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In this menu, you are defining the texture of the
background.
As this menu is identical to the previous
one (Texture Object), you can easily use the
descriptions found in the previous chapter. The
difference is merely that the parameters made
here have an effect on the background rather
than the object.
5. Tutorials
In this chapter, you will learn to use Candy
Factory to improve titles, images and masks.
The tutorials serve to give you an idea of how
to use the countless buttons and their functions.
We recommend that you read through these
tutorials and try to create some of these
examples yourself.
The settings for the results of the three tutorials
can also be found in the Candy Factory Archives.
Use scenes suggested in the tutorials, start Can-
dy Factory, click onto the Archives button and
load the respective entry (Archive 5.1, Archive
5.2 or Archive 5.3).
In the first tutorial `Using a predefined mask´,
you will learn about the program’s user interface
and how to make some settings.
This tutorial is quite detailed, so that you can
easily find your way around the software and
recognise the buttons and functions more easily.
The second turtorial “title effects” delves more
into the depths of the different functions and the
countless settings.
The third turotrial “Text background for a vaca-
tion film” requires that you already know your
way around the software somewhat; thus it is
slightly more complex.
The settings that we recommend are of course
only a few of many possible set ups. We urge
you to follow our recommendations so that you
can see how the different options have an effect
on your work. This is the best possible way of
explaining things.
It is obviously a good idea to have a go at the
tutorials a few times in succession. It will help
you to get a good grasp of Candy Factory. Later,
you can try to replace some of our suggested
settings with your own parameters – in no
time at all, will you see that small changes can
result in countless variations. Such changes can
dramatically alter the result.
5.1 Using a predefined mask
As candy factory comes with a wealth of settings
and options, you should try to slowly work your
way into the program. This first tutorial is a
good start.
You will learn to place a border around a video
scene without doing much of the work yourself.
Let Candy Factory do some of the work for you!
You require a video scene with a length of at
least 5 seconds, showing someone in close-up.
The person should try not to move too much
and the person’s face should at best not change
position. Select the scene from the Edit screen
and add it to the Storyboard.
Now you can create the mask. Go to `New´ and
select the Pattern operator.
Select the effect option Select Pattern so that
the Image Pool appears.
Now go to Product, choose Candy Factory, and
select Masks under Type. Choose a nice border,
maybe a picture frame or a heart.
Make sure that the box next to Colour has a
dash, meaning that it is deactivated. Leave Mode
set to Positive.