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Release Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

New Features in Boris Calligraphy 2.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Understanding the Boris Text Generators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Creating a Text Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Editing Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Understanding the Calligraphy Text Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Working with Sliders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Working with Dial Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Working with Color Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Understanding Vector Graphics and Bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Advantages of Vector Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Working with the Text Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Working with the Style Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Working with the Page Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Working with the Fill Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Working with the Border Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Working with the Shadow Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Working with the Style Palette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Opening the Style Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Style Control Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Categorizing Styles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Selecting the Thumbnail View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Creating and Saving Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Creating Text Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Creating Color Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Creating Gradient Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Summary of Contents for Boris Calligraphy Vresion 2.0

Page 1: ...1 User Guide Version 2 0...

Page 2: ...wever Boris FX Inc assumes no responsibility for its use nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use No part of this publication may be reproduc...

Page 3: ...yles 11 Importing Text Files 11 Previewing Text 12 Updating Text 12 Working with the Style Tab 13 Working with the Page Tab 17 Working with the Fill Tab 18 Working with Gradients 19 Adding and Deletin...

Page 4: ...nd Border 3 Parameter Groups 51 Working with the Shape Fill Parameter Group 53 Working with the Transformations Parameter Group 53 Working with the Shadows Parameter Group 56 Working with the Text Scr...

Page 5: ...now offers additional parameters and shapes when mapping a gradient to text A new Fixed Width checkbox appears in the Text window in the Style tab This forces the selected text spacing to the same ev...

Page 6: ...ntrols in the Text window affect text on a character basis allowing you to assign different styles colors drop shadows borders and ll to individual characters These controls are only available in the...

Page 7: ...rate numerical elds for revolutions and degrees allowing you to animate parameters over values greater than 360 For example entering 2 in the Revolutions eld means that the object would rotate 360 twi...

Page 8: ...ss of quality The example at right shows the letter P composed of vectors An EPS le is an example of a vector graphic The titles that you create using the Title 3D Generator are vector based This mean...

Page 9: ...lick to select a word or triple click to select an entire paragraph When you select text the characters invert This is called active selection Active selection means that keyboard actions are directed...

Page 10: ...area is bordered by rulers to help you precisely position your text The white region of the rulers indicates the boundaries determined by the Page Width control The Page Width and the Margin controls...

Page 11: ...the Style Palette Applying Text Styles To use styles from the Style Palette click the Style Palette button The Style Palette includes preset text styles and allows you to save and categorize styles f...

Page 12: ...display shadows borders and some text transformations while you type Once you nish typing the text updates with all styles Draft Typing speeds previews but still allows you to preview text as it will...

Page 13: ...he fonts on your system See Applying Font Styles on page 34 for details The Size buttons scale the size of all fonts in the text by integers of 10 This is useful if your text contains multiple font si...

Page 14: ...ification Flush Right Justification Tracking adjusts the spacing in pixels between the characters in the Text window This parameter affects the text globally regardless of which characters are current...

Page 15: ...e versions of a text style so that each style varies in hue Style Hue is a downstream process in relation to the other color parameters in the Text window It doesn t change the individual values of th...

Page 16: ...of the character below the baseline or increase this value to raise the character above the baseline Style Baseline adjustments with the EX in TEXT selected Style Baseline 100 Style Baseline 0 Style...

Page 17: ...f the Page Width it moves to the next line Wrap is on by default and affects the justi cation setting For example if you choose Left Justi cation with Wrap on the text if left justi ed within the spec...

Page 18: ...0 makes the text completely transparent The Text Fill menu determines what type of media is applied to the face of the text Choose Color to use the selected Style Color Click the color chip to access...

Page 19: ...ading Gradients To save a gradient click the Save button A dialog box allows you to name the le and choose the location in which to save it Then click Save in the dialog box To load a previously saved...

Page 20: ...u drag a color stop its position on the gradient updates in the Position eld Avalue of 1 represents the right edge of the gradient and a value of 0 represents the left edge of the gradient The Midpoin...

