Apple Shake 4 - Manual (Page 456)

456 Chapter 16 Compositing With Layer Nodes
background curve
A graphical control appearing within a curve editor in the Parameters tab. This curve
controls the way the edge of the background image is blended.
AddText
The AddText node differs from the Text image node only in that it places text over a pre-
existing background. See “
Text ” on page 604 for more information on this extremely
flexible feature. AddText is also a bit nicer than Text for the command line because you
do not have to actually enter all of the parameters for the image width and height.
Parameters
This node displays the following controls in the Parameters tab:
text
The text you want to display in your composite. This defaults to the word Text. This
parameter correctly interprets ASCII codes preceded by a backslash. For example,
entering
\12 into the text field results in a line feed that begins a new line of text.
font
The font you want to use. You can use any TrueType or PostScript font. The default font
is Utopia Regular.
xFontScale
The horizontal size of the font. The default is 100 pixels.
yFontScale
The vertical size of the font. By default, this parameter is set to the xFontScale
parameter, locking both of these parameters together to maintain the aspect ratio of
the selected font.
leading
The space between multiple lines of text. The default is1.
xPos
The horizontal position of the text. By default, this parameter is set to width/2, which is
the center of the frame.
yPos
The vertical position of the text. By default, this parameter is set to height/2, which is
the center of the frame.
zPos
The Z depth of the text. The default is 0.