s Guide Controls in the Style/F ont Window: Typefa ce The name of the cu rrent typeface. Click this box to call u p a list of available typefaces. The list includes TrueT ype and Postscript fonts as well as Dek o500 Custom Typefaces . The latter are indicated by the word “ (deko)” after the ty peface name. Br[...]

Specifying a Font 40 Deko500 User’s Guide digits The digits 0-9 are m onospace, but all other characters are proportion al. Note For many typefaces, there is no difference between “proporti onal” and “di gits” s pacing. I n other words, the fonts were des igned with monospaced digits. Keyboard Selec ts the ke ybo a rd la nguage la yout fo[...]

Specifying a Font 41 Deko500 User’s Guide Note When you copy a font, it is saved in the Windows NT clipboard . C USTOM T YPEF ACE The Custom Typeface f eature enables you to create custom characters f or use in Deko500 g raphics To open a Cu stom Typeface window : Do one of t he following :  From the Window menu, ch oose Select Layout, then Ty[...]

Specifying a Font 42 Deko500 User’s Guide To change pin locat io n and set wid th of a ch aracter: 1. In the Custom Typef ace window, double-click the character you wish t o edit. Deko500 dis plays the ch aracter in its own window. 2. In the character w indow, type in or scroll to X and Y v alues for the character’s pin location . 3. Type in or[...]

43 Deko500 User’s Guide SPECIFYING A LOOK A BOUT L O OKS This section describes how to control the cu rrent style’s look. The look controls everything abou t the way a text character looks, in cluding colors, edges , shadows, etc. A look cons ists of a list of details. Each detail is a face, edge, frame, shadow , or underline, and h as its own [...]

Specifying a Look 44 Deko500 User’s Guide Underline An underlin e below the character. A look can hav e only one under line. Frame A frame behin d the character. A look can hav e up to two fr am es. Add Adds a n ew detail t o the current look . A pop-u p menu lets y ou choose wh ich kind of detail to add. The new detail i s added after the select[...]

Specifying a Look 45 Deko500 User’s Guide To change oth er attri butes of a fa ce: 1. Select th e text to change. If no text is s elected, Deko500 applies changes to the cu rrent style. 2. Acti vate t he Styl e wind o w. 3. Choos e Look (Alt+L) at t he top of t he Style window. 4. In the Details list, ch oose the face. Deko500 display s face attr[...]

Specifying a Look 46 Deko500 User’s Guide To change the color of an e dge: 1. Select th e text to change. If no text is s elected, Deko500 applies changes to the cu rrent style. 2. Do one of the followi ng:  Click the shader button next to the edge button on the text bar (only for th e first edge of a look ).  Open the Style w indow (F6), s[...]

Specifying a Look 47 Deko500 User’s Guide inner creates an edge th at extends inward from the ou ter edge of the edged detail. border creates an edge that extends both outward an d inward from the outer edge of the edged detail. filled creates an edge that extends outward from the ou ter edge of the edged detail; the inside is filled with the edg[...]

Specifying a Look 48 Deko500 User’s Guide merged sends the combinations of the edge and w hatever was sent to the edge from the detail above it. this sends t he edge o nly. S HADOW To add or r emove a s hado w: 1. Select the text to change. If no text is selected, a shadow is added to o r remove d fro m the cur r ent st yle. 2. Click the shado w [...]

Specifying a Look 49 Deko500 User’s Guide To change the co lor of a shadow: 1. Select th e text to change. If no text is s elected, Deko500 applies changes to the cu rrent style. 2. Do one of the followi ng:  Click the shader button next to the shado w button on the text bar (only for the first shadow of a look).  Open the Style w indow (F6[...]

Specifying a Look 50 Deko500 User’s Guide Type Determines the type of shadow: drop creates a single sh adow of the detail being shadowed. deep creates a thick shadow, as if the detail were extruded. Drop Deep Distance Controls the dis tance of the shadow from th e shadowed detail(s). Priority Determin es whether the sh adow appears in front of or[...]

Specifying a Look 51 Deko500 User’s Guide merged sends the combination of the s hadow and whatever was sent to the shadow from the detail above it. U NDERLINE To add or r emove an u nderlin e: 1. Select the text to change. If no text is selected , an underline is added to or removed f rom the current sty le. 2. Click the underline butto n on the [...]

Specifying a Look 52 Deko500 User’s Guide To change oth er at tributes of an under line: 1. Select th e text to change. If no text is s elected, Deko500 applies changes to the cu rrent style. 2. Acti vate t he Styl e wind o w. 3. Choos e Look at th e top of the Styl e window. 4. In th e Details list, ch oose the un derline. Deko500 dis plays Unde[...]

Specifying a Look 53 Deko500 User’s Guide Priority Determines whether the underline appears in front of or behin d other details. By def ault, Deko500 assigns a priority to each detail so that they ren der from front to back, in the order th ey appear in the Details list. Use Prio rity to change the rendering order. P riority ranges f rom 0 (clos[...]

Specifying a Look 54 Deko500 User’s Guide To change the c olor of a fr ame: 1. Select th e text to change. If no text is s elected, Deko500 applies changes to the cu rrent style. 2. Do one of the followi ng:  Click the shader button next to the fra me button on the text bar (onl y for the fir st fr a me o f a loo k).  Open the Style w indow[...]

Specifying a Look 55 Deko500 User’s Guide H offset Offsets the frame horizontally relative to the detail being framed. V Offset Offsets the frame vertically relative to the detail being framed. Descenders Lowers the bottom of the frame to accommodate lower case descender characters like g, j and y. Spaces Frames the spaces betw een words. Priorit[...]

Specifying a Look 56 Deko500 User’s Guide  To paste a deta il into a Details lis t: 1. If necessary, open the Style file into which you will paste the detail. 2. Click on the detail i n t he Details list where you will insert the cut or copied deta il. 3. From th e Edit menu, ch oose Paste Detail ( Ctrl+V), or click the paste but ton in the To[...]

Specifying a Look 57 Deko500 User’s Guide SPECIFYING A SHADER A BOUT S HADERS To apply col or to text or g raphics, Dek o500 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. Deko500 sh aders come in three flavors :  A color shader produc[...]

Specifying a Shader 58 Deko500 User’s Guide A CTIVATING A S HADER To activate a sh ader f or the current look ’s firs t fac e, edge, shadow, underlin e or fram e: Click the approp r iate d etail shader button on the text bar. face edg e shadow underline f rame Note If you click the shad e r b utton for a deta il tha t is not in the Details list[...]

Specifying a Shader 59 Deko500 User’s Guide A PPLYING A R AMP To appl y a r am p to a detail: 1. Activate the detail’s shader. 2. At the top of the Shader window, ch oose Ramp. The Sample box near the top of the window displays the detail’s current ramp. 3. For each of th e four colors in the ram p, click the color button, use the color picke[...]

