Pinnacle Systems Deko - 5.3.1 User’s Guide

Avid® Deko® Products

User’s Guide

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Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software [i.e., the TIFF library] and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that (i) the above copyright notices and this permission notice appear in all copies of the software and related documentation, and (ii) the names of Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics may not be used in any advertising or publicity relating to the software without the specific, prior written permission of Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics.

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This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group.

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Portions of this software licensed from Paradigm Matrix.

The following disclaimer is required by Ray Sauers Associates, Inc.:

“Install-It” is licensed from Ray Sauers Associates, Inc. End-User is prohibited from taking any action to derive a source code equivalent of “Install-It,” including by reverse assembly or reverse compilation, Ray Sauers Associates, Inc. shall in no event be liable for any damages resulting from reseller’s failure to perform reseller’s obligation; or any damages arising from use or operation of reseller’s products or the software; or any other damages, including but not limited to, incidental, direct, indirect, special or consequential Damages including lost profits, or damages resulting from loss of use or inability to use reseller’s products or the software for any reason including copyright or patent infringement, or lost data, even if Ray Sauers Associates has been advised, knew or should have known of the possibility of such damages.

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“Videomedia, Inc. makes no warranties whatsoever, either express or implied, regarding this product, including warranties with respect to its merchantability or its fitness for any particular purpose.”

“This software contains V-LAN ver. 3.0 Command Protocols which communicate with V-LAN ver. 3.0 products developed by Videomedia, Inc. and V-LAN ver. 3.0 compatible products developed by third parties under license from Videomedia, Inc. Use of this software will allow “frame accurate” editing control of applicable videotape recorder decks, videodisc recorders/players and the like.”

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Certain real-time compositing capabilities are provided under a license of such technology from Ultimatte Corporation and are subject to copyright protection.

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Certain waveform and vector monitoring capabilities are provided under a license from 3Prong.com Inc.

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Avid Deko Products User’s Guide • 0130-07482-01 Rev D • July 2010

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About this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Keyboard Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

If You Need Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

How to Order Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Avid Training Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Getting Started with Deko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Welcome to Our Product. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Verifying Your Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

About Deko Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

ClipDeko. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

DekoObjex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

DVE Effects Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Make DekoMovie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

SportsWare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

StillDeko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Aston Import. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Chyron Import. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Determining Enabled Options for Your Model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Switching Between SD and HD with Deko Hybrid Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Availability of Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Starting Your Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Starting Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Starting Deko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Adding a Deko Icon to your Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Checking Your Desktop Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Starting Deko Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Locating the Deko Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Once you Start Deko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Hiding the Windows Taskbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Initial Deko Desktop Appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Using Your Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

About the Enhanced Keypad Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Enabling or Disabling the Enhanced Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

About the Optional FastAction Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Enabling and Disabling the FastAction Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Enabling and Disabling FastAction Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Setting your Save Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Using Other Applications without Exiting Deko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Exiting Deko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Deko Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Desktop Appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Style Edit Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Using Other Layouts for Other Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Sequence Playback Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Effect Playback Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Motion Compose Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

More Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Navigating the Deko Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Accessing Functions with the Menu Bar and the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Accessing Functions with the Menu Bar and Alt Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Accessing Functions with Keyboard Shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Accessing Functions by Pressing Alt and Another Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Accessing Windows and Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Setting Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Determining the Look and Behavior of your Cursor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Fixing Mistakes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Undoing Previous Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Redoing Undone Actions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Deleting Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Clearing the Program Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Typing Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Confirming you are Using the Style Edit Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Enabling or Disabling Word Wrap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Selecting a Style for Your Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Adjusting Text Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Typing Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Remembering Cursor Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Changing the Home Position of the Cursor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Positioning the Cursor to Edit Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Using an International Character Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Changing the Keyboard Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Creating Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Saving Deko Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Designing and Applying Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Styles for New or Existing Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Style Edit Layout Windows and Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Menu Bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Text Bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Style Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Program Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Tools Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Shader Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Command Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Preset Style Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Current Style Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Defining the Current Style for Typing Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Moving the Current Style Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Resizing the Current Style Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Changing the Letter Used as Sample Text in the Current Style Window. . . . . . 84

Using a Preset Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Using a Modified Version of a Preset Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Creating Styles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Selecting and Adjusting a Typeface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Installing Additional Fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Adjusting Size, Bold, Italic, and Justification Rules to the Current Style . . . . . . 89

Applying Rotate, Skew, Kerning and Leading to the Current Style . . . . . . . . . . 90

Adjusting the Display of Capitalization, Quotes and Spacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Typing in a Language other than English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Controlling the Typeface in the Style Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Restoring a Numeric Parameter to Its Default Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Adjusting the Sharpness of a Font . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Adding Details to a Font . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Displaying the Look Tab in the Style Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Adding a Face, Edge, Frame, Shadow, or Underline to the

Current Look . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Removing a Face, Edge, Frame, Shadow or Underline from the

Current Look . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Adjusting Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Adjusting Face Detail Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Adjusting Edge Detail Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Adjusting Shadow Detail Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Adjusting Underline Detail Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Adjusting Frame Detail Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Applying Color, Ramp, Texture, CAP, or Keyhole to a Style Detail. . . . . . . . . 106

Activating a Shader Window for the Current Look’s First Detail. . . . . . . . 108

Activating the Shader for Any Detail in the Current Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Applying or Changing the Color of a Detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Selecting Colors using the Color Picker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Selecting a Color Using the Eyedropper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Creating Color Gradients Using the Ramp Shader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Applying a Ramp to a Detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Applying Highlighting to a Ramp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Previewing a Ramp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

About the Texture Shader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Specifying a Default Texture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Using Associated Files in the Texture Shader Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Changing the Pixel Aspect of the Source Graphic (for Non-Deko Texture Files)

125

Changing the Auto Scale Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Filling a Detail with Keyed Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Creating Texture Shadows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Using the CAP Shader Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Playing a Cel Animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Using Preset Shaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Opening a Preset Shader File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Applying a Preset Shader to a Detail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Assigning the Current Shader to a Preset Shader Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Saving the Current Preset Shaders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Resetting the Preset Shader Factory Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Saving and Reusing the Styles You Create . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Assigning the Current Style to a Preset Style Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Saving Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Saving Modified Preset Styles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Saving the Eight Preset Styles in a new Presets File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Saving or Renaming a Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Saving a Modified Style. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Saving the Current Style as a Prerendered Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Retrieving Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Working with Text and Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Selecting Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Selecting a Block of Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Selecting Multiple Blocks of Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Selecting a Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Selecting all Text in a Row . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Selecting all Text in a Text Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Selecting all Text Characters in a Graphic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Selecting all Text Characters in the Current Style. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Deselecting Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Modifying Selected Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Applying a Font to a Typeface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Changing Normal Text to Bold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Changing Normal Text to Italic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Underlining Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Changing how Selected Text displays the Case of Typed Characters. . . 145

Deleting and Clearing Text or Program Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Deleting Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Clearing the Program Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Details and Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Cutting or Copying a Detail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Pasting a Detail into the Details Look. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Copying and Pasting a Look. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Copying and Pasting a Font . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Copying and Pasting a Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Selecting a Style from a Graphic and Assigning it a Preset Style

Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Selecting Multiple Styles from a Graphic and Assigning them to Preset

Style Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Selecting a Typeface from a Graphic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Building Graphics with Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Understanding Layers and Backgrounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Working with Backgrounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Turning the Background On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Applying a Color, Ramp or Texture to the Background. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Opening a Graphic Directly into the Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Opening a Graphic into the Background Using a Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Turning the Background into a Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Replacing the Background with Luminance from a Graphic File. . . . . . . . . . . 158

Adding Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Adding a Text Layer to a Graphic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Typing Text in a Newly Added Text Layer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Creating New Layers for Selected Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Adding a Rectangle to a Graphic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Adding an Ellipse to a Graphic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Using Layers to Display Other Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Creating a Layer with a “Sticky” Texture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Creating Clip Filled Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Playing a Motion on a Graphic with a Clip Filled Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Associating a Clip with an Entire Graphic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Modifying Layers and Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Selecting Layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Determining Which Layers are Selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Selecting a Layer in the Active Graphic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Selecting a Layer in Front of the Current Layer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Selecting the Layer Behind the Currently Selected Layer. . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Selecting All Layers in the Active Graphic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Selecting Multiple Layers in the Active Graphic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Deselecting All Selected Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Specifying Layer Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Moving the Layer Using the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Moving the Layer Using the Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Using the Layer Browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Opening the Layer Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Locating a Thumbnail Image in the Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Selecting a Layer Using the Layer Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Using Layer Browser Tools to Facilitate Your Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Viewing or Hiding a Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Locking or Unlocking a Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Zooming In and Out on a Layer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Naming Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Naming a Layer in the Style Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Naming or Renaming a Layer in the Layer Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Reordering Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Appending a Graphic to a Second Graphic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Pasting Layers to the Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Loading and Clearing Associated Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Editing Text and Layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Modifying Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Changing Text Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Changing Character Spacing (Kerning) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Changing Row Spacing (Leading). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Changing Character Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Finding and Replacing Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Checking Text Spelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Manipulating Text or Layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Rotating Text or Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Skewing Text or Layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Specifying a Numerical Value for Skewing Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Specifying a Numerical Value for Skewing a Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Scaling Text or Layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Limiting Text Renderings to a Fixed Number of Characters. . . . . . . . . . . 213

Limiting Text Layer Renderings to the Layer Boundary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Changing the Size of a Layer without Changing the Text Size . . . . . . . . 214

Scaling Selected Text or Layers Using the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Scaling Selected Text Using the Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Specifying Numerical Values for Font Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Specifying Numerical Values for Layer Scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Moving Text and Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Moving a Layer Using the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Positioning Layers by Specifying Numerical Values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Moving Text Using the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Moving Text Using the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Justifying Text and Layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Justifying Text Using the Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Justifying Text Using the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Justifying a Rectangle, Ellipse, or Text Layer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Deleting Text and Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Deleting Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Deleting All Text Within a Layer Without Deleting the Layer . . . . . . . . . . 229

Deleting One or More Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Deleting All Layers (but not the Background) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Clearing the Background from the Active Graphic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Clearing the Layers and the Background from the Active Graphic . . . . . . 229

Having Deko Prompt You to Save Modified Files before Clearing

Them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Cutting and Pasting Text or Layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Cutting or Copying Text or a Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Pasting Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Pasting a Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Typing on a Curve. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Controlling the Placement of Text Within a Graphic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Creating a Baseline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Creating a Curve, an Ellipse, or a Rectangle Baseline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Drawing a Line-Segment Baseline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Editing a Baseline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Deleting or Inserting a Point on a Baseline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Reversing the Direction of the Baseline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Changing the Type of Point on the Baseline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Adjusting the Continuity Between Two Bézier Curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Reshaping a Baseline by Moving the Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Cancelling Changes to a Baseline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Using Tab Stops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Setting Tab Stops. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Clearing Tab Stops. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Finding Tab Stops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Moving Tab Stops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Cutting or Copying Tab Stops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Pasting Tab Stops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Changing the Decimal Tab Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Displaying or Hiding Tab Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Working with Charts and Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Accessing the Chart Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Basic Procedure for Creating Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Creating a Series. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Configuring Chart Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

(Optional) Assigning Interactivity for the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Assigning Data to a Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Working with Advanced Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Using Series Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Setting the Series Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Setting the Series Data Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Setting the Series Data Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Setting the Series Legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Setting the Series Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Modifying the Series List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Using Axes Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Setting the Axes Appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Setting the Axes ConstLines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Setting the Axes Gridlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Setting the Axes Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Setting the Axes Paging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Setting the Axes Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Setting the Axes Stripes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Setting the Axes Ticks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Setting the Axes Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Using Background Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Setting the Background Appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Setting the Basic Frame Background. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Setting the Image Frame Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Using Labels Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Setting the Label Appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Setting the Label Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Setting the Label Position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Creating the Label List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Using Legend Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Setting the Legend Appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Setting the Legend Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Setting the Legend Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Setting the Legend Position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Setting the Legend Titles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Using Walls Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Setting the Wall Appearance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Setting the Wall Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

Using Watermarks Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Setting the Watermark Appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Setting the Basic Frame Watermarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Setting the Watermark Position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

Creating the Watermark List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Using Lighting Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Setting the Lighting Appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Setting the Lighting Attenuation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Setting the Lighting Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Setting the Lighting Direction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

Setting the Lighting Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Creating the Lighting Source List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

Using View Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Setting the Global Setup View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Setting the View Margins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Setting the View Projection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

Setting the View Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

Setting the Text Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

Template Configuration Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Configuring Your Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Creating Custom Typefaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

