Pinnacle Systems FXDEKO, User Manual

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4 Table of Contents
FXDeko User’s Guide
Composing Text (cont.)
Justifying Text .................................................................................................................40
Tab Stops .........................................................................................................................42
Spell Checking Text .........................................................................................................44
Using Undo ......................................................................................................................45
Baseline Editing...............................................................................................................46
Creating Styles
Specifying a Font
About Fonts .....................................................................................................................49
The Style/Font Window.................................................................................................49
Installing TrueType or Postscript Fonts .....................................................................51
Copying and Pasting a Font ..........................................................................................51
Creating a Custom Typeface .........................................................................................52
Specifying a Look
About Looks ....................................................................................................................54
The Style/Look Window................................................................................................54
Face ...................................................................................................................................55
Face Attributes ................................................................................................................56
Edge...................................................................................................................................56
Edge Attributes ...............................................................................................................57
Shadow .............................................................................................................................59
Shadow Attributes ..........................................................................................................60
Underline ..........................................................................................................................61
Underline Attributes .......................................................................................................62
Frame .................................................................................................................................63
Frame Attributes..............................................................................................................64
Cutting and Pasting Details and Looks .......................................................................65
Specifying a Shader
About Shaders .................................................................................................................67
Activating a Shader ........................................................................................................68
Applying a Color.............................................................................................................68
Applying a Ramp .............................................................................................................69
Applying a Texture .........................................................................................................70
Applying Video ...............................................................................................................73
Applying a Cel Animation .............................................................................................74
The Color Picker..............................................................................................................76
Picking a Color.................................................................................................................77
Using Preset Shaders......................................................................................................77
Working with Styles
The Current Style Window............................................................................................79
Saving a Style ..................................................................................................................80
Copying and Pasting a Style .........................................................................................80
Assigning a Style to a Style Preset ..............................................................................80
Retrieving a Style ............................................................................................................81
Saving Preset Styles .......................................................................................................82
Saving a Pre-rendered Style...........................................................................................83
Graphics and Layers
Video Standard ................................................................................................................84
About Layers and Backgrounds...................................................................................84
The Layer Browser..........................................................................................................85
The Background ..............................................................................................................85
Adding a Text Field.........................................................................................................87