Specifying a Shader 60 Deko500 User’s Guide H Scale Determines the width of the ramp relative to the group. For setti ngs less th an 100 percent, on ly part of the ramp is appl ied to the g roup. V Scale Determines the height of the ramp relative to the group. For settings less th an 100 percent, on ly part of the ramp i s applied to the g roup. [...]

Specifying a Shader 61 Deko500 User’s Guide The texture is copied from its file, in its original size, and “pasted” onto the detail . The textur e’s siz e does not chan ge — the larger the deta il, the g reater the area of texture that is applied to it. In addition to Deko500 (. dko) graphics , Deko500 can i mport Windows bitm ap files (.[...]

Specifying a Shader 62 Deko500 User’s Guide H Alignment Specifies how the original texture is aligned with the selected detail(s ), depending on the Group s etting: left aligns the left edge of the texture with the lef t edge of the grou p. center aligns the center of the texture with the center of th e group. right aligns the right edg e of the [...]

Specifying a Shader 63 Deko500 User’s Guide T HE C OL OR P ICKER Use Dek o500’s color picker to pick colors for the color s hader and ramp shader. RGB Selects the RGB color space. Click a color on the palette, or enter numerical values u p to 100 percent for each of red, green an d blue. HSV Selects the HSV color space. Click a color on the pal[...]

Specifying a Shader 64 Deko500 User’s Guide Selected Component Selects the color component RGB o r HSV to displa y in the Selected Component Bar. In th e picture above, Value is the selected com ponent. If Opaci ty is select ed, Deko500 display s a gray scale in the Selected Com po nent Bar. Un-selected Components The large square displays the tw[...]

Specifying a Shader 65 Deko500 User’s Guide U SING P RESET S HADERS The 18 Preset Shader button s appear at the bottom of the Shader window. Any type of sh ader may be assign ed to any pres et. To apply a pr eset sha der to a d etail: 1. Activate the detail’s shader. 2. In the Shader win dow, click the preset button. To assign the current shade[...]

Specifying a Shader 66 Deko500 User’s Guide WORKING WITH STYLES T HE C URRENT S TYLE W INDOW The Current Style windo w sho ws the current style. This window shows the c urrent font and lo ok, in the actual size they would appear if ty ped in the default Program window . If you are creating a style with a very large font, y ou can enlarge the wind[...]

Work ing With Styl e s 67 Deko500 User’s Guide S AVING A S TYLE To save an un named st yle or t o renam e a style: 1. Acti vate t he Styl e wind o w (F6). 2. Choos e Save Style As (F12) from the F ile menu. 3. In th e dialog box, n avigate to th e drive and directory where you will store the file. 4. Type a file name in the File Name text box, th[...]

Work ing With Styl e s 68 Deko500 User’s Guide To pick up a style from a graph ic and ass ign it to a preset style button: 1. Act i vat e a gr ap hic wi ndo w. 2. Move the text cursor imm ediately to the left of a character in the desired sty le. 3. Select the character or choose Pick Sty le from the Text menu. The style of that character is now [...]

Work ing With Styl e s 69 Deko500 User’s Guide To retrie ve a styl e from a st y le (.sty) f ile: 1. Acti vate t he Styl e wind o w (F6). 2. Choos e Open (Ctrl+O or F 9) from the File menu. 3. In th e dialog box, n avigate to th e drive and directory that cont ain the style file. 4. Type th e file name in t he File Name text box or choose i t fro[...]

Work ing With Styl e s 70 Deko500 User’s Guide S AVING A P RE - RENDERED S TY LE To save the cur rent s tyle as a pre-r endered st yle: 1. Acti vate t he Styl e wind o w (F6). 2. From the File menu choos e Render and Save Style. 3. In th e dialog box, n avigate to th e drive and directory where you will store the file. 4. Type a file name in the [...]

Deko500 User’s Guide Graphics and Layers V IDEO S TANDARD You can create D eko500 graphi cs in standard 4 x 3 as pect ratio or in the wider 16 x 9 aspect ratio us ed for som e feature films, musi c videos and commercials. The defaul t video standard i s standard N TSC. To change the aspect ratio: From the Options menu, select Hardware Settings, t[...]

About Layers and Backgrounds 72 Deko500 User’s Guide Layers are ren dered in order from front to back, st arting with the first lay er. Using the Lay er menu, lay ers may be select ed, reordered, hidden , moved, rotated, scaled, etc. The back ground: Behind the final layer is the bac kground , a full-screen rectangle that is either off or on. [...]

About Layers and Backgrounds 73 Deko500 User’s Guide T HE B ACKGROUND To turn the back ground on: Do one of t he following :  Click th e background bu tton on the text bar.  In the Layer menu, chec k Show B ack ground . To turn the back ground off: Do one of t he following :  Click th e background bu tton on the text bar.  From the Ed[...]

About Layers and Backgrounds 74 Deko500 User’s Guide 2. From the File menu, ch oose Replace Background Key . 3. In th e dialog box, n avigate to th e drive and directory that cont ain the graphic file. 4. Choos e the file from th e File Name list box or type th e file name in the File Name text box, then click OK or p ress Enter. Note This i s us[...]

Adding Layers to a Graphic 75 Deko500 User’s Guide To specify te xt f ield propertie s: 1. Select the text field. 2. Do one of the followi ng:  From th e Layer menu , choose Properti es.  Open the Styl e window (F6) and choose L ayer at the top of the window. 3. Specify text field properti es as desired. T EXT F IELD P ROP ERTIES Box Define[...]

Adding Layers to a Graphic 76 Deko500 User’s Guide More Displays more Text Fi eld Properti es. Justification Specifies default j usti ficatio n for text within the text field: Horizontal Justifies text between the left and right edges of the text field. Vertical Justif ies text betw een the top an d bottom of th e text fiel d. Spread % When Horiz[...]

Adding Layers to a Graphic 77 Deko500 User’s Guide Update freq Specifies how often, in seconds, to run a macro or requ est data from an automation host. A DDING A R ECT AN GLE L AYER To add a re ctangle to a graphic, u sing the k eybo ard: From the Layer menu choose Add Rectangle. A rectangle layer is added at the center of the screen. To add a r[...]

Adding Layers to a Graphic 78 Deko500 User’s Guide S PEC IF YING L AYER P ROPERTI ES To specify pr operties of a la yer: 1. Select the layer. 2. Do one of the followi ng:  From th e Layer menu , choose Properti es  Open the Styl e window (F6) and choose L ayer at the top of the window. 3. Specify layer properties as desired. L AYER P ROP ER[...]

Adding Layers to a Graphic 79 Deko500 User’s Guide Hidden Hides the layer. Loc k Prevents selection or modifi cation of the la yer. S ELECTING A L AYER To select a layer in the active gr aph ic: Do one of t he following :  Click on an ellipse, rectan gle or the box arou nd a text field.  Page Up or Page Dow n to the layer.  Choose the la[...]