Creating a Custom Typeface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

Opening a Custom Typeface Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

Importing an Active Graphic as a Character into a Custom Typeface . . . . . . . 324

Importing a Graphic from a File as a Character into a Custom Typeface . . . . 325

Changing Pin Location and Set Width of a Character. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Specifying Custom Typeface Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Saving a Custom Typeface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

Accessing Graphics Assigned to a Custom Typeface with a Single Keystroke . . . 331

Creating Useful Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

Creating and Using Lower Thirds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334

Building Lower Thirds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334

Building a Simple Lower Third Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334

Custom Designing a Lower Third . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338

Building a Lower Third Template with a Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

Creating Graphics from a Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Using an Existing Graphic as a Template for a Similar Graphic. . . . . . . . 350

Creating Graphics for Multiple Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

Setting Up for Creating Multiple Format Graphics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

Creating and Saving an Alternate View Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

Creating Multiple Format Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Playing Back Multiple Format Graphics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Applying Fancy Frames for Your Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356

Selecting and Using a Preset Style with a Fancy Frame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357

Creating Styles with Fancy Frames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

Creating a Graphic to Use as a Shader for a Fancy Frame . . . . . . . . . . . 360

Creating and Using Real-Time Clocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

Defining a New Clock or Editing an Existing Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

Displaying a Clock in the Current Graphic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Starting the Countdown or Countup Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

Resetting the Countdown or Countup Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

Preventing Digits from Shifting as the Clock Advances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

Starting, Pausing, Resuming or Resetting a Clock from the

Command Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

Creating and Using a Leaderboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

Creating Leaderboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Changing Information on a Leaderboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

Moving a Row Up or Down the List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

Changing the Font or Look of a Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

Creating and Using a Full Screen Bulleted List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

Creating a Bulleted List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

Designing a Background for Your Bulleted List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380

Saving your Bulleted List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

Creating a Template for Interfaced Data Applications such as DekoMOS . . . . . . . 381

Creating a Replaceable Text Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

Creating a Replaceable Still Layer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Creating a Replaceable Clip Layer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

Creating and Using Partial Graphics with the SportsWare Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

About Pops. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Creating Pops. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

Creating a Text Pop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

Creating a Style Pop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

Creating a Place Pop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

Using Pops in Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387

Managing Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389

Organizing Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389

Creating File Directories (Folders) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390

Best Practice for Storing Custom Typefaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390

Best Practice for Storing Design Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391

Best Practice for Organizing News Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391

Best Practice for Organizing Sports Graphics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391

Best Practice for Organizing Postproduction Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

Telling your Deko Where to Save and Find Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

Opening Files Using the Open Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393

Opening a Graphic File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395

Opening a File From a Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396

Opening a New Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396

Viewing Thumbnails of your Graphics in Windows Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397

Viewing a Preview of Your Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399

Viewing a Key Signal or Alpha Channel of an Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399

Viewing Image Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400

Opening Non-Deko Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401

Opening Files in Windows Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402

Saving Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

Saving an Untitled File or Saving a File Under a New Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

Creating a New Directory for Saving Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404

Saving an Existing File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404

Saving a Graphic in a Different Video Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404

Specifying Whether to Save Character Glyphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

Saving a Fully Rendered Bitmap with a Graphic File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

Saving a Graphic with an Automatic Comment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406

Adding File Properties to a Graphic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406

Viewing File Information for Associated Clips and Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407

Closing Files and Exiting Deko. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408

Closing a File in the Active Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408

Closing all Open Files and Exiting Deko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408

Having Deko Prompt You to Save Modified Files Before Closing Them. . . . . 409

Having Deko Prompt You to Save Before Exiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

Moving or Renaming Multiple Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

Deleting Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

Importing Still Images and Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Understanding Computer Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

File Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

About Key Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

Saving PICT, TIFF, and TARGA Files with Alpha Channel Within Deko . 416

Saving TIFF and TARGA Files with File Compression. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416

Creating Graphics in Other Applications and Importing to Deko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417

Importing Deko and Non-Deko Graphics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417

Pixel Shape, Aspect Ratio, and Graphic Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

Recommendation for Images that are not Full Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420

Recommendation for Full Screen Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420

Traditional Method of Adjusting Pixel Shape for Square to Rectangle. . . 420

Creating and Importing Full Screen PhotoShop Images into Deko. . . . . . . . . 422

Creating and Importing Images Created in an Old Version of Photoshop 422

Creating and Importing Images Created in Photoshop Using Square Pixels .

424

Creating and Importing Images Created in Photoshop CS2 or Later . . . . 425

When to use Pixel Aspect Source Set to NTSC, NTSC Wide, PAL, or PAL

Wide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426

Auto-Scaling Options Override Pixel Aspect Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426

Using Photographs or Continuous Tone Graphics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426

Importing Adobe Photoshop Layers as a Deko Graphic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427

Importing Graphics from Legacy Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429

Transferring GF/Halo/Kseries/Presto Images to Deko. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429

Aston Import Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429

Chyron Import Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430

Managing Stills with StillDeko, and Thunder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432

Connecting to an Existing Remote Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433

Setting Up a Database on Deko. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433

Using Thunder Browse with StillDeko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434

Opening a Still Image from Deko. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435

Browsing for Images in Thunder Browse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435

Opening a Still Image in Thunder Browse and Editing it in Deko . . . . . . . 435

Saving a Deko Graphic in a Thunder Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436

Using the ClipDeko Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436

About the Clip Edit Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437

Accessing the Clip Edit Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438

Creating and Opening Clips Databases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439

Recording Clips Using the Clip Record Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440

Accessing the Record Clip Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440

Setting Up Your Clip Record Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441

Recording Your Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441

Importing Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442

Importing Clips to the Browser Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442

Renaming Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445

Deleting Clips From the Browser Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445

Using Clips with Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446

Importing a Fill Clip and Its Associated Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446

Assigning a Key Clip to a Fill Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446

Removing the Key Assignment From the Current Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447

Aligning a Key Clip with a Fill Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447

Importing MPEG-2 (MXF) Clips into Deko. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447

MPEG-2 Compression Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448

MXF File Compatibility with Liquid Editing Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448

Clip Formats and QuickTime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449

Converting Clips Using QuickTime Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450

Importing .MOV Files into Deko. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453

Using Static Mattes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456

Using ClipAutoUpdate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457

Configuring ClipAutoUpdate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458

Preparing to Play a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459

Specifying the Genlock Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460

Previewing a Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461

Trimming the Beginning or Ending of a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461

Finding the Nearest Point in the Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462

Looping Clip Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462

Implementing Three Point Looping of a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462

Synchronizing Clip Playback with Effect Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463

Adjusting the Volume of Embedded Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463

Playing a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464

Stopping Clip Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464

Clearing or Hiding a Clip Loaded in the Clip Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465

Automatically Displaying Clips with Deko Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465

Associating a Clip with a Graphic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466

Breaking a Link Between a Clip and a Graphic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466

Creating a Graphic with a Clip Filled Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466

Using Levels and Keys to Adjust Shaped or Unshaped Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . 467

Creating Clip Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468

Creating and Playing “Background” Clips with Default Transition . . . . . . 469

Creating and Playing “Background” Clips with Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471

Creating Clip Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472

Selecting a Frame (Frame Grab) from a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473

Using Power Clips (Deko 3000 SD/HD/HY only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473

Creating Power Clips in QuickTime Pro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474

Creating a Power Clips Database in Deko. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480

Importing .mov Files into Deko as Power Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481

Creating Graphics Using Power Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484

Power Clip Playback During Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485

Composing for Power Clip Playback in Motion Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486

Playing a Thunder Sequence from Deko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487

Configuring Thunder - ThunderNet Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487

Configuring Thunder - GPI Triggers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488

Configuring Deko - ThunderNET Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490

Configuring Deko - GPI Triggers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492

Playing a Thunder Sequence Directly from Deko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493

Associating a Thunder Clip with a Deko Graphic (for Use in a Deko). . . . 494

Using Effects and Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495

Layouts for Working with Effects and Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495

Effect Playback Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496

Sequence Playback Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497

Program and Preview Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497

Switching Preview and Program Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498

Copying a Graphic from Preview to Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498

Copying a Graphic from Program to Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498

Using Deko Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498

Transitional Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499

DVE Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499

Control Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500

Text Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500

Motion Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501

Playing a Single Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501

Opening the Effect Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501

Playing a Single Effect on the Current Graphic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502

Associating an Effect with a Graphic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

Making Sure Associated Effects Play Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

Playing an Associated Effect without Reloading the Graphic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504

Creating Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504

Opening a Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504

Creating a Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505

Adding a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507

Saving a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507

Appending a Sequence to the Active Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508

Controlling Sequences Using Timecode Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508

Specifying Timecodes to Begin and End an Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509

Setting Intime to Outtime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509

Setting Outtime to Intime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509

Offsetting In and Out Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510

Finding the Event Closest to the Current Output Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . 510

Specifying Timecode Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510

Using Rolls and Crawls in Your Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511

Using Command Event to Include Macros in Your Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . 511

Editing a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511

Selecting Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512

Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513

Inserting and Deleting Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513

Playing a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514

Pausing Sequence Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515

Using a GPI Trigger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516

Stopping Sequence Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517

Playing Sequences as Clips with Make DekoMovie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517

Creating Custom Motions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521

Tools for Creating Motions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521

Using the Motion Edit Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523

Using the Motion Timeline Editor to Create Motions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525

Building a Motion Script. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525

Using the Basic Timeline Editor to Create Basic Motions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529

About the Basic Timeline Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529

Basic Timeline Editor Compared to Motion Timeline Editor . . . . . . . . . . . 530

Creating Motions Using the Basic Motion Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530

Creating an Action for the Veil Layer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531

Creating an Action for the Captions Layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533

Creating an Action for the Picture Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534

Adjusting Your Motion Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535

Adjusting Timing of an Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535

Allowing Time at the Beginning or End of a Motion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536

Adjusting Motion Parameters Using the Basic Timeline Editor . . . . . . . . . 537

Editing Motions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539

Deleting Selected Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539

Appending a Motion to the Active Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539

Saving a New Motion Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540

Opening a Motion File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540

Creating a Motion to Play a Cel Animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540

Adjusting Motion Parameters with the Timeline Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541

Position (X Position, Y Position, and Z Position). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544

Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547

Rotate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548

Skew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548

Kern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548

Opacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548

Blur Face . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549

Origin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549

Editing an Action with the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549

Using Motion Behaviors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552

Adding a Local Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553

Adding a Targeted Behavior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559

Playing Motions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563

How Deko Determines Which Motion or Effect to Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563

Ability to Handle Motions Created on More Capable Deko Models . . . . . . . . . 564

Playing Motions in the Motion Edit Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565

Manually Playing the Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565

Specifying the Playback Rates of Motions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565

Pausing Motions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566

Playing Selected Motions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566

Pausing and Resuming Motions During Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566

Stopping Motions During Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566

Playing Motions Using the Scrub Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567

Synchronizing a Clip with a Motion Scrub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567

Playing Clips Associated with a Graphic and Linked to a Motion or

Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567

Pausing and Holding Effects (at Start) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568

Playing a Motion within a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569

Playing a Motion as a Single Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569

Associating a Motion with a Graphic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569

Creating 3D Animated Objects Using Depth Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570

Creating a Cube-like Motion with a Graphic on Two Sides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571

Creating Motions on Large Images for Real-time Playback (Pan & Scan) . . . 574

Making a Zoom Motion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576

Defining the Motion Origin Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578

Using Differential Motions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581

Using Auto-Motions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584

Understanding Motion Playback Compared with Auto-Motions . . . . . . . . . . . 585

Motion and Auto-Motion Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585

Triggering Associated Effect Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586

Determining the Associated Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586

Determining if Auto-Motion Is Available. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587

Determining Which Auto-Motion Is Used. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587

Adding a Graphic Class. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587

Viewing Selected Motions and Graphics for a Graphic Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590

Checking Auto-Motion Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591

Checking Auto-Motions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591

Saving an Auto-Motion File with a New Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591

Saving an Auto-Motion File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591

Opening an Auto-Motion File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592

Editing a Graphic Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592

Deleting a Graphic Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593

Setting a Graphic’s Class in a Graphic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593

Effect Playback and Auto-Motions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594

Play-On and Play-Off Motions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595

Using Motion-in-Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596

Specifying Parent Motion Actions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596

Using Differential Motion with the Motion-in-Motion Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597

Assigning Content-Independent Sound Effects to Deko Motions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598

Applying Sound Effects to Motions Exercise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599

Creating Animated Graphics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601

Animating Layers in a Graphic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602

Adding Motion to Your Bulleted List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602

Naming the Layers of the Bulleted List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602

Adding Motion to the Bulleted List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604