Page 21: ...you to repeat the gradient pattern Repeat Stops 1 default Repeat Stops 5 Repeat Stops 10 Setting the Shape and Direction of the Gradient The remaining controls determine the shape and direction of the...

Page 22: ...of the frame Negative values move the center out of the image frame on the left side Values above 100 move the center out of the image frame on the right Center Y determines the location of the gradie...

Page 23: ...d effect in which the four colors of the sides of the pyramid move from the start to the end color Angle controls the color of each beveled side by setting the location of the start color on the bevel...

Page 24: ...le color at the center of the frame This is measured as a percentage of the image size Fade 25 Fade 75 Angle controls the color of each beveled edge by setting the location of the start color For exam...

Page 25: ...lues move the center out of the image frame on the left side Values above 100 move the center out of the image frame on the right Center Y determines the location of the gradient center on the Y axis...

Page 26: ...nter centers the border over the edges of the selected character s so half of the border is on the inside of the text edges and half on the outside Edge Color sets the color of the border for the sele...

Page 27: ...of the bevel Highlight Angle sets the angle between the highlights and the horizontal axis Radial creates a glowing border effect When Radial is chosen Outside Color sets the color of the soft edges o...

Page 28: ...b offers the following controls Shadow Type determines what type of shadows are created Drop shadows are shadows that fall a speci ed distance from the object Cast shadows are shadows that appear to f...

Page 29: ...nt A value of 0 creates a completely transparent shadow Shadow Softness softens the edges of the shadows emulating the appearance of shadows cast by a diffuse light source A value of 0 creates shadows...

Page 30: ...Small Frame View Medium Frame View or Large Frame View or displays them in List View Load Style allows you to load saved Gradient styles Delete Style deletes a style from the Style Palette Add Style...

Page 31: ...ot shared between tabs each tab contains only the categories created in that tab For example if you create a category in the Text tab then select the Color tab the text category does not appear in the...

Page 32: ...leting Styles on page 33 Creating Color Styles You can create color styles in the Text window However if you want to apply a color style to a parameter other than the Fill for example to a border use...

Page 33: ...ton Adialog box allows you to name the category The new category name appears in the category menu 3 If this is the rst time you have used the Font tab or if you have added new fonts to your system cl...

Page 34: ...te button to open the Style Palette 3 Use the eyedropper to apply the sampled color from the Style Palette to the appropriate parameter Applying Gradient Styles 1 In the Text window select the text to...

Page 35: ...ng Contextual Menus in the Style Palette You can use contextual menus in the Style Palette to apply rename and delete styles You can also view information about a particular style 1 Right click or Con...

Page 36: ...phics with hard edges Working with the Geometry Parameter Group Position X Y set the coordinates of the text s center point Adjust Position X Y to reposition the text If the text is rotated using the...

Page 37: ...in or rotate text Working with the Pivot Parameter Group When the Lock Pivot to Position checkbox is selected the text revolves around its center point Deselect this option to sets the coordinates aro...

Page 38: ...l but the characters overlap since Letter Scale affects each letter This is useful for creating animated tracking or type on effects Letter Tumble Letter Spin and Letter Rotate rotate the text charact...

Page 39: ...are applied progressively to each individual character as it types on Type on effect with Text Type On animated from 0 to 100 Time 00 00 00 08 Time 00 00 00 15 Time 00 00 01 00 The Type On Order menu...

Page 40: ...characters to remain visible while the transformations are progressively applied One way to think of this effect is like the wave that crowds perform at football stadiums the transformation appear to...

Page 41: ...junction with the Overshoot parameter Decay is expressed as a percentage that allows you to exponentially decrease the Overshoot For example you set the Shift Y so that the characters move in from the...

Page 42: ...p Each character animates from its starting Skew values to its ending Skew values as it appears on screen Type on effect with Skew X set to 180 Time 00 00 01 10 Time 00 00 01 12 Time 00 00 01 14 Tumbl...