Selecti ng and Working w ith Layers 80 Deko500 User’s Guide To clear the back ground fr om the active grap hic: From the Edit menu, ch oose Clear Backgroun d (Ctrl+F8). To clear the layers and th e back ground fr om the active gr aph ic: From the Edit menu, choose Clear All (press Alt+F8 or press F8 twice in rapid s uccession). To have Dek o500 p[...]

Selecti ng and Working w ith Layers 81 Deko500 User’s Guide C UTTING AND P ASTING L AY ERS To cut or copy a layer: 1. Select the layer to be cut or copied. 2. Do one of the followi ng:  To cut the selected layer, from the Edit menu, choose Cut (Ctrl+X), or click the cut button on the text bar.  To copy th e selected layer, from the Edit m e[...]

Selecti ng and Working w ith Layers 82 Deko500 User’s Guide R EORDERING L AY ERS To move a layer fo rward or b ack ward in a graph ic: 1. Select the layer. 2. From th e Layer menu, choos e one of the f ollowing: Send Back One Layer (Ctrl+-) Swaps the layer with the layer behind it. Bring For ward One Layer (Ctrl++) Swaps the layer with the layer [...]

Selecti ng and Working w ith Layers 83 Deko500 User’s Guide 3. Select the layer. 4. Hold dow n Alt and pres s arrow keys ( ↑↓→ ← ) to move the layer up, down , left or right. To move a layer us ing the m ouse: 1. Click the move b u tton in the Tools w indo w. 2. Select the layer. 3. Position the pointer near the border o f the layer, so t[...]

Selecti ng and Working w ith Layers 84 Deko500 User’s Guide J USTIFYING A L AYER To justif y a rectan gle, ellip se, or text layer : 1. Select the rectangle, ellipse, or text layer. 2. Do one of the followi ng:  On the text bar, click the appropriate justification butto n to alter horizontal justification, vertical justificatio n, or both, the[...]

Changing a Layer’s Appearance or Si z e 85 Deko500 User’s Guide 3. Position the pointer near the border o f the layer, so that the pointer becomes the rotation tool. 4. Drag to rotate the layer. To specify a num erical value f or rotation: 1. Select the layer. 2. Acti vate t he Styl e wind o w. 3. Choos e Layer at the top of the Styl e window. [...]

Changing a Layer’s Appearance or Si z e 86 Deko500 User’s Guide S KEWING A L AY ER To sk ew a layer u sing the keyboard: 1. From th e Options menu , choose Trans form/Rotat e & Skew (Ctrl+R). 2. In th e Options m enu, choose Transf orm and set increment of change to C oarse or Fine (Ctrl+spacebar). 3. Select the layer. 4. Hold down Alt and [...]

Deko500 User’s Guide Effects and Se que nces A BOUT D EKO 500 E FFECTS You can play back graphic files individually or in series, using a variety of effec ts. Trans itional E ffects A Transitional Effect replaces the on-air (Program) graphic with another (Previ ew) graphic. clear Clears the lay ers, background or all of the Program g raphic. cut [...]

About Deko500 Effects 88 Deko500 User’s Guide crawl Te xt moves co ntin uo usl y acros s the Pr ogra m graphi c , rig ht to left. reveal Text is typed on to the Program graphic, one character, w ord or row at a time. Macro Effect One additional, powerful effect, command , is available with the Automation option. The comm and effect runs the macro[...]

Creating a Sequence 89 Deko500 User’s Guide loop Repeats subsequent events “Time” times, until an “end” is encounte red. Loops can be n ested. end Ends th e current loop. go to Skips to event number in “T ime” field. Effect See About Deko500 Eff ects for des criptions of effects . Layers The graphic elem ent, e.g. layers, backg round,[...]

Creating a Sequence 90 Deko500 User’s Guide 4. Choose the file fro m the File Na me list or type it in the File Name text box, then click OK or press Enter. C OMP OSING R OLL S To com pose a gr aphic for a “roll” e ffect: 1. Act i vat e a gr ap hic wi ndo w (F5). 2. In the Text menu, s elect Vertical Scrolling. A scrollable graphic can be hig[...]

Creating a Sequence 91 Deko500 User’s Guide C OMP OSING C RAWLS To com pose a gr aphi c for a "cra wl" effect: 1. Act i vat e a gr ap hic wi ndo w (F5). 2. In the Text m enu, select Horizontal Scrolling. 3. Compose the tex t for the crawl. If y ou are composing more than one row of text to crawl, use the En ter key to create up to three[...]

Creating a Sequence 92 Deko500 User’s Guide To autom atically advance to th e next event while browsing for graph ics to put int o a sequence: 1. Activ ate the Sequ ence window (F11). 2. In the Sequence menu, select Auto Adv ance From Bro wser. Note If the next event is empty, Deko500 duplicates the last event. S ELECTING E VENTS To selec t a sin[...]

Creating a Sequence 93 Deko500 User’s Guide C UTTING AND P ASTING E VEN TS To cut or copy an event or g roup of event s: 1. Select an event or grou p of events. 2. Do one of the followi ng:  To cut events, choos e Cut Events (Ctrl+X) from the Edit menu, or click the cut button on the text bar.  To copy events, choose Cop y Events (Ctrl+C) f[...]

Playi ng a Sequence 94 Deko500 User’s Guide P LAYING A S EQUENCE To specify the st arting e ven t: 1. Activ ate the Sequ ence window. 2. Press th e up or dow n arrow ( ↑↓ ) to move the cursor to an event. Deko500 alw ays begins a sequence with the current event . To play a sequen ce: 1. Activ ate the Sequ ence window. 2. Do one of the followi[...]

Playi ng a Sequence 95 Deko500 User’s Guide To resum e a paused sequence: Do one of t he following :  Right-click the mouse.  Click the pause butto n in the Seque nce window.  Choose Pau se Sequence (Pause) from the Sequence menu .  Choose Play Sequence (Alt+Enter) from the Sequence menu .  Click the play button in the Seque nce wi[...]

Playi ng a Sequence 96 Deko500 User’s Guide S TOPPING S EQ UENCE P LAYBACK To stop sequen ce playback : Do one of t he following :  Pre ss E sc.  Click the stop button in the Seq uence window.   Choose Stop Sequ ence Playback (Ctrl+Pause) f rom the Sequence m enu.[...]

Deko500 User’s Guide User Prefe rences D EKO 500 L AYO UTS Deko500 off ers six st andard layouts for creating, editing and playing back graphics and macros: Graphic Compo se To compos e text and graph ics. Style Edit To create and edit sty les. Sequence Playbac k To control the play back of a series of graph ic files. Macro Edit To create and edi[...]