Creating Rolls and Crawls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608

Creating and Playing Rolls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609

Composing a Graphic for a Roll Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609

Running a Roll Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610

Rolling Text within a Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610

Adjusting Duration or Spacing for Smooth Roll Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611

Importing a Text File for a Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611

Changing Speed During Roll Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612

Embedding Speed Changes in a Roll Graphic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612

Creating and Playing Crawls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613

Composing a Graphic with Crawling Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613

Running a Crawl Effect:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614

Crawling Text Within a Layer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614

Crawling Text Across a Specific Row . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614

Crawling Entire CG Pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615

Running a Continuous Crawl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615

Changing Speed During Crawl Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616

Embedding Speed Changes in a Crawl Graphic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616

Creating Glows and Blurs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617

Using the Deko3D Feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622

Deko Compatibility Requirements for 3D Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623

Deko3D Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623

Installing and Using the Deko3D Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624

Configuring the Deko3D Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626

Using the Deko3D Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628

Building a 3D Studio MAX Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629

Guidelines for Creating 3D Models for Use in Deko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637

Exporting the Scene From 3D Studio MAX to D3D File Format . . . . . . . . . . . 638

3D Scene Checklist Before Exporting to FBX File Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639

Exporting the Scene From 3D Studio MAX to FBX File Format . . . . . . . . . . . 639

Exporting the Scene From XSI to FBX File Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640

3D Scene Checklist Before Exporting to COLLADA File Format . . . . . . . . . . 643

Exporting the Scene From 3D Studio MAX to COLLADA File Format . . . . . . 643

Exporting the Scene From XSI to COLLADA File Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646

Importing the 3D Scene File into Deko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649

About the Deko 3D Layer Mapping Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651

Using the Deko3D Layer Mapping Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653

Creating the Play-On Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655

Creating the Update Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657

Creating the Play-Off Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660

Creating a Deko Graphic for Use with a Deko3D Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663

Setting Up the Auto-Motion Table for Deko3D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664

Playing a Deko Graphic with a Deko3D Motion Using Auto-Motion . . . . . . . . 665

Working with User Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667

Arranging the Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668

Graphic Compose Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669

Style Edit Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670

Effect Playback Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671

Sequence Playback Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 672

Macro Edit Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673

Macro Record Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674

Motion Compose Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675

Typeface Edit Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676

Customizing Your Deko Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677

Changing from One Standard Layout to Another. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677

Showing or Hiding Desktop Objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678

Closing, Resizing or Repositioning Deko Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678

Creating Custom Layouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678

Saving a Layout as the Starting Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680

Resetting Windows in the Current Layout to Default Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . 680

Freezing Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680

Changing the Video Standard or the Aspect Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680

Changing the Current Aspect Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681

Changing the Current Video Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681

Specifying User Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681

Specifying Common Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682

Specifying Prompts Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685

Specifying Paths Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687

Specifying Cursor Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688

Specifying Marker Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690

Specifying Advanced Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692

Specifying Alt Compose Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694

Saving or Resetting Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697

Saving Current Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697

Automatically Saving Current Preferences Upon Exiting Deko . . . . . . . . . . . . 697

Resetting Preferences to Factory Defaults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697

Resetting All Preferences, Hardware and Software Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698

Working with Video Input and Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699

Directing Signal Paths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700

About Keying and Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700

Specifying Output Channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700

Configuring Hardware Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701

Using the Hardware Settings Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701

Switching Between Video Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705

Determining Output View Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705

Viewing the Status of a DekoObjex Scene, a Clip, or Video Input . . . . . . . . . 706

Turning On or Off a DekoObjex Scene, a Clip, or Video Input . . . . . . . . . . . . 708

Determining the Name of a DekoObjex Scene or an Open Clip . . . . . . . . . . . 708

Reordering Output View Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708

Displaying a Test Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708

Working in Dual Channel Output Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709

Using Frame Grabbing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710

Setting Grab Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710

Grabbing a Frame of Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710

Applying Motion Suppression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711

Applying Motion Suppression When Frame Grabbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711

Applying Motion Suppression to the Current Background . . . . . . . . . . . . 711

Specifying Motion Suppression Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711

Streamlining Your Work with Macros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713

Introduction to Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714

A Simple Macro Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715

Recording Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716

Playing Macros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717

Playing Macros Using the Play Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717

Recalling and Playing Macros with a Single Keystroke (FAK only). . . . . . . . . 718

Using Macro Autoplay with the SportsWare Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719

Pausing, Advancing, and Stopping Macro Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719

Converting a Graphic, Sequence or Motion into a Macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720

Writing and Editing Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721

About the Deko Macro Programming Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722

Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723

Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 724

Variables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728

Operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730

Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 734

Conditional Commands and Loops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 734

Subroutines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738

Return Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739

Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740

Data Type Conversions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741

Editing Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742

Editing a Macro (.mcr) File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742

Editing a Macro Using the Replace Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743

Editing Macro Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743

Saving Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744

Saving a Macro with a New Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744

Saving a Modified Macro with the Same Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744

Appending a Macro to the Active Macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745

Executing Deko Macros in External Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745

Setting Up Your Macro Server Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746

Sending Macros to the Macro Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747

Macro Command Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747

Macro Command Formats for Version 1.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747

Macro Command Formats for Version 2.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748

Macro Command Examples: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748

Macro Server Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750

Using Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753

About Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753

How Automation Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754

Example of Newsroom Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755

Customizing Deko Using Automation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 756

About the I.I.I. Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757

Accessing the Automation Interface in Deko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757

Starting Automation Immediately Every Time You Start Deko . . . . . . . . . 758

Using Deko Graphics with Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759

Defining a Layer for Automation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759

Creating Template Files for Automation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760

Creating a Template File to be Filled in by Your Automation Interface . . . 760

Reassigning Order for Template Layers to Replace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762

Using a Template to Verify a Successful Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762

Example of a Successful Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763

Enabling Your FastAction Keyboard to Read Automation Files . . . . . . . . . . . 764

Querying a Database from Deko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764

Viewing Installed ODBC Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 765

Specifying a DSN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 765

Setting Up Layers to Query a Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766

Using a Variable Field Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767

Setting and Using Global Field Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767

Accessing Optional Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769

About DekoObjex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769

FastAction Keyboard Commands and Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774

FastAction Keyboard (FAK) Callout Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775

FastAction Keyboard Function Key Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 777

FastAction Keyboard Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780

Using the FAK to Get Random Graphics to Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780

Using the FAK to Get Sequential Graphics to Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780

Using the FAK to Call Up Files with Numerical Filenames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781

Using the FAK to Read in Any Filename. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781

Using the FAK to Enable Reading Automation Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781

Performing FastAction Keyboard Functions Using a Standard Keyboard . . . . . . . 782

Using a Standard Keyboard (SK) to Perform Formatting Commands. . . . . . . 783

Using a Standard Keyboard (SK) to Perform Command Functions . . . . . . . . 784

Shaped vs. Unshaped Compositing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 787

Shaped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 788

Unshaped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 789

Mathematical Equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790

Comparison Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 791

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 793

Using This Guide

Congratulations on your Deko® purchase. Deko is an award-winning product line of full-color video character generators. Almost any graphic you can imagine for television can be created with a Deko. Deko is used worldwide for news and sports broadcasting by art directors, designers, and on-air operators.

This guide contains all the task-oriented instructions, conc material you need to use the effects and titling features of your Deko application.

This guide is intended for all users, from beginning to advanced.

Unless noted otherwise, the material in this doc system.

The documentation describes the features and hardware of all models. Therefore, your

system might not contain certain features and hardware that are covered in the documentation.

About this Guide

The Deko Products User's Guide is designed to be a learning tool for those new to Deko, as well as a handy reference for experienced operators. This user's guide offers step-by-step instructions and general information.

Experienced operators might not want to read the or index for specific information. We are constantly improving the Deko family, so you might find some changes since you last used Deko.

If you are new to Deko products, especially if you your best bet is to read this manual in order and familiarize yourself with all of the tasks presented. An investment of time now might save a lot of time later. Once you reach the “Create Useful Graphics on the Job” and “Create Useful Animated Graphics” chapters, you will be well prepared to create the graphics you need.

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If you’re familiar with other Windows applications, we think you’ll find using Deko easy and natural. If you’re new to Windows, we suggest that you pick up a book on the subject to familiarize yourself with basic Windows concepts. This user’s guide assumes a working knowledge of Windows.

Keyboard Abbreviations

Using one, two, or three keystrokes instead of using the mouse pointer to interact with the user interface is called a shortcut. Shortcuts for standard keyboards are marked SK. Shortcuts for the FastAction Keyboard are marked FAK.

Symbols and Conventions

Avid documentation uses the following symbols and conventions:

Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action

> This symbol indicates menu commands (and subcommands) in the

(Windows), (Windows only), (Macintosh), or (Macintosh only)

Bold font Bold font is primarily used in task instructions to identify user interface

Italic font Italic font is used to emphasize certain words and to indicate variables.

Courier Bold font

A note provides important related information, reminders, recommendations, and strong suggestions.

A caution means that a specific action you take could cause harm to your computer or cause you to lose data.

A warning describes an action that could cause you physical harm. Follow the guidelines in this document or on the unit itself when handling electrical equipment.

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mouse action. For example, Command+Option+C or Ctrl+drag.

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1 Getting Started with Deko

Once your Deko workstation has been set up and configured for your site, you need to learn how to get started with using the Deko software. In order to do so, you must understand the basics of what Deko has to offer, the options that may be available for your model, how to switch between SD and HD with Deko Hybrid models, and how to start and exit your software. In addition, you need to know how to use your keyboard, and set your save preferences.

The following topics describe how to get started with Deko:

elcome to Our Product

• W

• Verify

• About Deko Options

• Determining Enabled Optio

• Switching Between SD and HD with Deko Hybrid Products

• Availability of Features

• Starting Your Software

• Using Your Keyboard

• Setting your Save Preferences

• Using Other Applications without Exiting Deko

• Exi

ing Your Equipment

ns for Your Model

ting Deko

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Welcome to Our Product

Congratulations on your Deko purchase. Deko is an award-winning product line of full-color video character generators. Almost any graphic you can imagine for television can be created with a Deko. Deko is used worldwide for news and sports broadcasting by art directors, designers, and on-air operators.

Deko offers many capabilities:

• Like a word processor, Deko offers a variety o fonts and styles.

• Like a page layout program, Deko allows total full-color graphic elements on the screen.

• Like a presentation program, Deko plays back range of real-time effects.

• Deko provides up to three output channels and a powerful Motion Editor, for the most

ariety a

• Graphics and sequences that you create on a De to other Deko products.

• Graphics created on other products can be Deko environment.

• Deko graphics can easily incorporate other graphics, motions, and effects, saving time and al

Based on the Windows operating system, Deko of broadcast-quality character generator, including:

• The highest picture quality currently available for television graphics The

•

PostDeko Lite is a full-color video-charact for DekoCast. Although PostDeko Lite does not support motions such as a cel animation player, it does have all of the power of Deko 3000 for building text and graphic layers. Graphic files built in PostDeko Lite (.dko files) can be used seamlessly in other Deko products.

vailable in creating and playing motions.

lowing co

ease of use and the networking capabilities of Windows

nvenient, multiple uses of your graphics library.

er generator provided as a graphics creation tool

f tools for ty

flexi

a series of grap

can easily be exported for playback

easily

imported for use in the

fers unprecedented performance in a

ping text and for selecting

bility in positioning text and

hic pages using a wide

PostDeko Lite controls the default directories for the Dek

o graphics files used by DekoCast.

Verifying Your Equipment

Your Deko turnkey system includes:

Verifying Your Equipment

• A computer, consisting of internal hardware co installed.

• A mouse, to select or click items in the Deko interface.

• Either a standard keyboard or a FastAction Keyboard (optional). The FastAction

eyboard (FAK) is specially designed for Deko to promote speed and ease of use. For

K more information on the FAK, see “About the Optional FastAction Keyboard” on

page 46. For information on using the FastAction Keyboard, see “Using FastAction Keyboard Functionality” on page 773.

About Deko Options

Deko options can provide additional functionality to your Deko system. The following topics contain more information on some of the available Deko options:

• “Automation” on page 37

• “DekoObje

• “DVE Effects Group 2” on page 38

• “Make DekoMovie” on page 38

• “SportsWare” on page 38

• “StillDeko” on page 38

x” on page 38

mponents, with the Deko software

• “Timeline” on page 38

• “Aston Import” on page 39

• “Ch

Automation

The Automation option includes I.I.I. protocol for reading non-Deko files, both serial and network; Timecode Control, allowing control of sequences via SMPTE timecode; and Database Connection. For more information, see “Using Automation” on page 753.

