MacroSystem Deluxe-Titler 3D - Manual (Page 12)

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• Minimize toolbar: If you click on this button,
the toolbar minimizes and only displays this
button and the one beneath it thus ensuring you
have a clear view of your video scene and the
drawn path of the title.
• Move toolbar: If you click on this button, you
can move the toolbar to the opposite edge of
the screen to uncover any areas that might have
been hidden.
• Slider control/arrows: Since your title now
has several points, you can select them using
the slider control or the < and > buttons. This
function is particularly important if a point lies
outside the visible screen area (e.g. after you
have used the zoom function, see Z control)
and you can no longer seize the point using the
trackball pointer.
• Position: If you click on this function, the
currently active (green) point will be seized thus
making it to turn blue and allowing you to move
it. You can also do this, by the way, by clicking
on a green point once more with the trackball
pointer so that it turns blue.
• Z: This slider control allows you to change
the perspective or the distance to the viewer
in three-dimensional space. That is to say, the
text moves closer to the viewer and therefore
appears larger (positive value) or the text moves
away from the viewer and therefore appears
smaller (negative value).
Before you use this function, please make sure
you select the position at which you want the
text to be changed by first activating the relevant
point.
• H, P, B: These slider controls allow you to
rotate the text in space.
Since the settings range for these slider controls
is -720° to +720°, the text will be rotated several
times if high values are selected. One complete
rotation will be achieved with -360° or +360°.
• Ok: If you click on Ok, the Edit key point menu
closes and the settings you have changed here
are accepted.
• Cancel: If you click on this button you will close
the Edit key point menu without applying any of
the settings that you changed previously.
5. Application examples
The two examples in this chapter will help you
learn how to create an attractive title for your
video scenes using Deluxe Titler 3D.
5.1 Fixed motion
In this example you will create a title using a
predefined motion setting.
Insert the scene for which you want to create
a title (e.g. a 10 second long scene) into the
storyboard and open the Titling menu. In
this menu, look for Deluxe Titler 3D in the
alphabetically sorted list and select it.
Click on Insert and set the effect time to a
suitable value, e.g. so that it runs the entire
length of the scene (i.e. in this case 10 seconds).
Now let us turn our attention to the effect
options:
Click on the top Enter text function so that a new
menu opens.
You will see a monochrome background
displaying the „3D Text“ title on two lines