Specifying Us er Preferences 98 Deko500 User’s Guide To autom atically save current pr eferences each t ime you ex it D ek o500: In the O ptions menu, ch eck Save Setting s on Exit. To reset pre feren ces to f actory default settin gs: 1. From the Options menu, ch oose Preferences. 2. In th e dialog box, ch oose the ty pe of preference y ou wish [...]

Specifying Us er Preferences 99 Deko500 User’s Guide C OMMON P REFERENCES Starting L ayout The desktop lay out that appears each tim e you start Deko500. Color used where graphic is transparent The color Deko500 us es to fill all transparent areas of a g raphic (areas filled with liv e video when the Deko500 key er is turned on ). The default col[...]

Types of Preferences and Preferenc e Options 100 Deko500 User’s Guide Prompt on file open if na me matches but ext e n sion does not Pr o mpts yo u t o veri fy tha t you wish to o pen a file i f t he fi le na me you entered has an extensio n that d oes not match the file type for the currently active windo w . Prompt if a graphic is being convert[...]

Types of Preferences and Preferenc e Options 101 Deko500 User’s Guide C URSOR P REFERENCES Text cursor s tyle Controls how the text cu rsor is displaye d, as an I - beam or as a box. Does not aff ect how the curs or functions. I - beam cursor Box cursor Cursor m ovement Det erm in es how the curs or m ov es: By pix els The cursor m oves in 1- pix[...]

Types of Preferences and Preferenc e Options 102 Deko500 User’s Guide Ho me and End k ey beha vio r Dete r mines whet her the H ome a nd End ke ys be have as t hey typically do in Windo ws applicatio ns, or as the y do on a traditional television character ge nerator. K EY C HA R . G ENERA TOR W IND O WS Home sends c ursor to sends c ursor to sta[...]

Types of Preferences and Preferenc e Options 103 Deko500 User’s Guide A DVANCED P REFERENCES Resolution Specifies screen units, the number of vertical measurem ent units per screen. Ty pical (but n ot mandatory) s ettings are 486 f or NTSC and 576 for PAL . This is a referen ce number only, n ot related to the pixel resolution of the o utput fram[...]

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Deko500 User’s Guide Managing Files O PENING F ILES To open an e xistin g file: 1. From the File menu, choose Open (Ctrl+O or F9 ). 2. In the Open dialog box, navigate to the drive an d directory that contain the file. 3. Choos e the file from th e File Name list box or type th e file name in the File Name text box, then click OK or press Enter. [...]

Saving, Deleting and Sharing Files 106 Deko500 User’s Guide To open on e of the four m ost recentl y ope ned file s: Choose a file f rom the list near the bottom of the File menu. C LOSING F ILES To close the file in the act ive wind ow: 1. Save the f ile, if des ired. 2. Do one of the followi ng:  Double-click the control icon in the upper le[...]

Saving, Deleting and Sharing Files 107 Deko500 User’s Guide To save an un titled fil e or t o save a f ile under a ne w name: 1. From th e File menu ch oose Save As (F 12). This comm and varies depending on what type of window is active. For example, if a Style window is active, the command is Save Style As. 2. In th e dialog box, n avigate to th[...]

Saving, Deleting and Sharing Files 108 Deko500 User’s Guide Note When you create a new directory, the new directory does not automatically become the current directory.[...]

Deko500 User’s Guide Working wi th Macros INTRODUCTION TO MACROS C OMMANDS AND M ACROS A comm and is an instructi on to Deko500 to perf orm a s pecific function. The Deko500 user in terface (menus, shortcu t keys, etc.) implicitly executes comma nds. E very t ime you stri ke a ke y or sele ct a me nu item, yo u invoke a co mmand that direct s Dek[...]

Using the Macro Recorder 110 Deko500 User’s Guide W ORKIN G IN THE M ACRO W INDO W Whether writing a new macro or ed iting an existing m acro, you will be w orking i n the Macro win dow : To activate the Macro wi ndow: Do either of the following:  From the Window menu, ch oose Layouts, then Macro Edit.  From the View menu, choos e Macro (F2[...]

Using the Macro Recorder 111 Deko500 User’s Guide 2. From th e File menu, ch oose Append to Macro. 3. In th e Append Macro dialog box , navig ate to the dri ve and directory that contain the macro (.m cr) file you wish to append. 4. Choose the file fro m the File Na me list or type it in the File Name text box, then click OK or press Enter USING [...]

Using the Macro Recorder 112 Deko500 User’s Guide Notes The name of the macro that is cu rrent ly playing appear s on the st atus bar. If no Macro w indow or Sequence win dow is acti ve, Deko500 plays the macro in the most recently activated Macro window. To play a m acro file: 1. If the Comm and Bar is not visibl e, choose Comman d Bar (F4) from[...]

Using the Macro Recorder 113 Deko500 User’s Guide S TOPPING M ACRO P LAYBACK To cancel m acro playback : Do one of t he following :  Click th e stop butt on near the righ t end of the text bar.  Choose Stop Macro Play back (Ctrl+Pause) f rom the Macro menu. S INGLE -S TEPPING A M ACRO To advance a paused m acro on e step: Do one of t he fol[...]

Editing and Saving Macros 114 Deko500 User’s Guide E DITING A M ACRO To open and edit a macro (.m cr) file: 1. Do one of th e following, if necessary, to activate the Macro w indow:  From the Window menu, ch oose Select Layout, then Macro Edit.  From the View menu, choos e Macro (F2). 2. From the File menu, choose Open (Ctrl+O or F9 ). 3. I[...]

Editing and Saving Macros 115 Deko500 User’s Guide To save a m odified m acro: 1. Activate the Macro w indow. 2. From th e File menu, ch oose Save Macro (Ct rl+S or Al t+F12) to replace the previous v ersion of the .mcr file. A PPENDING TO A M ACRO To append a m acro t o the a ctive m acr o: 1. In the active Macro window, position the cursor wher[...]

Macro Programming Language 116 Deko500 User’s Guide MACRO PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE The Deko500 Macro Program ming Langu age combines many of the features of C and BASIC . It supports many stan dard programmi ng constru cts such as real an d integer arithmetic, variables, arrays, objects, loops, conditio nal statement s and s ubro utines. Since each t[...]

Macro Programming Language 117 Deko500 User’s Guide justify vertical=top top vertical justification; horizontal un changed justify v=top top vertical j ustificatio n; horizontal un changed Most param eters are optiona l parameters ; they have default va lues and do n ot require specification unless y ou are assigning new values to them . The just[...]

Macro Programming Language 118 Deko500 User’s Guide Intege r An integer parameter specifies a whole number value, either pos itive or negative, e.g., 3, 12967, -14, 0, etc. If you specify a real value f or an integer param eter, Deko500 ign ores the fractional compon ent. An example of an integer parameter is the number param eter of the select_s[...]

