User`s manual

4. Basics
Barco – iStudio – R5976569 – user's manual – revision 09 – March-2007
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4.1.2 Creating objects
Objects play a central role in iSTUDIO. They are visual containers that can display various types of information.
Creating objects
Create a new object on the work area by pressing the new object button
. The new object will be dis-
played in the upper left corner of the work area and will not have specific properties. Clicking the new object
button multiple times creates multiple new objects. They are stacked one on the other in the upper left corner.
Arranging objects
There are multiple ways to size and position objects:
• The object can be dragged with the mouse anywhere within the work area. Its size can be changed by drag-
ging a border or corner of the object. Information about position and size is displayed in the message bar
while moved.
• In the Edit object dialog box size and position can be indicated in pixels.
• The
button enlarges the object to the size of the next bigger grid cells.
• The
sizes the object to one grid cell.
• The
button enlarges the object to fullscreen.
• With the
and button the stacking order of the object relative to the other objects on the work
area can be changed.
• The toggle button fixed movement
adjusts an object to the grid, if moved. The red corner indicates
that fixed movement is active.
• The toggle button lock objects
serves to prevent moving the objects accidentally with the mouse. The
red corner indicates that lock objects is active.
• With the undo button
and the redo button the last 20 actions can be revoked and restored
again.