Page 43: ...r opacity spacing shadows and borders The parameters in the Text window are applied on a character basis For more information see Creating a Text Effect on page 6 3 Use the parameters in the Controls...

Page 44: ...checkbox applies a vertical blur to the effect to help eliminate ickering and reduce jagged edges on moving graphics with hard edges Select 1 2 1 De icker if the Animation Style menu is set to Roll Le...

Page 45: ...00 Time 00 00 02 00 To create a crawl choose Crawl from the Animation Style menu Crawl moves all the text horizontally across the screen The Title Crawl Generator automatically keyframes the text pag...

Page 46: ...e screen Adjust Position X Y to offset the rolled titles to the left or right When the Animation Style menu is set to Crawl keyframes are automatically set for Position X to move the text across the s...

Page 47: ...enu additional lines of text are created if the text exceeds the chosen Page Width value As a word passes the limit of the Page Width it moves to the next line When wrap is on it affects the justi cat...

Page 48: ...ing sophisticated text styles or long text rolls Select the Continuously Rasterize checkbox to improve image quality in the following situations When the Scale parameters are set to scale the text muc...

Page 49: ...kdrop is forced to recalculate based on Transformations parameter changes While this is useful for speci c types of effects it is unnecessary for many effects and can slow performance most noticeably...

Page 50: ...Rectangle and Oval Working with the Primitive Shape Parameter Group The parameters in the Primitive Shape parameter group allow you to adjust the size and shape of the backdrop Working with the Recta...

Page 51: ...Parameter Groups The Border 1 Border 2 and Border 3 parameter groups allows you to apply up to three at borders to the backdrops By default the Border parameter groups are set to have no border Each...

Page 52: ...lf of the border is visible The Border 3 parameter group does not contain these parameters Effect with Border End animated from 0 to 100 Frame 7 Frame 20 Frame 29 Use the Border Offset dial in conjunc...

Page 53: ...choose a color from the screen Working with the Transformations Parameter Group Opacity adjusts the opacity of the text A setting of 100 makes the text completely opaque while a setting of 0 makes th...

Page 54: ...original width or height Thus a Scale X setting of 200 produces a backdrop twice as wide as the original Tumble Spin and Rotate move the backdrop around the X Y and Z axis respectively Tumble Spin and...

Page 55: ...drop will spin around the pivot point at its original position and not the PreRotated position In the example below the words Vector Text are rotated by using the Spin and Tumble parameters The lighte...

Page 56: ...ck the color chip to access the system color picker or use the eyedropper to choose a color from the screen You can also apply colors from the Style Palette For details see Working with the Style Pale...

Page 57: ...parameter group When the Continuously Rasterize checkbox is selected the Vector form of the text is forced to recalculate based on Page Transformations parameter changes While this can be useful for s...

Page 58: ...ghboring characters The text created or imported in the Text window is used in the Text Scrambler When you adjust User Text Variation each ASCII character value offsets by a certain amount This parame...

Page 59: ...ssarily be the same Random User Text uses only the alphabetical characters that are included in the original user text In this example only the characters a b c d e g h i l n p r s and t would be used...

Page 60: ...oks at the style of the rst letter of each word and shuf es that style with other words Style Shuf e by Line looks at the style of the rst letter of each line and shuf es that style with other lines T...

Page 61: ...he opacity of the text A setting of 100 makes the text completely opaque while a setting of 0 makes the text completely transparent Position X Y set the coordinates of the text s center point You can...

Page 62: ...PreRotate Position Z positions the text ignoring any of these transformations and uses the original coordinates of the plane This parameter can show a different result than adjusting the Position Z p...

Page 63: ...tical axis Letter Skew X 25 Letter Skew X 0 Letter Skew X 25 Letter Skew Y 25 Letter Skew Y 0 Letter Skew Y 25 Master Letter Scale lets you adjust Letter Scale parameters globally Parameters can still...