Macro Programming Language 119 Deko500 User’s Guide The font param eter specifies an object created by the font comm and, and the look parameter s pecifies an object created by the look command. You create an object w ith a command. For exam ple, the rgb command creates a color object: rgb red= green= blue= The elements of an object correspond ex[...]

Macro Programming Language 120 Deko500 User’s Guide $ i=1 Integer $XY = 3.5 Real $message = "Goodbye Cruel World" St ring If you try to u se an uninitialized variable, Deko500 s tops executing the command or macro and di splays an error prompt. A variable may be an elem ent of an array , in which case its name is the name of the array f[...]

Macro Programming Language 121 Deko500 User’s Guide For example, an array named $table might include these elements: $table[3] $table[42] $table[$count+1] $table[9999] Deko500 allocates array elemen ts as needed. The subs cripted variables in the above example will occupy only four variable slots, not te n thousand. By default, most v ariables ar[...]

Macro Programming Language 122 Deko500 User’s Guide Comparis on operator s compare values and determ ine whether an express ion is tru e or fals e. An expression is any combinati on of variables , commands and operators that results in a single value. An expression is true if its value is non-zero; it is false if its value is 0 . Operator Express[...]

Macro Programming Language 123 Deko500 User’s Guide The ass ignment oper ator assig ns a value to a variable, an d may simultaneously perform other operation s: Operator Expression Operation = $a = $b assigns th e value of $b to $a += $a += 1 adds 1 t o $a, assig ns total t o $a -= $a -= 5 subtracts 5 from $a, ass igns total t o $a *= $a *= 2 mul[...]

Macro Programming Language 124 Deko500 User’s Guide C OMMENT S A comm ent is tex t within a macro that does n ot affect the function of the macro. Comments make macros eas ier to analyze and edit, especially if th e macro was written some time ago or written by another programmer. Many programmers consider a program incomplete without comments. Y[...]

Macro Programming Language 125 Deko500 User’s Guide else if $a==5 type " Good-bye " else type " Wish you were here " end end …or mor e elega ntl y b y usi n g the elseif co mma nd : if $a==1 type " Hello " elseif $a==5 type " Good-bye " else type " Wish you were here " end Notice how indentation[...]

Macro Programming Language 126 Deko500 User’s Guide This macro u ses such a loop to test f or and skip odd n umbers an d, as a result , types only the even numbers from 1 throug h 10: $a=0 loop 10 $a = $a+=1 if $a&1 continue # skip odd numbers end type $a end Conditional loop commands def ine both the loop an d its conditional test. The while[...]

Macro Programming Language 127 Deko500 User’s Guide command girl type "It’s a girl" end if $name == "Amy" girl elseif $name == "Meg" girl elseif $name == "Mickey" boy end The subroutin es “boy” and “girl” are local to this macro. When the macro ends, the subro utines, like t he vari ables, vani sh[...]

Macro Programming Language 128 Deko500 User’s Guide rgb red= green= blue= The paramet ers represent th e amounts (from 0 to 100 ) of red, bl ue and g reen that make up the color created by the rgb comma nd . You can assign an object to a variable: $yellow = rgb 100 100 0 It is not ne c essar y to assi gn o bje c ts to varia b les befo r e passing[...]

Macro Programming Language 129 Deko500 User’s Guide $a = 123.45 $b = num 2str $a $b equals "123.45 "  Concatenate a null string to th e number $a = 123.45 $b = $a%%"" $b equals "123.45 " To convert a str ing to its num eric equivalen t: Use the command: str2num $a = "123" $b = str2n um $a $b equals 123 T[...]

Deko500 User’s Guide Deko500 Options A BOUT D EKO 500 O PTI ON S Deko500 option s curren tly availabl e for purchase include: Automation Spor tsWare Chyron I mpor t StillDeko FastAction Ke yboard To see what soft ware opt ion s are enab led on your system : From the Options menu, ch oose Enabled Options. A check m ark next to an option indicates [...]

Autom ation 131 Deko500 User’s Guide Automation window fields: Automation En abled Enables/disables the automation interface. Type The automa tion protocol. EMEM The protocol u sed w ith Grass Valley Grou p 200 and 300 switchers. DEKO The protocol u sed for Net Deko. PEGS The protocol u sed wi th Grass Vall ey Group edi tors. III The optional pro[...]

Autom ation 132 Deko500 User’s Guide To define a l ayer for aut omation: 1. Open the Automation windo w, de-select Automation Enabled, then close the window. 2. Select the layer. 3. From th e Layer menu , choose Prope rties. 4. At the bot tom of th e Text dialog box , click More. 5. Under Text Initialization, click the Usage te xt box, then do on[...]

Autom ation 133 Deko500 User’s Guide To offse t in/ou t tim es: 1. Open the sequence file. 2. In the Sequence window , choose Add Offset to In /Out Times. 3. In th e dialog box , enter the amoun t of time t o add or subtract. 4. Choose whether to add o r subtract the off set time, then click OK or press E nter . To find event closest to current o[...]

Autom ation 134 Deko500 User’s Guide To specify a DSN: 1. Click Start at the botto m of your desktop , choose Settings, then double-click Control P anel. 2. Double-click t he ODBC ico n to open the ODBC Data So urce Adminis trator dialog box. 3. Click on e of the f ollowing:  User DSN to create a data source wh ich is visible only to you an d [...]

Autom ation 135 Deko500 User’s Guide D ATABASE W INDO W O PTIONS : Database Name A databas e name define d in the ODBC Data Sou rce Administrator. Connect Connects Deko500 to the s pecified databas e. Table In Data ba se A table within the database. Field Name The field used to iden tify a data record w ithin the database. Field Value A value of [...]

Chyron Import 136 Deko500 User’s Guide 2. Activate a Program window. 3. From th e View menu, choos e Chyron im port. To import a Chyr on mess age file: 1. Open th e Chyron Import w indow. 2. Navigate to the driv e and directory that contain the m essage file. 3. Double-click the file name to open the file in the active Progra m win do w. Note Onc[...]

Chyron Import 137 Deko500 User’s Guide 3. Double-click the file name to open and i mport the file i nto a Custom Typeface w indow. 4. From the File menu, choos e Save Custom Typeface As. 5. Navigate to the drive and directory where you will store the file. 6. Type a new file name in the File Name text box, then click OK or press E nter . FASTACTI[...]

FastAction Keyboard 138 Deko500 User’s Guide to reading files. To quickly call up g raphics with numerical filena m es, type the filename on the keypad and pr ess Read. Th e display sh ows the filename as it is bein g typed, and advan ces to the se quential file when you press Re ad. The keyboard will display any al phanumeric filename, but only [...]

FastAction Keyboard 139 Deko500 User’s Guide Kern Selects the kerning tool. Layer In co nj unctio n wit h arro w keys mo ves, sc ale s, rota tes, ske ws or kerns layers, depending on whic h tool is selected. Learn Turns m acro learn mode on. Look Activa t es St yl e/Lo o k Windo w. Lowe r Third Justifies text in current field as a lower third. Ma[...]