ClipDeko

Import and play video clips with your Deko. For more information, see “Using the ClipDeko

Option” on page 436.

yron Import” on page 39

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DekoObjex

DekoObjex gives the ability to define and playback individual objects (or groups of objects) with actions independent of any other element or effect on the screen. Examples include video squeezeback or persistent objects like clocks or crawls. Author these objects in an easy-to-use environment that does not require programming skills. For more information, see “About DekoObjex” on page 769, and your Deko Objex User’s Guide.

DVE Effects Group 2

DVE Effects Group 2 offers additional motion effects, accessed just as other effects, including Page Scroll, Cylinder, Magic Carpet, Accordion, and 3D Ripple. For more information, see “DVE Effects” on page 499.

Make DekoMovie

The Make DekoMovie option makes it possible for the Deko Sequencer to render Deko effects to create AVI files or TARGA Editor, use them in Cel Animations, or play them on other devices. For more information, see “Playing Sequences as Clips with Make Dek

SportsWare

The SportsWare option includes two powerful features to quickly modify graphics, Pops, and Macro Autoplay. With Pops, create and “pop” a text selection onto an open graphic. With Macro Autoplay, enable macros to play automatically when opened. For more information, see “Creating and Using Partial Graphics with t

page 384.

StillDeko

Access and title stills in a Thunder Database. For more information, see “Managing Stills

with StillDeko, and Thunder” on page 432.

Timeline

Timeline allows you customize motions in Deko’s Motion Edit window. Define changes over time to a graphic element’s position, size, rotation, or opacity. The resulting effect is similar to DVE keyframing. For more information, see “Adjusting Motion Parameters with

the Timeline Option” on page 541.

files. You can then import these files into the Clip

oMovie” on page 517.

he Sport

sWare Option” on

Determining Enabled Options for Your Model

Aston Import

Import files created in the Aston environment and use them with your Deko. For more information, see “Aston Import Option” on page 429.

Chyron Import

Import files created in the Chyron® environment and use them with your Deko. For more information, see “Chyron Import Option” on page 430.

Determining Enabled Options for Your Model

Your Deko came with some options that were enabled on it. There might also be options that are available for your Deko model, but were not enabled. And, there might be options that are not available for your Deko model.

To see if an option is available for your system:

t See the Features and Options Matrix located on the Avid Knowledge Base at

www.avid.com/onlinesupport.

To see which options are enabled on your system:

1. Select Options > Enabled Options. A dialog box opens. A check mark next to an option in

system.

2. Click OK to close the dialog box.

To use an enabled option:

t For options that are integrated into the Deko, but offer separate interfaces (for example,

Rocket and DekoObjex), see the appropriate User Guide.

These options are introduced in this User’s Guide, but each is covered in detail in its own

Guide.

To add an option not currently enabled on your system:

t Contact Avid Sales at 800-949-AVID (800-949-2843).

dicates that it is enabled on your

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Switching Between SD and HD with Deko Hybrid Products

The purpose of the Deko1000 and Deko3000 Hybrid products is to enable you to switch between native high-definition (HD) and native standard definition (SD) operating modes. Using these new Deko Hybrid products, broadcasters can support both SD and HD production needs using a single system and user interface, minimizing equipment, installation, retraining and production costs while expanding HD services.

Deko 1000/Hybrid and Deko 3000/Hybrid support a wide variety of live sports, entertainment video and deliver output for native NTSC / PAL SD resolutions and native 720 / 1080 HD resolutions.

and newsroom environments. Both hybrid products generate graphics, process

In an SD/HD world, broadcasters must contend wi assets. Deko 1000/Hybrid and Deko 3000/Hybrid dramatically improve management with tools to simplify the process of working with 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratio elements and layouts.

Both hybrid models deliver the example, Deko 3000/Hybrid delivers the feature set of Deko 3000 when in SD mode and the feature set of Deko 3000 HD when in HD mode.

full functionalit

Availability of Features

Most features and functions presented in this guide are available on all Deko models. However, some features are available only on certain models, or optionally at an additional cost.

Starting Your Software

This topic contains information on how to get started with using your Deko.

• “Starting Windows” on page 41

• “Starting Deko

• “Adding a Deko Icon to your Desktop” on page 41

” on page 41

th multiple versions of their graphics

y of their single format counterparts. For

• “Starting Deko Automatically” on page 42

• “Locating the Deko Application” on page 42

• “Once

you Start Deko” on page 43

Starting Windows

To start Windows:

1. Turn on the power to the Deko system.

Starting Your Software

The VGA monitor shows a series of diagnostic screens, then displays the Wi startup screen.

2. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to log on.

3. Type your user name and password, and then press Enter. If you don’t have a user name, log on password.

Once you log on, you see the Windows desktop, from which you can launch any application

program, including Deko. You might need to be privileged as a Power User to run Deko. Check with your system administrator for details. For more information about Windows, refer to the Windows documentation.

Starting Deko

To start Deko, do one of the following:

t Double-click the Deko program icon. t Click the Start button, and then select Programs > the name of your Deko application

(such as, Deko3000, PostDeko, and so on.)

If you do not see the Windows desktop with various program icons, it might be because

another program is running. Close or minimize any open program.

as user “Deko.” This user na

ndows

me is factory installed and does not require a

Adding a Deko Icon to your Desktop

To place the Deko icon (shortcut to Deko) on the Windows desktop if it is not there:

1. Right-click the icon and select Create Shortcut. A copy of the application appears with (2) appended to it.

2. Drag the copy to the desktop.

Checking Your Desktop Settings

In order to operate sufficiently, Deko requires particular desktop settings.

To check or change desktop settings:

1. Right-click on the desktop and select Properties. The Display Properties dialog box opens.

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2. Click the Appearance tab, and make sure the Font size is set to Normal.

3. Click the Settings tab, and make sure the sett

- Color quality: Highest (32 bit)

- Screen

resolution: 1024 by 768 pixels

Starting Deko Automatically

To start Deko automatically, every time you log on:

1. From the Windows taskbar at the bottom of your screen, click the Start button and select Settings > Taskbar and Start Menu.

The Taskbar and start menu dialog box opens.

2. In the window that appears, select the Advanced tab

3. Click Add, and then click Browse.

4. Locate your Deko program, and then double-click it.

5. Click Next, and then double-click the StartUp folder. The name of your Deko program should appear in the field.

6. Click Finish.

7. If Windows prompts you to select an icon, click one, and then click Finish.

Locating the Deko Application

ings are set as follows:

To find Deko if you do not see it on the desktop or in the Program list:

1. Click the Start button and select Search > For Files or Folders.

2. Click All Files and Folders.

3. Type the name of your Deko (for example, Deko1000, Deko3000 HD, or PostDeko) in

“All

the

or part of the filename” text box.

4. Click Search. A description of the Deko filename along with a

path that indic

5. Click the file name in the list and drag it to the deskto

ates its location appears.

This creates a shortcut so you can start Deko from the desktop.

n the li

6. To start Deko, double-click on the filename i

st or on your new desktop shortcut.

Once you Start Deko

As Deko starts, you might be prompted to hide the Windows taskbar so the Deko windows display properly.

Hiding the Windows Taskbar

To hide the Windows taskbar:

1. Right-click the taskbar at the bottom of your screen. A menu opens.

Make sure that you do not click on any buttons on the taskbar.

2. Click Properties. A dialog box opens.

3. Click Auto-hide the taskbar.

Starting Your Software

After closing Deko, you may click this choice

again to turn of

f the auto-hide option.

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Initial Deko Desktop Appearance

Once you start Deko, you see the Deko desktop. The appearance of depending on the layout selected. Unless you have changed settings, as discussed later in this guide, the desktop initially displays the Style Edit layout.

the desktop varies,

The Deko interface is discussed further in subsequent chapters.

Using Your Keyboard

Your Deko is equipped with either a standard keyboard or the optional FastAction Keyboard. Throughout this manual, keyboard shortcuts for performing tasks in Deko are labeled SK for standard keyboards and FAK for FastAction keyboards.

The following topics contain more information about using your keyboard:

About the Enhanced Keypad Feature” on page 45

• “

• “Enabling or Disabling the Enhanced Keypad” on page 46

About the Optional FastAction Keyboard” on page 46

• “

About the Enhanced Keypad Feature

The Enhanced Keypad feature is available even without the FastAction Keyboard option. With this feature, the numeric keypad can provide quick access to reading files. Just be sure the NumLock key is enabled on the keypad. Otherwise, the next sequential file just reads. For example, with NumLock off, if you type sequential file 166 airs). However, with Numlock on, you can type

166

(and 170 airs), and

(and 166 airs).

165

(and 165 airs), then type

Using Your Keyboard

170

(and the next

165

(and 165 airs)

170

To call up graphics with numerical file names:

1. Type the file name on the numeric keypad.

2. Do one of the following: ress Read.

t P t Pres

It is recommended to leave NumLock on and use the keys at the top of the main keyboard

for numerals.

Deko displays a text box on the menu bar. The alphanumeric display in the text box shows t To use this feature, you need to enable the enhanced keypad. For more information, see

“Enabling or Disabling the Enhanced Keypad” on page 46.

To use your numeric keys for other purposes, you may decide to disable this feature. But,

make sure if you turn it off, you notify other operator that may be using this Deko. If not, they may think the enhanced keypad is broken.

s Enter.

he file name as it is being typed, then advances to display the next sequential file.

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Enabling or Disabling the Enhanced Keypad

To enable or disable the enhanced keypad:

1. Select Options > Preferences. The Preferences dialog box opens.

2. Click the Common tab.

3. In the Keyboard area, select or deselect Enhanced Keypad.

4. If you are enabling the Enhanced Keypad, press the NumLock key on the keyboard to turn it on.

5. Click O

About the Optional FastAction Keyboard

The FastAction Keyboard (FAK) enables you to perform common Deko tasks with a single keystroke. It is designed for use in real-time on-air environments, where speed is critical.

The FAK is based on a standard keyboard and functions as such when using applications other than Dek

• The standard PC 101 keyboard layout

• Function keys (F1-F12)

• A numeric keypad

o. Like a standard keyboard, the FAK provides:

Using Your Keyboard

The FAK also provides:

• Additional keys for single-keystroke access to many of Deko’s functions

• An alphanumeric display so you can enter or view the filename of the next graphic to be ad

• Addi

tional functionality of the F1-F12 keys

You can enable the function keys to access the fun F9=Bold, F12=Spellcheck, and so on). When enabled, the function keys mirror the text bar functions on the Deko desktop. When disabled, you can use them as you would on a standard keyboard for important command functions. It is recommended that you enable your keyboard for FAK and disable it for SK. For more information, see “Enabling and

Disabling the FastAction Keyboard” on page 47.

You can also enable FastAction Lights, allowing use of the dedicated Style and Color keys.

ore information, see “Enabling or Disabling the Enhanced Keypad” on page 46.

or m

FastAction Keyboard shortcuts are found throughout this guide and are designated FAK. The FastActi

on Keyboard is described in detail in “FastAction Keyboard Commands and

Keys” on page 774.

Enabling and Disabling the FastAction Keyboard

To enable or disable FastAction function keys (F1 - F12):

1. Select Options > Preferences. The Preferences dialog box opens to the Common tab.

2. In the Keyboard area, click FastAction Funct option is enabled.

ctions en

ion Ke

graved on the keycap (such as,

ys. A check mark appears when the

3. Click OK. For a complete list of tasks performed by the function keys when enabled, see “Using a

ard Keyboard (SK) to Perform Formatting Commands” on page 783.

Stand

Enabling and Disabling FastAction Lights

To enable or disable FastAction Lights:

1. Select Options > Preferences. The Preferences dialog box opens to the Common tab.

2. In the Keyboard area, click FastAction Lights. A enabled.

3. Click OK.

check mark appear

s when the option is

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Setting your Save Preferences

To have Deko remind you to save your work before exiting:

1. Select Options > Preferences. The Preferences dialog box opens.

2. Click the Prompts tab.

3. Select either or both of the following:

rompt to save before closing a window (This ch

t P

on-air situations where speed is critical.)

t Prompt before exiting Deko.

