Casablanca Prestige, User Manual

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The image pool is used at many points in the
program, e.g. when titling, in DVD Arabesk, or in
the
New Scene
submenu of the
Edit
screen.
If you select the scene " Pattern ", the option
"
Select Pattern
" appears to the right. You can click
on that to open the Select pattern screen which
offers you a number of patterns to choose from.
In the area to the above-left you see the selection
button "
Product " offering you a list of the various
installed supplemental programs, (the main
program "
Casablanca ", and " DVD Arabesk ").
The next selection button " Type " offers you up to
four different types of graphics:
- Masks
Masks are used principally by programs such as
Liquid Images
and
Video SpiceRack
.
The masks are gray pictures whose form is used
by the programs to specify the course of effects.
But the masks can also be used for other purpo-
ses. For example, they can be colored and used to
achieve variety in backgrounds for titling.
-
Monochrome
Monochrome (gray) patterns (also called
"
textures ") are listed here. These can be colored
and used as background elsewhere. Because the
patterns are usually smaller than the screen, they
are automatically tiled on the screen, until the
desired surface is completely covered.
- Color
The multi-colored patterns are used in the same
way as the monochrome patterns. No further
coloring is possible as the patterns already contain
color.
- Pictures
Complex pictures can be found in this category,
(e.g. you see here the background pictures for
DVD Arabesk). Although they are intended to be
used as background for DVD titles, the pictures
can also be used elsewhere in the system.
All patterns can also be used as texture for fonts in
the Titling menu.
In the list to the left you can select the desired
mask, which is then displayed to the right in large
format. You can also see the names of the selected
mask above and to the right.
Below this window you find the buttons " Color "
(the color box can be accessed from many masks)
and "
Mode " (you can choose from eight different
positive and negative inverses).
Demo software
Most supplemental programs can be installed as
demo versions. This means that you can let your
dealer transfer these versions to your SmartMedia
card free of charge, so they can be previewed at
your leisure. To do this, insert the SmartMedia
card and click on the button "
Install Product " in
the System Settings screen. Select as accustomed
the program in the list and click on "
Display
".
The selected software is then activated as demo
version, as you can tell by the caption ("
Demo ”).
You can use this program without restriction, i.e.
you can insert effects, calculate them and view
them, but each effect is superimposed with the
red text "
Demo
". To purchase a code to unlock
the supplemental program, please contact your
Casablanca Dealer.