FastAction Keyboard 140 Deko500 User’s Guide Row In co nj unctio n wit h the arr ow ke ys, move s, scal e s, rot a tes, s ke ws or ke r ns ro ws, dep e nding o n which t ool is se lect ed. Save File Saves the file open in the active window. Scale Selects the Scaling tool. Scroll Lock Provided f or standard PC key board. Seq Edit Activates the Seq[...]

SportsW are 141 Deko500 User’s Guide 3. Click OK or press Enter. 4. In th e Options m enu, choose Save S ettings Now. A BOUT P OPS The Pops featu re allows you to create an d “pop” a tex t selection ont o an open graphic. These tex t selections are saved as text files or as special graphic files, which you can use like any oth er graphic file[...]

SportsW are 142 Deko500 User’s Guide 4. Type the text. 5. Select the layer, not the text . 6. Navigate to the drive and directory where you will store the file, and type a n ame in the File n ame text box. 7. Choose Save Selectio n. Note When you use Save Selection to save a graphic, the Graphic brows er indicates next to th e graphic fil e name [...]

SportsW are 143 Deko500 User’s Guide U SING P OPS To pop text ont o a graph ic usin g a text pop o r st yle pop: 1. Open the graphic file and position the cursor or select the la yer where you will pop in th e text. 2. From the File menu, choos e Open (F9). 3. In th e dialog box , navigate to th e drive and direct ory contai ning the text pop (.t[...]

StillDe ko 144 Deko500 User’s Guide STILLDEKO The StillDeko option integrates Deko500 w ith Lightning, Pin nacle’s high perform ance, network bas ed, image st orage and manag ement syst em for on-air broadcast and pr oduction . This means you can open an d edit a Lightn ing image in Deko, or stor e Deko files in a Lightnin g database. S ETTING [...]

StillDe ko 145 Deko500 User’s Guide To create and open a dat abase: 1. Open L ightning Brows e. 2. In the File menu, click Advanced, th en Create New Database. 3. Enter y our Deko’s Sy stem Nam e. If you don’ t know what it is, open the Control Panel (Start, Settings, Co ntrol P anel) and double- clic k N etwor k. 4. Enter a Name for the data[...]

StillDe ko 146 Deko500 User’s Guide To use the Lightning Browse r: 1. Hold Alt and use the T a b key to find Lightnin g, then release Alt to open the Li ghtning Brows er. The Ligh tning Browser can be set in the View menu to displa y thumbnail images in se veral sizes; with or without file details; a nd with or without the Tree, for quick naviga [...]

Deko500 User’s Guide Menus B ASELINE Accept Baseline Applies the baseline to th e selected layer of the curren t graphic and closes the Baseline Edit windo w. Apply Baseline Applies the baseline to th e selected layer of the curren t graphic. Bezier Changes the selected poin t to a Bezier point. The section f rom the previous point to this point [...]

Menu Commands 148 Deko500 User’s Guide Next Point Selects the next baseline point after the currently selected point. Prev Point Selects the baseline point prev ious to the currently selected point. Reverse Baseline Swit ches the beginn ing and end poi nts of the bas eline, so th at text travels on the opposit e side of th e curve and in the oppo[...]

Menu Commands 149 Deko500 User’s Guide E DIT Clear All (Alt+F 8) Clears the active Graphic or Macro. Clear Background (Ctrl+ F8) Replaces the curren t background of the active graphic with a transparent backg round. Clear Baseline Clears the active Baseline Edit window. Clear Layers (F8) Removes all layers from the active graphic and replaces th [...]

Menu Commands 150 Deko500 User’s Guide Cut Events (C trl+X) Removes selected events from the active Sequence window and copies th em to the clipboard. Delete Events (Delet e) Deletes selected events from the active Sequence window. Find (Ctrl +F) Searches the active graph ic or macro for a u ser-specified character string. Find Next (Ctrl+G) Sear[...]

Menu Commands 151 Deko500 User’s Guide F ILE 1, 2, 3, 4 Opens one of the four most recently open ed files. Append Layers (Alt+F9) Appends the layers in a graphic file to the active graphic. Append to Ma cro Appends a macro f ile to the active macro. Append to Sequence Appends a s equence file to the active sequence. Change Directory Changes the b[...]

Menu Commands 152 Deko500 User’s Guide Opens a graphic f rom the Lightning Brows er into a Deko graphic win do w. Print (Ctrl+P ) Prints the active graphic or macro. Print is available on ly if you have i nstal l e d a p r inter usi ng the W ind ows NT Pr i nt Manager . Refer to your Windo ws NT documentation for details. Print Setup Controls cur[...]

Menu Commands 153 Deko500 User’s Guide Adds an ellipse to the current graphic, as th e frontmost layer. Add Rectan gle Adds a rectang le to the current graphi c, as the frontmos t layer. Add Text F i eld Adds a text f ield to the current graph ic, as the frontm ost layer. Background to Layer Turns the backg round of the active graph ic into a lay[...]

Menu Commands 154 Deko500 User’s Guide Play Macro (Alt +F2) Plays the current macro. Record Macro (Ctrl+F 2) Toggles the macro recorder on or off . Stop Macro Playback (Ctrl+ Pau se) Stops play back of the currently playing macro. O PTI ONS Enab led Opti ons Provides a li st of De ko500 options . Marked check boxes indicate enabled options. Facto[...]

Menu Commands 155 Deko500 User’s Guide Trans form Scale & Width (C trl+W) Selects “ scale and width ” mode. In this m ode, A lt+ ↑ and Alt+ ↓ scale the selected text or layer, and Alt+ ← an d Alt+ → cha nge it s widt h. P RESETS Pick Pic k Fon t Applies the f ont of the character to the left of the text cursor to the curr e nt sty[...]

Menu Commands 156 Deko500 User’s Guide Playback Rate Specifies the playback rate of the selected event in the current sequen ce. Play Sequence (Alt+Ente r) Sequentially perform s the events in the active Sequence window. Sequence play back begins with the current ev ent, indicated by its high lighted ev ent number. Play Sequence Fro m Neare st Ti[...]

Menu Commands 157 Deko500 User’s Guide Preset Shader Set Assigns the cu rrent shader to a preset s hader button. Reset to Defaults Resets the active Shader windo w to its defa ult values. Set Ramp Bottom Left Color Deposits the current color into the bottom left corner of the current ramp sh ader. Set Ramp Bottom Right Color Deposits the current [...]

Menu Commands 158 Deko500 User’s Guide Selects the current style f rom a list of presets. A ch eck mark indicates the current s tyle. Preset Style Set Assigns the cu rrent style to one of eight user-specified pres et styles. A check m ark indicates the current style. Reset to Defaults Resets the active Style windo w to its default values. T EXT C[...]