4. Click OK.

oice is NOT recommended for

Using Other Applications without Exiting Deko

To use other applications without exiting Deko, do one of the following:

t Click the minimize icon at the right end of the Deko application title bar. t Move the mouse pointer to the bottom of your screen to reveal the Windows taskbar. On

the taskbar, click the Deko button.

t Hold Alt down and press Tab repeatedly to switch to other open applications.

When you are ready to return to Deko, move the mouse pointer to the bottom of your screen

to reveal the Windows taskbar. On the taskbar, click the Deko icon on the Windows desktop.

Exiting Deko

To exit Deko, do one of the following:

t Click the close button at the right end of the Deko title bar.

t Select File > Exit. t Press Alt+F4 (SK).

After you exit Deko, files on your Deko may still be accessed from other networked

workstations as long as the system is on, even if your Deko is logged off of Windows.

To shut down the Deko system:

1. Exit the Deko software as described above.

2. Do one of the following:

Exiting Deko

t Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete, and then select Shut Down. t Click the Start button, and then click Shut Down.

A dialog box opens.

3. Select Shut down, and then click OK. Don’t turn off the power to your system. It turns f automati

cally or displays a message on the screen when it is OK to do so. Once shut down, the system must be restarted before you or another user can log back on. While the system is shut down, files stored on your Deko are not accessible from other networked workstations.

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2 Deko Overview

In order to begin to feel comfortable using Deko, you need to learn how to adjust the appearance and function of your desktop. This involves learning how to select a layout, navigate, adjust Preferences to suit your work style, fix mistakes, type and select text, and create and save a graphic.

The following topics provide an overview of Deko:

• Desktop Appearance

• Setting Preferences

xing Mistakes

• Fi

• Typing Text

• Using an International Character Set

• Creating Graphics

aving Deko Graphics

• S

Desktop Appearance

When your Deko is running, the screen of your VGA monitor is called the desktop. The appearance of the desktop depends on:

• The current layout, as selected from the Window menu or created by opening windows

from the Vi specific tasks. All standard layouts include a Menu Bar, a Status Bar, and a Command Bar.

• The currently active window. Items displayed on the menu bar, the associated menus,

and controls displayed in other windows might change according to the tasks associated with the active window.

The following topics contain more i

• “Style Edit Layout” on page 52

• “Using Other Layo

• “Na

vigating the Deko Desktop” on page 56

ew menu. Each layout includes some of Deko's windows and is suitable for

nformation on desktop a

uts for Other Tasks” on page 53

ppearance:

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Tools window

Style window

Shader window

Current Style window

Preset Style window

Style Edit Layout

Initially, you should see the Style Edit layout. This is the preferred view for graphic creation and the most important one to learn first. The Style Edit layout is discussed fully in

“Designing and Applying Styles” on page 77. The Style Edit layout includes the Program

window, surrounded by (counterclockwise, from left) the Style wind window, Preset Style window, Shader window, and Tools window.

ow, Cu

rrent Style

To open the Style Edit layout if you do not see it:

t Do one of the following:

- Select Window > Select Layout > Style Edit.

- Press Alt+F11 (SK).

Using Other Layouts for Other Tasks

Deko offers several standard layouts, each with the appropriate windows for different tasks. The three most frequently used layouts other than the Style Edit layout include the Sequence Playback, Effect Playback, and Motion Compose layouts.

To see other layouts:

1. Select Window > Select Layout. A list of all layouts opens.

2. Select a layout.

Sequence Playback Layout

To create a playback sequence of graphics:

t Use the Sequence Playback layout by doing one of the following:

- Press F11 on the SK.

- Press Seq Edit on the FAK.

Desktop Appearance

This layout includes the Preview windo Sequence window.

w, the Program window, and the

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Effect Playback Layout

To set up and play back single effects

t Use the Effect Playback layout by doing one of the following

- Press Shift+F11 on the SK.

- Press Effect on the FAK. This layout includes the Preview window, the Program windo

window.

w, and the Effect Playback

Motion Compose Layout

To create a variety of complex on-screen moves and 3D effects:

t Use the Motion Compose layout by pressing Shift+Ctrl+M.

Desktop Appearance

You can apply these effects to any elements of a graphic, pro

viding very sophisticated and exciting on-screen moves. This layout includes the Preview window, the Program window, Timeline, Current Style window, and Tools window.

More Layouts

Other standard layouts are available. The standard edit, and play graphics and macros. You can also design and save custom layouts to suit your work style. For information about customizing layouts, see “Creating Custom Layouts” on

page 678.

layouts provide tools you need to create,

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Navigating the Deko Desktop

You can create and play Deko graphics using the mouse and keyboard to interact with the various controls, menus, and windows on Deko’s desktop. Deko's menus work like those in other interfaces on Windows systems. Accessing files and functions with the mouse or keyboard is called navigating.

The following topics contain more information on navigating the Deko desktop:

Accessing Functions with the Menu Bar and the Mouse” on page 56

• “

• “Accessin

g Functions with the Menu Bar and Alt Key” on page 57

• “Accessing Functions with Keyboard Shortcuts” on page 58

• “Accessing Functions by Pressing Alt and Another Key” on page 58

Accessing Windows and Layouts” on page 59

• “

Accessing Functions with the Menu

To access functions with the menu bar and the mouse:

1. Click any menu heading on the Deko menu bar to reveal a menu of more selections.

2. Click an item in the menu to open a dialog box or act

3. To cancel the view of a menu, click an

Bar and the Mouse

ivate a function.

ywhere outside the menu.

4. To close a dialog box, click the Close button.

Close button

Desktop Appearance

For example, selecting File on the menu bar reveals the File menu. Selecting File > Open, opens the Open dialog box that allows you to open a file.

Accessing Functions with the Menu Bar

To access functions with the menu bar and the Alt key:

1. Press Alt to turn on this function. On the menu bar, File appears as a raised button.

2. Use the Right and Left arrow keys to move across the menu bar and select a

ffe

rent menu.

di That menu button then appears raised.

3. Use the Down arrow to open a selected me

4. Press Enter to activate a selection.

and Alt Ke

nu and scroll down its list of items.

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Shortcut for Open function

5. Press Esc or Alt to switch off this selection process.

Accessing Functions with Keyboard Shortcuts

Many functions available through the menu bar can also be accessed by one, two or three simple keystro found in this documentation as well as in each menu.

kes, called shortcuts. Learning shortcuts can save time. Shortcuts can be

In the preceding example, F9 is the keyboard shortcut to open a file. Instead of selecting File

n, yo

> Ope Function keys are disabled. For the FAK, you can press Clear, Read, Ctrl+O, or Alt+F+O.

Some function keys on your FAK are not available for standard use if you have activated

them as FAK special function keys by selecting Options > Preferences, and then on the Common tab of the Preferences dialog box, selecting FastAction Function Keys.

Accessing Functions by Pressing Alt and Another Key

To access functions by pressing Alt and another key:

1. Look at the menu bar.

2. Press and hold down the Alt key, and notice which lett

3. Press the key of the underlined letter in the item you would like to select from the menu.

u could press F9 to open the Open dialog box with the SK if the FastAction

heading for the menu you wish to open. Then, press and release the key of the underlined letter. Do not release Alt.

er is underlined in the menu

Accessing Windows and Layouts

Setting Preferences

The View Menu (Alt+V) provides access to all of the tools av switches it into view (indicated by a check mark) or out of view.

The Window Menu (Alt+W) provides access to the va

Setting Preferences

With Preferences settings, Deko allows you to select how the user interface works. For more information, see “Specifying User Preferences” on page 681. determine a starting layout, the look and behavior of your cursor, and the color for transparent areas of your

You can work with either an I-beam or a box cursor. An I-b the space where a typed character appears. A box cursor appears around the space where a typed character appears.

You can also define how the cursor behaves when you press the Home or the End keys. Home and in conventional character generators.

End key cursor behavior might be either as in typical Windows applications or as

graphic.

ailable. Selecting an item

rious layouts.

Initially, you might want to

eam cursor appears to the left of

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Dark gray default background

Dark green background

Some users want to adjust Color used where graphic is transparent. With the default setting, dark gray might make it difficult to tell if you are looking at a keyed transparent background or a black background. Choosing a color, such as dark green, helps clarify what is transparent in the background. The color is not displayed on the video output.

For more information, see “Determining the Look and Behavior of your Cursor” on page 60.

Determining the Look and Behavior of your Cursor

To determine the look and behavior of your cursor:

1. Select Options > Preferences. The Preferences dialog box opens.

2. Click the Cursor tab.

3. In the Text cursor style area, select I-beam or Box.

Setting Preferences

If you are accustomed to working in a Windows environment, you might prefer an I-beam

cursor. If you are accustomed to other character generators, you might prefer a Box cursor.

4. In the Home and End key behavior area. Do one of the following: t Click Windo

- Home moves the cursor to the beginning of a line.

- End moves the cursor to the end of the line.

- Ctrl + Home moves the cursor to the beginning of a text field.

- Ctrl + End moves the cursor to the end of a text field.

t Click Character generator to specify that:

- Home moves the cursor to the beginning of a text field.

- End moves the cursor to the end of a text field.

- Ctrl + Home moves the cursor to the beginning of a line.

- Ctrl + End moves the cursor to the end of a line.

5. Click OK.

6. Click Options on the menu bar.

ws to specify that:

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7. Deselect Save Settings On Exit in the Options menu. Generally, this option should be off to prevent unwanted saving. Deliberate saving, by

checki

ng Save Settings Now in the Options menu is a better practice.

8. To save your settings, select Options > Sa

To specify Starting layout and other Common Preferences:

ve Settings Now.

1. Select Options > Preferences.

2. Click the Common tab.

3. Select a layout from the Starting layout menu. Style Edit is a good starting choice.

Setting Preferences

4. Click the color button under Color used where graphic is transparent. A color picker opens.

5. Click the desired color or use the panel to create a custom color. A medium green is a good choice.

6. Click OK.

7. Depending on what type of keyboard you are using, do one of the following:

f you’re using a FastAction Keyboard (FAK), enable Enhanced Keypad,

t I

FastAc

tion Function keys and FastAction lights and enable Numlock on the keypad.

t If you’re using a Standard Keyboard (SK), enable Enhanced keypad, enable

NumLock on the keypad, and disable FastAction Function keys. FastAction Lights become unavailable.

If Enhanced Keypad and FastAction Function Keys are unavailable and cannot be selected,

you might need to install the appropriate drivers. For more information on how to do this, contact Technical Support.

Some function keys on your FAK are not available for standard use if you have activated them as FAK special function keys by selecting Options > Preferences. On the Preferences dialog box, select the Common tab and select FastAction Function Keys.

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8. You might want to select the following: t Use ‘explorer’ style file open if you want to v

Explorer

t If you have ClipDeko, the second selection is Display clip representative frame.

When selected, if you have a clip in the background or layer, a representative frame appears in the Program and Preview windows.

t Automatically play macros when opened if you would like commands in a macro to

be executed when you open the macro. For more information on Macros, see

“Streamlining Your Work with Macros” on page 713.

t Automatically play associated effects to automatically play motion effects that you

have associated with a graphic when you open that graphic. For more information on Associated effects, see “Motion Effects” on page 501.

9. Click OK.

10. To save your settings, select Options > Save Settings Now.

Fixing Mistakes

Deko allows you to undo actions one by one, beginning with the most recent. Enabling the Undo function allows you to undo actions, but requires more memory. Current systems, however, have sufficient memory to use Undo without compromising performance.

The following topics contain more informati

on on fi

iew you graphics in a Windows

xing mistakes:

• “Undoing Previous Actions” on page 64

• “Deleting Te

• “Deleting Text” on page 65

• “Clearing

xt” on page 65

the Program Window” on page 65

Undoing Previous Actions

To enable or disable Undo:

t Select Edit > Enable Undoer.

Enable Undoer is disabled as the Factory default. So, if you want the ability to use the Undo

function, it’s a good idea to enable it.

So, they might not realize they have undo.

To Undo the previous action(s):

1. Do one of the following:

2. With Undo enabled, select Edit > Undo.

3. Press Ctrl+Z.

4. Press Undo (FAK).

5. Repeat for each action that you want to undo.

You can only undo actions performed since Deko was launched with Undo enabled.

Redoing Undone Actions

To redo undone actions:

t With Undo enabled, select Edit > Redo (Ctrl + Y). Repeat for each action that you want

to redo.

