User`s guide

Chapter 3: Preparing to Use DekoMOS
72 Pinnacle Systems DekoMOS User’s Guide
Creating Templates
About Templates
DekoMOS users have the convenience of selecting a graphic template for a story and filling in
replaceable layers of the template with appropriate text, stills, or clips. Templates are not created
with the DekoMOS option itself. Templates for DekoMOS are created on Deko character
generators, such as Deko3000 or FXDekoII, or with PostDeko, the software only, offline creation
tool. Any Deko graphic can be used as a template if the appropriate layers are replaceable.
Overview of Creating Replaceable Layers in a Deko Graphic
Specific instructions follow, and vary slightly depending upon the type of replaceable layer you
want to create. However, in short, any graphic may serve as a template if you select a layer, then
specify Replace, ID, Name, and Channel. Make sure you have selected the layer, not the text
within the layer. If your cursor sits inside the layer on the first character typed, with the Move tool
selected, press the Page Up key to select the layer. A selected layer will display grey handles on
each side and corner of the layer.
IMPORTANT: These instructions apply to the Deko interface, not the DekoMOS interface. For more
information, refer to the Deko User Guide.
Wrong: Cursor is in the layer. The
layer is not selected.
Correct: The layer is selected, as
indicated by the handles displayed
on each side and corner, shown
above and in the close-up below.