Menu Commands 159 Deko500 User’s Guide Tab Set Sets a tab stop at the cu rsor location in the curren t text field. Text t o Field Puts all selected text into a single ne w field. Text to Multiple Fields Puts each discrete grou p of selected text into its own new f ield. Upper Case Turns every character of selected text to upper case. If no text i[...]

Menu Commands 160 Deko500 User’s Guide Opens the Chy ron Import window for reading in Chyron m essage files or converting Chyro n m achi ne files into Deko custom typefaces. A check mark indicates that the Chyron Import window is dis played on the desktop. Command Ba r (F4 = di spla y) Displ a ys or hi d es the Command Bar . A chec k mark i nd ic[...]

Menu Commands 161 Deko500 User’s Guide Displays or hides th e text bar. A check mark indicates that the text bar is dis playe d on the desktop. Tools Displays or h ides th e Tools window. A check indicates that the Tools w indow is dis played on the deskt op. W INDOW 1, 2, 3... Activa tes one of the cu rrently open windows. Auto Cascade Toggles a[...]

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Shortc ut Keys 163 Deko500 User’s Guide Shortcu t Keys W INDOW S ELECTIO N Backg round Shader Ctrl+F7 Browser Ctrl+L Command Bar F4 Graphic F5 Macro F2 Preset Sty les Alt+F7 Program Alt+F6 Sequence F11 Shader F7 Style F6 Next Window Ctrl+Tab Close Window Ctrl+F4 B ACKGROUND AND L AY ERS Clear Layers F8 Clear Backg round Ctrl+F8 Clear Layers and B[...]

Shortc ut Keys 164 Deko500 User’s Guide C UT AND P ASTE Cut Ctrl+X Copy Ctrl+C Paste Ctrl+V F ILES Open (Read) F9 or Ctrl+O Save As (R ecord) F12 Save (A lt Recor d) A lt+F12 or C trl+S Read Next F10 New Ctr l+N Delete F ile Ctrl+Delete Create Di rectory Ctrl+F12 Print C trl+P F IND AND R EPLACE Find Ctrl+F Find Next Ctrl+G Replace Ctrl +H F ORMA[...]

Shortc ut Keys 165 Deko500 User’s Guide Undo Ctrl+Z Exit Deko500 Alt+F4 P RESET S TYLES Preset Sty le 1 Shift+F1 Preset Sty le 2 Shift+F2 Preset Sty le 3 Shift+F3 Preset Sty le 4 Shift+F4 Preset Sty le 5 Shift+F5 Preset Sty le 6 Shift+F6 Preset Sty le 7 Shift+F7 Preset Sty le 8 Shift+F8 S ELECTING T EXT Sel ect Charac ter Shi ft+ar ro w keys Sele[...]

Deko500 User’s Guide F1 - F12 Keys F1 F2 F3 Help Macro Swap Shift+ S t y l e 1S t y l e 2S t y l e 3 Alt+ Macro Play Ctrl+ Help On Macro Record Transfer F4 F5 F6 Cmd Gra phic Sty le Shift+ S t y l e 4S t y l e 5S t y l e 6 Alt+ Exit Deko Program Ctrl+ Close Window Pick Style F7 F8 F9 Shader Clear Read (Open) Shift+ Style 7 Style 8 Alt+ Preset Sty[...]

Deko500 User’s Guide Glossary active window The active window is the window wi th a highlighted (usually blue) title bar. A window must be active for you to perfor m tasks in it. To open and acti vate a window , choose th e window type from the View menu. To activate a window that is already open, select it from the list at the bott om of the Win[...]

Glossary 168 Deko500 User’s Guide Automation wind ow The Autom ation window shows automatio n options. back ground The backgroun d is the backmost part of a g raphic. It is a full- screen rectangl e located behind the last layer, furth est from the vie wer. The backgrou nd can be tu rned on and off. Wh en off, it i s transparen t — live video ?[...]

Glossary 169 Deko500 User’s Guide justify [horizontal=] [vertical=] Possible choices f or horizontal are: left, right, cen ter, full, spread, off and un changed; an d for verti cal: top, bottom , center, ful l, base l ine, o f f and uncha nged. click To click the mouse, position the selection c ursor o ver the desired item on the screen and tap t[...]

Glossary 170 Deko500 User’s Guide A conditional command tells Deko500 to execu te a block of statemen ts based on wheth er a test express ion is true or f alse. conditi onal loop com mand A conditional loop comm and defines both a loop an d the test that determin es whether to iterat e or exit th e loop. control icon Use the control icon to m ove[...]

Glossary 171 Deko500 User’s Guide current directory The current directory is the directory in which files are s aved and from which files are op ened. Deko500 m aintain s four diff erent current direct ories based on file ty pes : custom ty pefaces (.fac) graphics (.dko), sequences (.seq), automation (.aut) styles ( .sty), pr eset style s (.pst) [...]

Glossary 172 Deko500 User’s Guide Current Style window The Cur rent St yle wi ndo w sho ws the c urre nt st yle. custom typeface A custom ty peface is a typeface made in Deko500 f or typing graphical (log o) characters. You create a cust om typeface by importing graphics and assign ing each graphi c to a key. Custom Typeface ch aracters can be ty[...]

Glossary 173 Deko500 User’s Guide double-clic k To double-click, move the selection cursor o ver the desired ite m on the screen and tap the left mouse button twice in rapid succe ssion wi tho ut mo vi ng the c urso r. drag To drag the m ouse, press an d hold th e left mouse butt on down and move the m ouse in the desired direction. Release the m[...]

Glossary 174 Deko500 User’s Guide Full vertical justificatio n makes the top and botto m lines of text flush w ith the top an d bottom of the fi eld box. global vari able A global variable can be shared am ong different macros. Global variables remain active until explicitly deleted using the free command or u ntil Dek o500 is exi ted. glyph The [...]

Glossary 175 Deko500 User’s Guide Graphic Brow ser window The Graphic Brow ser window, also referred to as the “browser”, shows thum bnails of all the graphics in the curren t directory. Dep e nding o n how it i s invo ked, t his wi ndo w shows gr aph ics t ha t will be read into Pr ogram, put into a s equence, or u sed as texture shaders. Yo[...]

Glossary 176 Deko500 User’s Guide insertion point In a text field, th e insertion point is indicated by the text cursor. A s you type, Deko500 in serts each character into text at th e insertion point, and shifts the insertion point to the right. To mo ve the te xt c ursor , use arr ow keys ( ↑ → ↓ ← ) or click on a new position. integer [...]

Glossary 177 Deko500 User’s Guide layer A layer i s one element of a Deko500 g raphic. A lay er is either a text layer, a rectangle layer or an ellipse layer. A graphic can have any num ber of layers. Layers are ren dered fro m fro n t to b a ck. layout The lay out is the arrang ement of windows and toolbars on the desktop. D eko500 prov ides sev[...]