Deko also allows you to select and delete text or layers, or clear an entire Program or

Preview window.

Deleting Text

Fixing Mistakes

To delete text:

t Select the text, and then press the Delete key.

Clearing the Program Window

To clear the Program window:

t Do one of the following:

-Alt+F8 (SK).

- Press F8 twice.

- Press Clear Program (FAK).

This clears the currently active Program or Preview window. If no Program or Preview

window is active, this clears the most recently used Program or Preview window.

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Typing Text

You can type text in a Program window or a Preview window. When Deko is launched, the Preview window is underneath the Program window. Move the window slightly so you can see it.

To open either a Program or Preview window

t Do one of the following:

- Press F5 on SK (if Function keys are disabled in Preferences).

- Press the Program key (FAK).

- Press the Preview key (FAK).

You can open and edit an existing text file.

Typically, the Style Edit layout is preferred for ty appears in the current style, indicated in the Current Style window. The current style includes the typeface, size, color, details, and other qualities of the text.

Changing the current style does not change previously typed text. However, you can select

xt to apply

77.

All typed text appears in a text layer, sometimes called a text field. By default, a new Deko

raphi

g properties, see “Building Graphics with Layers” on page 151.

The following topics contain more information on typing text:

• “Con

• “Enabling or Disabling Word Wrap” on page 67

• “Selecting a Style for Your Text” on page 67

• “Adjusting Text Size” on page 68

• “Typing Text” on page 68

• “Remembering Cursor Position” on page 68

• “Changing the Home Position of the Cursor” on page 69

• “Posit

changes. For more information, see “Designing and Applying Styles” on

c has one text layer. For information on adding text layers and specifying text layer

firming you are Using the Style Edit Layout” on page 67

ioning the Cursor to Edit Text” on page 69

ping an

d editing text. As text is typed, it

page

Confirming you are Using the Style Edit Layout

To confirm that you are using the Style Edit layout:

1. Select Window > Select Layout.

2. Select Style Edit.

Enabling or Disabling Word Wrap

There might be instances where you want to have word wrap enabled or disabled.

To enable/disable word wrap:

1. Click Text on the menu bar.

2. Click Word Wrap. Word wrap keeps your text in the appropriate area with automatic returns.

The default is that Word Wrap is automatically enabled in Preferences so every text layer

has word wrap. You can disable Word Wrap in Preferences by selecting Options > Preferences > Advanced.

Selecting a Style for Your Text

Typing Text

To select a style for your text:

t Click one of the preset buttons in the Preset Style window, or do nothing to use the style

displayed in the Current Style window. For more information about determining the appearance of your text, see “Designi

and Appl

ying Styles” on page 77. You can create an infinite variety of styles.

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Adjusting Text Size

To adjust text size:

t Do one of the following:

- On the text bar, double-click the Size text box. With the FastAction Function (FAK) keys enabled, press F2. Then, type the new size, and press Enter.

- Click the Up and Down arrows to incrementally increase or decrease the size.

- Click and hold the Up arrow or the Down arrow to continuously increase or decrease the size. Release the mouse button when the size you want is displayed.

- Triple-click the size text box to return to the default setting.

Typing Text

The cursor appears where you click in the window. However, clicking anywhere in the window can cause unwanted rows or spaces in your graphic. The best practice is to click the Title bar or press the Program key (or press F5 on a SK) and immediately begin typing, so the cursor appears in the home position. You can also enable “Remember cursor position” in the Preferences dialog box, so the cursor appears in the Home position for new graphics. Home is the starting place for text to begin in the layer, typically at the top left.

To type text:

1. Activate a Program or Preview window by doing one of the following:

t Click a Program window or a Preview window. t Press F5 (SK). t Press Program or

2. Click the Layer tab in the Style window and verify that Word wrap is selected. If not, select it.

3. Begin typing as with any Windows-based program.

Preview (FAK).

Remembering Cursor Position

To have the cursor appear in its most recent position, or in the home position for new graphics:

1. Select Options > Preferences. The Preferences dialog box opens.

2. Select the Cursor tab, and select Remember cursor position.

3. Click OK.

Changing the Home Position of the Cursor

To change the home position of the cursor:

1. Click the Justify Text button on the toolbar. A dialog box opens.

2. Select the arrow indicating how you want

text to

Positioning the Cursor to Edit Text

To position the cursor to edit text:

t Do one of the following:

Using an International Character Set

be justified, and click OK.

- Position the mouse pointer to the desired place and click.

- Press the Left Arrow key or the Right Arrow key to move the cursor one space at a

time.

- Press the Up Arrow key or the Down Arrow key to move the cursor one row at a

time.

- Press Ctrl+Left or Ctrl+Right to move the cursor one word at a time.

Using an International Character Set

Because some languages require characters not used in other languages, you might need to specify a character set when typing in a language other than English. A character set is a set of 256 characters in a TrueType characters, but Windows can access only 256 at a time. By choosing a character set, you are choosing which 256 characters you wish to use. Not all character sets are supported by every font. A character set can be used for storing unique symbols that are not on your keyboard, such as Copyright, trademark, Euro, and so on A character set can also be used to store common language symbols like the Spanish tilde. Even if you are working in English, some Spanish symbols might be necessary from time to time.

or PostScript® font. A font might contain more than 256

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To type a character from an international character set:

1. Select View > International. The International window opens.

2. Click the Character Set menu, then selec

t a charact

er set from the menu.

3. In the Program window, position the insertion point where you wish to insert the character.

4. Click the desired character in the International window.

Not all TrueType fonts include every character in every character set. The International

window displays a small box in place of any character that is not available in the current font.

Chang

For more information, see “

ing the Keyboard Layout” on page 71.

Changing the Keyboard Layout

To change the current keyboard layout:

1. Select View > Style.

2. In the Style window, select Font, then click the Keyboard menu.

3. Type or scroll to the new keyboard layout.

Creating Graphics

Deko automatically picks up the keyboard layo

Any keyboard layout installed in Windows is automatically available in Deko. On the

Windows desktop, click the Start button, then select Settings > Control Panel > Regional Settings. For more detailed information, see the Windows documentation.

Deko supports most alphabet-based languages as well as several ideographic languages.

or the f

F language: Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, and Thai.

ollowing languages, you must install a version of Windows that supports the

Creating Graphics

The main function of Deko is the creation and display of graphic files. You create a Deko graphic, including text and background elements, in either a Preview or Program window. Once created, a graphic can be saved on disk in a graphic file. For more information, see

“Managing Files” on page 389.

A graphic consists of one or more layers and a geometric shape—a rectangle or an ellipse. You can edit selected text or entire layers. Deko provides a variety of tools for typing, justifying, positioning, sizing and otherwise editing text and shapes. For more information, see “Editing Text and Layers” on page 191.

Each character of text is rendered in a particula Each geometric shape is rendered in a particular look. For more information, see “Designing

and Applying Styles” on page 77.

ut used to create the open graphic.

background. Each layer can be text or a

r style, which specifies its font and look.

pply

You can also animate your graphics, by either a motions. For more information, see “Creating Animated Graphics” on page 601.

You can recall Graphic files from disk individually opening a file. You can play back a series of graphic files by entering them into a sequence. For more information, see “Using Effects and Sequences” on page 495.

ing Deko effects or creating your own

. In Wi

ndows terminology, this is called

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Following are brief, introductory instructions for creating and saving graphics. If you have some experience with Windows, Character Generators, or both, and want to get going quickly, you might find these instructions useful. If you need more detail, everything in this section is covered more thoroughly in other chapters.

To create a Deko graphic:

1. Activate a Program or Preview window by clicking on the title bar. If desired, clear any previous graphic by doing one of the following:

t Press F8 (SK with FastAction Function

keys disabled) once to clear all layers but

not the background.

t Press F8 twice or press Alt+F8 to clear the layers and the background. (SK). t Press Clear Program or Clear Preview (FAK).

The cursor should be in the Home position.

2. Type any desired text.

3. Select the text by pressing Ctrl+Shift+A. The text appears in the style displayed in the c

urrent style

window.

4. Use any of Deko’s compositional tools to select fonts and styles, add geometric shapes or text layers, position layers, and so on.

5. Save the graphic by doing one of the following:

t Select File > Save Graphic As. t Press F12 (SK). t Press Save File (FAK).

Saving Deko Graphics

Every Deko system hard drive is partitioned into two drives: C and D. The C:\ drive is labeled as the C:\SYSTEM drive since it is meant to store all programs that are installed on the system. The D:\GRAPHICS drive is larger and the best place in which to store all Graphic directories. Use the D:\ drive for creating new file directories is recommended.

To save a graphic under a new name:

1. Activate the graphic window by doing one of the following: t Click on the title bar of the window.

Saving Deko Graphics

t Pres t Press Program or Preview (FAK) to indicate where the graphic is currently

2. Do one of the following:

t S t Pres t Press Save File (FAK).

The Save Graphic As dialog box opens.

s F5 (SK).

displayed.

elect File > Save Graphic As.

s F12 (SK).

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3. Navigate to the drive and directory where you want to store the file. Typically, you want to use the following drives for the following types of media:

- C: drive is for applications.

- D: dri

- E: drive is for clips and audio files.

Select Preferences > Paths for the default directory settings.

ve is for graphics and static elements (.tif, .tga, .psd, and so on.).

4. Type a new file name in the File Name text box, then click OK.

Deko automatically attaches “. dko” to the file name. Do not type a different extension.

To save a modified graphic:

1. Activate the Graphic window.

Saving Deko Graphics

2. To replace the previous version of the .dko

t Select File > Save Graphic. t Pres

s Ctrl+S or Alt+F12 (SK).

t Press Alt+Save File (FAK).

file, do one of the following:

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3 Designing and Applying Styles

Deko offers numerous ways to control and enhance the appearance of your text, including:

• Specifying a particular font.

• Adding details to your font

• Filling in those details with color, ramp, texture, shaders.

• Saving and using preset styles, includ

• Selecting and modifying existing text.

• Copying and pasting style elements.

The following topics describe how to design and apply styles:

yles for New or Existing Text

• St

• Defin

• Using a Preset Style

• Creating Styles

• Saving and Reusing the Styles You Create

• W

ing the Current Style for Typing Text

orking with Text and Styles

to create a

unique look.

cel animation player, or keyhole

ing styles with fancy frames.

3 Designing and Applying Styles

Styles for New or Existing Text

A style is created by doing the following:

1. Choosing a font, comprised of a typeface and its size

2. Composing a unique look for the font by doing the following: a. Adding b. Filling in those details with shaders, which might be colors, textures, or animations,

or keyholes (cutouts that allow live video or other fill to show through). Usually you define a style, labeled as the Current Style, before typing text. An

example of the style is applied to any text that you subsequently type. You might, however, select existing text and alter its style.

When creating styles, Avid

To confirm that you are using the Style Edit layout:

t Do one of the following:

- Press Alt+F11 to select the Style Edit layout.

- Select Window > Select Layout. Select a Style Edit menu item to enable it.

For more information about styles for new or existing text, see “S

and Tools” on page 79.

details, including frames, underlines, edges, faces, or shadows.

current style is displayed in the Current Style window. The current

recommends that you use the Style Edit layout.

and other specifications.

tyle Ed

it Layout Windows

Style Edit Layout Windows and Tools

Style window

Menu bar

Text bar

Program window

Tools window

Current Style window

Preset Style window

Status bar

Command bar

Shader window

The following illustration is an example of the windows and tools available in the Style Edit Layout.

Styles for New or Existing Text

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The following topics provide more information about Style Edit layout windows and tools:

• “Menu Bar” on page 80

Menu Bar

Text Bar

• “Tex

t Bar” on page 80

• “Style Window” on page 81

• “Program Window” on page 81

• “Tools Window” on page 81

• “Shader Window” on page 81

• “Command Bar” on page 82

• “Status Bar” on page 82

• “Preset Style Window” on page 82

• “Cur

rent Style Window” on page 82

The Menu bar opens in all layouts and is useful for finding available functions. Menu selections v

The Text bar is available in all layo

ary depending on the currently active window.

uts. The T

ext bar allows you to:

•Select text

• Size text

•Format text

•Justify text

• Access shaders

• Activate shaders

For more information on Shaders, see “Using Preset right side of the text bar are for recording macros.

Your Work with Macros” on page 713.