Page 64: ...he rst half of the text is visible If Text Type On is set to 100 all the text is visible Type on effect with Text Type On animated from 0 to 100 Time 00 00 00 08 Time 00 00 00 15 Time 00 00 01 00 The...

Page 65: ...fect with Always Visible enabled Reveal Time controls how long each character animates during the effect This parameter only affects animations created with the Fade Shift Skew Tumble Spin and or Rota...

Page 66: ...ee bounces will decay by half Fade allows you to gradually fade in successive characters When Fade is set to 100 each character appears suddenly and is fully opaque Decreasing this value creates a mor...

Page 67: ...10 Time 00 00 01 12 Time 00 00 01 14 Tumble Spin and Rotate set the starting Tumble Spin and Rotate values for the characters in relation to their nal Tumble Spin and Rotate values controlled by the...

Page 68: ...X and Y axis respectively Jitter Hue randomizes the color of individual characters Hue sets the color ll of the text Jitter Opacity randomizes the transparency of the individual text characters The Re...

Page 69: ...window Work with the Style Palette Animate the position of text using the parameters in the Controls tab Use the parameters in the Controls tab to fade in your animation Creating a Title Page 1 Creat...

Page 70: ...with Arial Black font at 96 points but you can use whatever type of text you like 10 Click the Fill tab to open the ll controls Use Style Color to choose a color for the text You can click the color s...

Page 71: ...hanges and close the Text window 13 Select your background track in the timeline 14 Drag the image from the Viewer to the Canvas When the Edit Overlay appears position the image in the Superimpose sec...

Page 72: ...rag the image from the Viewer to the Canvas When the Edit Overlay appears position the image in the Overwrite section and release the mouse button The clip appears in the Timeline 3 Choose Boris from...

Page 73: ...o apply changes to it 5 If you want click to create additional color stops 6 Choose Radial from the Type menu A Radial gradient places the start color at the center and blends outward toward the end c...

Page 74: ...se section and release the mouse button The clip appears in the Timeline 3 Select the Title 3D track and click the Controls tab in the Viewer window 4 Make sure the playhead is at the beginning of the...

Page 75: ...10 Move the playhead to frame 20 Time 00 00 00 20 Set the Opacity value to 100 by dragging the slider or clicking the numerical eld typing 100 and pressing Return The text reappears in the Viewer win...

Page 76: ...Double click a clip that you will add to your sequence and play it in the Viewer The clip should be about ten seconds in duration and will be used as the background for an animated tracking effect The...

Page 77: ...The clip appears in the Timeline 3 Double click the Title Crawl track to display the Title Crawl parameters in the Controls tab in the Viewer window 4 In the Controls tab in the Viewer set the Animat...

Page 78: ...to your sequence and play it in the Viewer The clip should be about ten seconds in duration and will be used as the background for an animated effect The illustrations use a black background 2 Drag th...

Page 79: ...e Text Type On parameter This parameter is found in the Type On parameter group You may have to scroll down the window A dot appears at the beginning of the green line in the Viewer indicating a keyfr...

Page 80: ...ect The illustrations use a black background 2 Drag the image from the Viewer to the Canvas When the Edit Overlay appears position the image in the Overwrite section and release the mouse button The c...

Page 81: ...t you can use whichever shape you like 13 Adjust the Shape Left Shape Top Shape Right and Shape Bottom parameters until the shape appears behind your text These parameters set the positions of the cor...

Page 82: ...as the background for the effect The illustrations use a black background 2 Drag the image from the Viewer to the Canvas When the Edit Overlay appears position the image in the Overwrite section and r...

Page 83: ...t on from right to left 12 Move the playhead to time 00 00 02 00 and click the Add Keyframe button to create a keyframe for Progress in the Variations parameter group Set this parameter to 100 The Pro...

Page 84: ...ew the effect The words reveal themselves in a wave like effect Time 00 00 00 00 Time 00 00 02 03 Time 00 00 02 14 Time 00 00 02 24 19 Play the effect without the Always Visible checkbox selected Noti...

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