MacroSystem Columbus 2 - Manual (Page 23)

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box of the toolbar that you are already familiar
with from the system software.
Since you have already added two texts to your
video image, you will now see that the settings
have affected both texts.
If the changes you have made to the text attri-
butes mean you need to change the position of
a text with respect to its key point, you can do so
in the Text menu.
Take a look at the overall appearances using the
Preview function and then archive your settings
if necessary.
Close the program and make the system calcu-
late the scene. If you have positioned key points
along your route, set the Split video function
to No – if you have not set any key points, this
setting is irrelevant.
5.5 A cruise including video footage of
day trips on land
Imagine you have just been on a cruise and now
want your vacation video to start with a map
that presents the audience with an overview of
the route.
The ship has berthed at various ports and you
have brought back video footage from all the
places which you now want to integrate in your
route. The ship casts off, travels across the map
to the next destination where you went on land
and now the audience sees the video footage
that you recorded there. Afterwards, the map is
displayed again and the ship continues along
the route. At the next port you see some more
video footage of various things you experienced
there, etc.
To create this kind of video, first select a suitab-
le map, e.g. one that shows the Mediterranean
Sea.
Next, start Columbus 2.
You can now create a route using your newly
acquired skills that you learnt in the previous
example exercises. In this example, you should
of course use a ship as the head object.
Make sure you insert a point at every port and
convert each point Type to Key points (in the au-
tomatically activated Points menu). Set the Pause
time for each key point to 2 seconds (000.02:00).
Afterwards, click on the Global settings menu
and select the Time menu item.
Here you can see how long your displayed
scene lasts. In this case you have a pause time
of several seconds (i.e. the sum total of your key
points). Furthermore, the route is traced out in
10 seconds. If you want the route to be display-
ed more quickly, simply shorten the time using
the Route slider control.
Set the Waypoints function for the remaining
points that only serve to trace out the route but
which do not mark out the position of any port
of call.
You can then label the key points with more
detail by assigning objects to them. Activate a