Shaders” on page

134. Tools on the

For more information, see “Streamlining

Style Window

Style attributes of text and graphic elements are defined in the Style window. Pressing each of the four tabs at the top of the window accesses different controls. The tabs are as follows:

Styles for New or Existing Text

• Font - Provides font formatting including si

• Look - Allows the addition of details suc and a frame.

• Layer - Sets layer attributes including word wrap, Initially, there is one layer for typing text in the Program window, but you can create additional layers. For more information, see “Editing Text and Layers” on page 191.

• Graphic - Allows you to link effects files and clips (with the ClipDeko option) to associated gra

389.

Program Window

Graphics created or opened in the Program window are simu video monitor. For more information about the display on your video monitor, see “Working

with Video Input and Output” on page 699. The Program window displays the cursor, the

safe area, carriage returns, and tab stops. These markers help you place text and other

cs appropriatel

graphi output.

Tools Window

The Tools window contains a palet text layers and graphic elements. Many of the tools have shortcut keys that you can memorize so you can work faster.

ze, width, kerning and leading.

h as a face, an edge, a shadow, an underline,

scaling, and l

ayer justification.

phics. For more information on using files, see “Managing Files” on page

ltaneously displayed on the

y; they do not appear on the video monitor and are not part of the video

te of tools for creating, moving, and altering the shape of

Shader Window

Use the Shader window to shade, or f window. The appropriate Shader window for the currently highlighted detail opens. Depending on the detail selected, you see one of the following titles displayed on the Shader window title bar:

• Face Shader

• Edge Shader

• Shadow Shader

• Underline Shader

ill in, a detail specified with the Look tab of the Style

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• Frame Shader

• Background Shader

Shading Details

The Shader window provides a choice of five sources for shading details:

• Color - Presents a color picker for choosing a soli

• Ramp - Presents a gradient that uses different co

• Texture - Accesses a graphic file to use as a texture fill

• Keyhole - Presents a key cutout for external fill

• CAP - Allows fill from sequential animation files

mand Bar

Com

The Command Bar is for playing macro files. Fo

Work with Macros” on page 713.

Status Bar

The Status Bar provides useful information about the graphic in current view, including cursor screen insert/overwrite mode status, number lock status, file size, and time.

Preset Style Window

The Preset Style window displays samples of eight styles that you can quickly select and use. You are not limited to these styles only. You can create any style combination you wish. You can assign your own styles to the Preset Style palettes and save them as .pst files. Only one Preset Style window may be active at one time. The FAK Style keys refer to the active Preset Style window. Using the Preset Style window is discussed in “Using a Preset Style”

on page 85.

position, layer

d color fill

lors of your choice

r more information, see “Streamlining Your

selected, layer position, positioning mode status,

Current Style Window

The Current Style window provides a sample of the c current cursor position. As text is typed, it appears in this style. In the default mode, the style is presented with an upper and a lower case “Aa,” but you can alter this.

urrent style se

lection or the style at the

Defining the Current Style for Typing Text

The quickest way to define a style is to select a preset style from the Preset Style window. You can also use controls in the Style window and the Shader window to create a style. Any text you subsequently type is rendered in the current style, is shown in the Current Style window.

This window shows sample text in the current font and lo appear if typed in the Program window. If you are creating a style with a very large font, you can enlarge the window to accommodate the larger sample characters.

By default, Deko displays samples as upper and what sample text is displayed.

The following topics provide more information about defining the current style for typing te

• “M

• “Resizing the Curren

• “Ch

xt:

oving the Current Style Window” on page 83

t Style Window” on page 84

anging the Letter Used as Sample Text in the Current Style Window” on page 84

Moving the Current Style Window

The Current Style window can be moved anywhere on the desktop.

To move the Current Style window:

1. In the Window menu, make sure Freeze is not selected.

2. Move the mouse pointer over the window’s title bar.

3. Click the window and drag it anywhere on the desktop.

ok, in the actual size it would

lowe

r case letters “Aa.” You can change

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Resizing the Current Style Window

The Current Style window can be resized to meet your needs.

To resize the Current Style window:

1. In the Window menu, make sure Freeze is not selected.

2. Move the mouse pointer anywhere over the border of the window. The pointer becomes a sizing tool.

3. Drag a sizing tool on the border to change the window’s size.

To return the Current Style window to its original position:

1. Move the mouse pointer over the window’s title bar.

2. Drag the window offscreen left. The window pops back to its origina

l spot in the l

ower left corner.

Changing the Letter Used as Sample Text in the Current Style Window

Deko enables you to change the letter used as sample text in the Current Style window.

To change the letter used as sample text in the Current Style window:

1. Click to activate the Style window.

2. Click the Font tab.

ypef

3. Click the Browse button to open the T

4. Select File > Select Sample Text. A dialog box opens.

5. Type new sample text.

6. Click OK or press Enter. The Typeface Browser, the Current Style windo

first two characters that you typed.

ace Browser window.

w, an

d Preset Style windows display the

Using a Preset Style

Preset styles are displayed in the Preset Style window. Although you can create any style you wish, using a Preset style automatically specifies the typeface, details, and all aspects of the Current Style, and the keyboard layout for the Style 1-8 keycaps. Once selected, a Preset style can be modified. If you create a new style, you can save it as a Preset style.

To select a Preset style for typing:

1. Activate the Preset Style window (Alt+F7).

2. Do one of the following:

Using a Preset Style

t Cli t Pres t Press Shift+F1-F8 (SK).

That style is now the current style and appears in the Current Style window. For more information about using a preset style, see “Using

Preset Style” on page 85.

ck one of the eight preset styles.

s Style 1-8 (FAK).

Using a Modified Version of a Preset Style

To use a modified version of a Preset style:

1. Press Ctrl+Shift+A to select all of the text and the endmarker you want to apply the Preset Style to.

Ctrl + Shift selects all text across all layers (not usually what you want).

2. To change the font size of the style, do any of the following:

t Click on the Style window to activate it. t Click the Font tab. t Click the Up or Down arrows by the Size field to adjust the height of the font.

a Modi

fied Version of a

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Font tab

Click down arrow to reveal list of typefaces

Click to reveal typeface browser, displaying samples of available typefaces

Click to turn on/off Bold or Italic

Adjust font size

Choices for typing in other languages

Click down arrow to reveal choices for automatic capitalization

3. Change any other attribute of the style. For more information, see “Creating Styles” on

page 86.

Style attributes can be altered at any time, in any order.

4. To replace the original preset style with your modified ve style you want to replace. Otherwise, skip this step to keep the original preset style.

Creating Styles

Instead of using a preset style, you can create a style. Creating a style is a multi-step process using the Style dialog box.

rsion, right-click the preset

To create a style:

1. Highlight the text by pressing Ctrl+Shift+A.

2. Adjust size, justification, bold, and italic specif

3. Add details to your typeface, such as a face, e

ications for your typeface.

dge, shadow, underline, or frame.

4. Fill in each detail with a color, a ramp, a texture, a c shader.

el animation player, or a keyhole

The style you create defines the current style and appears in the Current Style window. Text that you subsequently type appears in this style. You can save this style or apply it to one of the Preset Style buttons to use later.

You cannot name the eight styles in the Preset Style window. However, if you modify a style,

name it, and then assign it to a Preset Style file, the Preset Style appears with the Style name under it.

Creating Styles

The following topics provide more i

• “Selecting and Adjusting a Typeface” on page 87

• “Adj

• “Applying Rotate, Skew, Kerning and Leadin

• “Adjusting the Display of Capitalization, Quotes and Spacing” on page 90

• “Typing in a Language other than English” on page 90

• “Controlling the Typeface in the Style Window” on page 91

• “Adjusting the Sharpness of a Font” on page 93

• “Adding Details to a Font” on page 93

• “Adjusting Details” on page 97

• “Applying Color, Ramp, Texture, CAP, or Keyhole to a Style Detail” on page 106

• “Using Preset

usting Size, Bold, Italic, and Justification Rules to the Current Style” on page 89

Shaders” on page

134

Selecting and Adjusting a Typeface

You can select and adjust a typeface for your text.

To select a new typeface for your text:

1. Select the text by pressing Ctrl+Shift+A.

nformation a

g to the Current Style” on

bout creating styles:

page 90

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2. Do one of the following: t Use the menu on the text bar.

t From the Style wi

ndow, select the Font tab, and click the Typeface box to call up a

list of available typefaces.

t From the Style window, select the Font tab, click Browse or Press Typeface

Browser (FAK) to open the Typeface Browser window, and type the first one or two letters of the typeface name to jump to that typeface or use the scroll bar.

3. Double-click a typeface sample to select it. The typeface appears in the

Current Style wi

ndow.

Creating Styles

Font size

Turn on Bold or Italic

Menu for typeface selection

Display lower case as small caps

Justification

Face

Edge

Shadow

Underline

Frame

For more information about selecting and adjusting a typeface, see “Installing Additional

Fonts” on page 89.

Installing Additional Fonts

Your Deko software includes a variety of standard and specialty fonts. You can install

onal fonts at any time.

additi

To install fonts:

t Select Start > Control Panel > Open Fonts > File > Install New Fonts.

Adjusting Size, Bold, Italic, and Justification Rules to the Current Style

To adjust size, bold, italic, and justification rules of the current style:

1. Select the text by pressing Ctrl+Shift+A.

2. Do one of the following:

t Use

t Use the Style windo

The Face, Edge, Shadow, Underline and Frame buttons are switches. If a Style does not have

a Face, clicking the Face button adds one. If a Style has a Face, clicking the Face button

the text bar to select size, bold, italic and justification rules.

w (Font tab), to control all aspects of the current font.

deletes it.

Justifying text as you define a style determines how the text is justified within its layer. However, entire layers can also be justified. For more information, see “Moving Text and

Layers” on page 219.

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Applying Rotate, Skew, Kerning and Leading to the Current Style

You can make adjustments to the Current Style using controls in the Style window, Font tab.

To rotate, skew, or apply kerning and leading to the current style:

1. Select the text by pressing Ctrl+Shift+A.

2. In the Style window, Font tab, change the values and/or Skew fields to change your current style as desired. For more information, see

“Controlling the Typeface in the Style Window” on page 91.

Please note that style characteristics can be applied to an entire text layer. The result of

applying these characteristics to the current style, or text, might be very different than applying them to a layer. To fully understand how to achieve the result you want, see

“Editing Text and Layers” on page 191.

in the Leading, Kerning, Rotation,

Adjusting the Display of Capitalization, Quotes and Spacing

To adjust the display of capitalization, contextual quotes, and spacing:

1. Select the text by pressing Ctrl+Shift+A.

2. Use the appropriate controls in the Style window, F

“Controlling the Typeface in the Style Window” on page 91.

Please note that style characteristics can be applied to an entire text layer. The result of

applying these characteristics to the current style, or text, might be very different than applying them to a layer. To fully understand how to achieve the result you want, see

“Editing Text and Layers” on page 191.

ont tab. For more information, see

Typing in a Language other than English

To type in a language other than English:

1. From the Style dialog box, Font tab, select a language from the Keyboard menu.

2. Select the appropriate Orientation (left to right, to

p to bottom, and so on.).

Controlling the Typeface in the Style Window

The Style window Font tab provides the controls typeface information.

Style Window Font Tab Option Description

Typeface Names the current typeface. Select a typeface from this menu. The list

includes TrueType and Postscript fonts and Deko Custom Typefaces. The latter are indicated by the word “(Deko)” after the typeface name.

Browse Opens the Typeface Browser window, showing a sample of each available

typeface. Type the first one or two letters of the typeface name to jump to that typeface. Double-click a typeface sample to select it.

Bold Selects a bold version of the current typeface. If no bold version is

available, this item is dimmed. Select or deselect to turn on or off.

Italic Selects an italic version of the current typeface. If no italic version is

available, this item is dimmed. Select or deselect to turn on or off.

Size Shows the height of the current font, in screen units. Click the Up and

Down arrows or type a number in the text box. For more information, see

“Working with User Preferences” on page 667.

Creating Styles

Width Shows percent of normal width. Type a percent less than 100 to condense

the font, or greater than 100 to expand it. Click the Up and Down arrows or type a number in the field.

Capitalization Displays a menu for changing the way Deko displays the case of typed

characters:

• Normal - Deko displays the case of all characters as typed.

• Smallcaps - Deko displays lower case characters as small capital characters.

