Pinnacle Speakers DEKO500 - Manual (Page 4)

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Deko500 User’s Guide
Tab Stops .................................................................................................................................35
Using Undo ..............................................................................................................................36
Creating Styles
SPECIFYING A FONT
About Fonts..............................................................................................................................38
The Style/Font Window ...........................................................................................................38
Installing TrueType and Postscript Fonts.................................................................................40
Copying and Pasting a Font .....................................................................................................40
Custom Typeface .....................................................................................................................41
SPECIFYING A LOOK
About Looks.............................................................................................................................43
The Style/Look Window ..........................................................................................................43
Face ..........................................................................................................................................44
Face Attributes .........................................................................................................................45
Edge .........................................................................................................................................45
Edge Attributes.........................................................................................................................46
Shadow.....................................................................................................................................48
Shadow Attributes....................................................................................................................49
Underline..................................................................................................................................51
Underline Attributes.................................................................................................................52
Frame .......................................................................................................................................53
Frame Attributes.......................................................................................................................54
Cutting and Pasting Details and Looks ....................................................................................55
SPECIFYING A SHADER
About Shaders ..........................................................................................................................57
Activating a Shader ..................................................................................................................58
Applying a Color......................................................................................................................58
Applying a Ramp .....................................................................................................................59
Ramp Options ..........................................................................................................................59
Highlight Options.....................................................................................................................60
Applying a Texture ..................................................................................................................60
Texture Options........................................................................................................................61
The Color Picker ......................................................................................................................63
Picking a Color.........................................................................................................................64
Using Preset Shaders................................................................................................................65
WORKING WITH STYLES
The Current Style Window ......................................................................................................66
Saving a Style...........................................................................................................................67
Copying and Pasting a Style.....................................................................................................67
Assigning a Style to a Style Preset...........................................................................................67
Retrieving a Style.....................................................................................................................68
Saving Preset Styles .................................................................................................................69
Saving a Pre-rendered Style .....................................................................................................70
Graphics and Layers
Video Standard.........................................................................................................................71
About Layers and Backgrounds ...............................................................................................71
The Background .......................................................................................................................73
Adding a Text Field .................................................................................................................74
Text Field Properties ................................................................................................................75
Adding a Rectangle Layer........................................................................................................77
Adding an Ellipse Layer...........................................................................................................77
Specifying Layer Properties .....................................................................................................78
Layer Properties .......................................................................................................................78
Selecting a Layer......................................................................................................................79