Glossary 178 Deko500 User’s Guide macro recorder The macro recorder is u sed to play macros and to record actions to create macros . Macro window A Macro win dow is a window in which you can open and edit Deko500 m acro fi les. ma xi mi z e bu t t on The maximize button appears on the right side of a windo w’s title bar. Clicking this button en[...]

Glossary 179 Deko500 User’s Guide navigate To naviga te around a di alog box, us e Tab and Shif t+Tab to mov e between f ields, or click on the des ired field. The up and dow n arr ow keys ( ↑↓ ) scro ll thro ugh the items in a list. Double-click a director y to select it. Double-click a file name to open the file. object An object is a discr[...]

Glossary 180 Deko500 User’s Guide pin location A character’s pin location determines how it will be placed relative to the baseline of the curren t row. The Y value indicates the baseline of the ch aracter, and the X value indicates the left edg e of the character. pre-rendered style A style that has been completely rendered and sav ed on disk.[...]

Glossary 181 Deko500 User’s Guide Program window The Program window shows the current on-air graphic. The conten ts of this window match D eko500’s v ideo output , with the addition of a cursor, safe-title lines and other markers. ramp shader A ram p shader, or color gradien t, is a ty pe of Deko500 s hader, used to apply color to a detail. You[...]

Glossary 182 Deko500 User’s Guide The safe title area is only a reference; it does not prevent typing outsi de its boundari es. You can s pecify the top, bottom , righ t and left boun daries of th e safe title area. Values repres ent a percentage of the distance f rom the specifi ed edge of the sc reen to the oppos ite edge. The text field box de[...]

Glossary 183 Deko500 User’s Guide Sequence window The Sequence window sh ows the current sequ ence. set w i dt h A character’s set wi dth determines h ow much h orizontal space the character occupies wh en typed. A character’s s et width plus its pin location equals the pin location o f the character to its rig ht. shader The shader controls [...]

Glossary 184 Deko500 User’s Guide Shader windo w The Shader window sh ows the current face, edg e, shadow, underline, f rame or backgroun d shader. spread justification Spread justification ma kes all li nes of text flush with both the left and right sides of the text field box. To do this, space is inserted between w ords and between letters, as[...]

Glossary 185 Deko500 User’s Guide style A styl e consists of a font and a look . A font is a ty peface of specified s ize, shape and orientation . A look controls how D eko500 renders a fon t character. Each l ook is comprised of a lis t of details. Each detail is a face, edge, f rame, shadow, or underline, and has it s o wn set of attributes whi[...]

Glossary 186 Deko500 User’s Guide syste m variable A system variable, s ometimes called an “at-sign v ariable” because its initial character is always @ , is a built-in globa l variable that i s always accessi ble to commands and macros . text bar The text bar is the toolbar at the top of the Dek o500 desktop, u nder the me nu ba r , whic h c[...]

Glossary 187 Deko500 User’s Guide tool tips Tool tips are those little yellow pop-up windows that appear if you hold the selection cu rsor over a toolbar button for a brief mom ent. They explain what each button does. You can turn tool tips on and off fr om t he Help menu. Tools window The T ools wind ow co ntai ns se vera l push b utto ns for c [...]

Glossary 188 Deko500 User’s Guide worl d s pac e Screen location is indicated on the status bar, expres sed as either world space or screen space. Screen space is a literal representation of the video frame buffer, and vari es with the vi deo standard. World space, or resolu tion-independent space, is measured in arbitrary un its, selected by the[...]

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Deko500 User’s Guide Index A Accept Baseline command, 149 Add Ellipse command, 79, 154 Add Rect angle command, 79, 155 Add Text F ield comm and, 76, 155 Appen d Layers command, 83, 153 Appen d to Macro command, 113, 117, 153 Appen d to Sequence comman d, 91, 153 Apply Baseline comm and, 149 Arithmet ic operators, 123 Array accessing elements of, [...]

Glossary 191 Deko500 User’s Guide Clear, 89 Clear All command, 82, 151 Clear Backg round comman d, 75, 82, 151 Clear Laye rs command, 81, 82, 15 1 Clear Sequence comm and, 90, 157 Clear Text com mand, 33, 82, 15 5 Close comm and, 108, 153 Closin g fi les, 108 Coarse comman d, 103, 156 Color apply ing to detail, 60 edge, 48 eyedropper, 66 face, 46[...]

Glossary 192 Deko500 User’s Guide Effec ts text , 89–90 transitional, 89–90 Ellipse. See also La yer add ing to gr a phic, 79 defin ing box of, 80 hiding , 81 specifyi ng properties of, 80–81 transf orming , 80 Else comma nd, 126–27 Elseif command, 126–27 End comm and, 126–28 End key , 104 Event copyin g, 95 cutti ng and p asti ng, 95[...]

Glossary 193 Deko500 User’s Guide resetting, 99–100 Hardware Settings command, 156 Ho me key, 1 04 Horizontal Scrolling command, 160 Hot Keys. See Shortc ut ke ys I If co mmand , 128 Import Ch aracter command, 43, 153 Import Character From File, 153 Index operat ors, 124 Insert Ev ent command, 95, 157 Insert Point command, 149 Inserting a detai[...]

Glossary 194 Deko500 User’s Guide viewin g, 113, 117 Macro comma nd, 113, 116, 117, 162 Macro menu commands, 155–56 Macro recorder, 111 Macro Recorder Using th e, 113 Macro w indow work ing in, 112 Macro Window , 111 Motion suppres sing, 20 Motion Su ppress comm and, 20 Move comman d, 27, 34, 84, 156 Move to co mmand , 149 Moving layer, 84–86[...]

Glossary 195 Deko500 User’s Guide R Ramp. See also Shader apply ing to detail, 61 backgroun d, 75 group, 61 high lighting , 61, 62 opacity , 61 scaling, 62 Reading files. See Ope ning fi les Record Macro com mand, 113 Record Macro Com mand, 156 Recording files. See Saving files Rectangle. See also Layer add ing to gr a phic, 79 defin ing box of, [...]

Glossary 196 Deko500 User’s Guide preset. See Preset shaders shado w, 51 types, 59 under line, 53, 54 Shader command, 162 Shader m enu commands, 158–59 Shado w add ing or r emovi ng, 50 blur r ing, 51 changing attributes of, 51 changing color of, 51 distan ce from detail, 52 hiding , 51 offset ang le, 51 priority among other details, 52 shape, [...]

Glossary 197 Deko500 User’s Guide saving , 16 Ti ght Fit co mmand , 150 Tool Tips com man d, 154 Tools com mand, 163 TrueTy pe and Posts cript fon ts installing, 42 Typeface installi ng True Type and Postscr ipt font s, 42 selecting, 22 U Underline add ing or r emovi ng, 53 blur r ing, 54 changing attributes of, 54 changing color of, 53, 54 heig [...]