• Allcaps - Deko displays all characters as capital characters.

• Allsmalls - Deko displays all characters as lower case characters.

• Words - Deko displays the first character of each word as a capital character (title case).

Contextual Quotes Displays typed quotation marks as “true” opening and closing quotes

based on this style.

Leading Determines row spacing by the leading value of the style applied to the

new line character. A value of zero produces the default row spacing. Values greater than zero increase the space between rows; values less than zero decrease it.

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Style Window Font Tab Option Description (Continued)

Kerning Controls the spacing between characters. A value of zero produces the

Rotation Controls the angle of the baseline, in degrees.

Skew Controls the amount of skew, or slant, applied to the characters. This is

Filter Controls blurring of the font. Select Hard, Medium, Soft, or Very Soft to

Spacing Selects the type of character spacing for the font:

default kerning. Values greater than zero increase the space between characters; values less than zero decrease it.

independent of the italic setting.

blur the font, diminishing jagged lines caused by aliasing. Medium is the default setting. Soft makes the font blurrier. Hard makes it

less blurry.

• Proportional - characters are spaced according to their widths.

• Monospace - all characters are forced to have the same widths.

• Digits - the digits 0-9 are monospace, but all other characters are proportional.

Keyboard Selects the language. Keystrokes on the keyboard correspond to

characters in this language.

Orientation Determines field orientation, that is, left-to-right, right-to-left (for Arabic

and Hebrew) or top-to-bottom (for Eastern Asian languages).

Some orientations might not be available in all languages.

Prerendered style Indicates that this style was previously rendered and saved so it can be

rendered more quickly.

For many typefaces, there is no difference between “proportional” and “digits” spacing

because the fonts were designed with monospaced digits.

For more information about controlling the t

Numeric Parameter to Its Default Value” o

Restoring a Numeric Parameter to Its Default Value

To restore any numeric parameter in the Style window to its default value:

t In the Style window, triple-click the parameter you want to restore to its default value.

This is true of many controls in Deko.

ypeface

n page 92.

in the Style window, see “Restoring a

Adjusting the Sharpness of a Font

Like any television or computer graphic created with pixels, some text might display unwanted jagged edges, or artifacts called “jaggies.” You might want to adjust the sharpness of your text, blurring it slightly to avoid the appearance of jaggies. Jaggies might be more noticeable with some fonts than others. They are more likely to be prominent with the color red and with smaller text.

To adjust sharpness or blurring of a font:

1. Select one of the following: t Text

Creating Styles

t A layer, t

o change all text in the layer

t Nothing, to change the current style.

2. In the Style window, click the Font tab.

3. In the Filter menu, select a Filter opti

Filter Option Description

Hard Hard makes the font less blurry, but might allow some effects of

aliasing to appear.

Medium Medium is the default setting.

Soft Soft makes the font blurrier, diminishing jagged lines.

Adding Details to a Font

Once you have defined a font for the current style, you can add details to the font to create a unique look. A detail can be a face, an edge, a frame, a shadow, or an underline. You can adjust the size, shape, and blurring of each detail. Each detail has a shader, defining how it is filled. Add, remove, or prioritize details using the Look tab in the Style window. A style can have an unlimited number and combination of details.

The following topics provide more information about adding details to a font:

on. See the following t

able.

• “Displaying

the Look

Tab in the Style Window” on page 94

• “Adding a Face, Edge, Frame, Shadow, or Underline to the Current Look” on page 95

• “Re

moving a Face, Edge, Frame, Shadow or Under

line from the Current Look” on page

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Click the Add button to reveal a list of details

Bottom area of window varies depending on detail selected in Details list

Click the More button to reveal additional controls

Displaying the Look Tab in the Style Window

To display the Style window, Look tab:

1. Access the Style Window by doing one of the following:

t Select > Style. t Press F6 (SK). t Press Look k

ey (FAK).

2. From the Style window, display the Look tab by doing one of the following:

t Cli t Press Alt+L (SK)

ck the Look button.

t Press Look (FAK).

To restore any numeric parameter in the Style window to its default value, triple-click

the parameter.

Creating Styles

Style Window Look Tab Control Description

Details The list of details for the current look. The selected detail is highlighted, and its

attributes are displayed in the lower half of the window. Types of details include:

• Face -the face of the characters. Most looks have only a single face, usually the first detail in the list of details.

• Edge - an edge around each character. The edge is based on details preceding it in the list of details, or a selected detail.

• Shadow - a shadow of each character. The shadow is based on details preceding it in the list of details, or a selected detail.

• Underline - an underline following the characters.

• Frame - a frame behind the characters.

Add Adds a new detail to the current look. A menu lets you select which kind of

detail to add. The new detail is added after the selected detail.

Delete Deletes the selected detail.

Controls in the bottom half of the window

Controls vary, depending on the type of detail selected in the Detail list. Use the controls to modify the selected detail.

Adding a Face, Edge, Frame, Shadow, or Underline to the Current Look

To add a face, an edge, a frame, a shadow, or an underline to the current look:

1. Select the text (Ctrl+Shift+A).

2. Do one of the following: t Use

the text bar detail buttons to add the first f

ace, edge, shadow, underline, and frame of a look. This method can only be used to add one of each type of detail. Clicking any detail buttons after the first time removes that detail.

t From the Style window: a. Click the Look button. b. Click the Add button. A menu opens, enabling you to select which kind of detail to

add (face, edge, shadow, underline, frame).

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c. Select the new detail from the list. The new detail is added to the bottom of the

Details list or after the detail in the list that is selected. You can use this method to add as many of each kind of detail as you like.

t With the FastAction function keys enabled, press any of the following:

- F4 to add a Face

- F5 to add an Edge

- F6 to add a Shadow

- F7 to add an Underline

- F8 to add a Frame You can use this method to add one of each type of detail. Pressing any detail

buttons after the first time removes that detail.

Removing a Face, Edge, Frame, Shadow or Underline from the Current Look

To remove a face, an edge, a frame, a shadow, or an underline from the current look:

1. Select the text (Ctrl+Shift+A).

2. Do one of the following:

t Use

the text bar Detail buttons to remove the first face, edge, shadow, underline, and

frame, of a

look. You can use this method only to remove one of each type of detail.

Clicking any detail buttons removing that detail applies the detail again.

t From the Style window, click the Look button. In the Details list, click a detail to

select it, then click Delete. You can use this method to delete as many of each kind of detail as you like.

t With the FastAction function keys enabled, press any of the following:

- F4 to delete a Face

- F5 to delete an Edge

- F6 to delete a Shadow

- F7 to delete an Underline

- F8 to delete a Frame

one of

You can use this method only to delete

each type of detail. Pressing any

detail buttons after deleting the detail adds that detail.

Adjusting Details

To adjust the dimension, shape, definition, or priority of a detail:

1. Click on the Style window to activate.

2. Select the text (Ctrl+Shift+A).

3. Do one of the following:

Creating Styles

t Cli

ck the Look tab at the top of the Style window.

t Press Alt+L (SK). t Press Look (FAK).

4. In the Details list, click the Detail you want

to adjust to select it. Deko displays attributes associated with the detail in the lower half of the Style window. You can use the associated controls, described in the following sections to adjust the detail you select.

The following topics provide more information about adjusting details:

Adjusting Face Detail Attributes” on page 98

• “

• “Adj

usting Edge Detail Attributes” on page 99

• “Adjusting Shadow Detail Attributes” on page 101

• “Adjusting Underline Detail Attributes” on page 103

Adjusting Frame Detail Attributes” on page 105

• “

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Hide face

Adjust blur

Opens face shader window/see sample

Click More to reveal additional controls

Controls to position detail relative to other details

Adjusting Face Detail Attributes

To adjust Face detail attributes, use the controls in th

e lower half of the Style window, Look

tab. Face Detail attributes are only available when Face is selected in the Details List.

Face Detail Attribute Description

Hide Select this option to hide the face. A hidden face can still affect other details, based

on its Priority and the “From previous detail” settings of other details.

Shader Opens the Face Shader window. Use the Face Shader to apply a color, ramp or

texture to the face. For more information, see “Shader Window” on page 81.

Blur Controls the amount of blur, from 0 (no blur) to 100.

Priority (click More to display)

Determines whether the face appears in front of or behind other details. By default, Deko assigns a priority to the details so that they render from front to back, in the order in which 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).

Priority also controls the rendering order of overlapping details from different styles.

Adjusting Edge Detail Attributes

Adjust priority among other details

Click More to turn to additional controls

Specify round or square edge

Adjust thickness of the edge

Open the Edge shader window/ see sample

Hide edge

Creating Styles

To adjust Edge detail attributes, use the controls in the

lower half of the Style window, Look

tab. Edge Detail attributes are available only when Edge is selected in the Details List.

Edge Detail Attribute Description

Hide Hides the edge. A hidden edge can still affect other details, based on its Priority

and “To next detail” settings.

Shader Opens the Edge Shader window. Use the Edge Shader to apply a color, ramp or

texture to the edge. For more information, see “Shader Window” on page 81.

Blur Controls the amount of blur, from 0 (no blur) to 100.

Shape Specifies the shape of the edge:

• Round - creates a rounded edge.

• Square - creates a rectangular edge.

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Outer

Inner

Border

Filled

Edge Detail Attribute Description (Continued)

Type Specifies the type of edge:

• Outer - creates an edge that extends outward from the outer border of the edged detail.

• Inner - creates an edge that extends inward from the outer border of the edged detail.

• Border - creates an edge that extends both outward and inward from the outer border of the edged detail.

• Filled - creates an edge that extends outward from the outer border of the edged detail; the inside is filled with the edge color.

Size Controls the size of the edge, from 0 (no edge) to 100 (very large edge).

Priority (click More to display)

Determines whether the edge appears in front of or behind other details. By default, Deko assigns a priority to the details 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).

Priority also controls the rendering order of overlapping details from different styles.

From previous detail Specifies which other details in the look provide the shape on which this edge is

based:

• Face - produces an edge based only on the face detail.

• Frame - produces an edge around the first frame detail preceding the edge in the Details list.

• Previous - produces an edge based on the “To next detail” setting of the detail immediately preceding the edge in the Details list.

• Underline - produces an edge around the first underline preceding the edge in the Details list.

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Pinnacle Systems Deko - 5.3.1 User’s Guide

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

Using This Guide

About this Guide

Keyboard Abbreviations

Symbols and Conventions

If You Need Help

How to Order Documentation

Avid Training Services

1 Getting Started with Deko

Welcome to Our Product

Verifying Your Equipment

About Deko Options

Automation

ClipDeko

DekoObjex

DVE Effects Group 2

Make DekoMovie

SportsWare

StillDeko

Timeline

Determining Enabled Options for Your Model

Aston Import

Chyron Import

Switching Between SD and HD with Deko Hybrid Products

Availability of Features

Starting Your Software

Starting Windows

Starting Deko

Adding a Deko Icon to your Desktop

Checking Your Desktop Settings

Starting Deko Automatically

Locating the Deko Application

Once you Start Deko

Hiding the Windows Taskbar

Initial Deko Desktop Appearance

Using Your Keyboard

About the Enhanced Keypad Feature

Enabling or Disabling the Enhanced Keypad

About the Optional FastAction Keyboard

Enabling and Disabling the FastAction Keyboard

Enabling and Disabling FastAction Lights

Setting your Save Preferences

Using Other Applications without Exiting Deko

Exiting Deko

2 Deko Overview

Desktop Appearance

Style Edit Layout

Using Other Layouts for Other Tasks

Sequence Playback Layout

Effect Playback Layout

Motion Compose Layout

More Layouts

Navigating the Deko Desktop

Accessing Functions with Keyboard Shortcuts

Accessing Functions by Pressing Alt and Another Key

Accessing Windows and Layouts

Setting Preferences

Determining the Look and Behavior of your Cursor

Fixing Mistakes

Undoing Previous Actions

Redoing Undone Actions

Deleting Text

Clearing the Program Window

Typing Text

Confirming you are Using the Style Edit Layout

Enabling or Disabling Word Wrap

Selecting a Style for Your Text

Adjusting Text Size

Typing Text

Remembering Cursor Position

Changing the Home Position of the Cursor

Positioning the Cursor to Edit Text

Using an International Character Set

Changing the Keyboard Layout

Creating Graphics

Saving Deko Graphics