User`s guide

Chapter 10 Using Spline Media
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Converting a Spline Primitive to a Spline Object
Once you create a Spline Primitive, you can convert it to a Spline Object to edit the shape.
To convert a Spline Primitive to a Spline Object:
1. Click the Media icon on a spline primitive track and choose Spline Object from the
menu.
The Tool window opens automatically.
2. Use the Pen tool to edit the object.
Converting Still Image Files into Vectors
The Bitmap to Vector Trace function allows you to create a Spline Object by tracing over an
imported Still Image file using the Pencil tool. This is useful if you want to convert an
imported logo so that you could then animate and extrude it.
To convert a still image file into vectors:
1. Import a still image file. In this example, a bitmap of a title is imported
.
2. Highlight the still image file’s Shape track.
3. In the timeline, press the Extruded Pencil button.
Spline tracks are created above the imported media tracks and the Pencil tool is enabled.
4. In the Tool window, press the Vector Trace Tool.