User guide

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Timeline Element Properties
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Figure 7-48: Items to set a shape
With the combo box Shape you enable a shape: As soon as it is set
from None to Static, the preview window will be displayed on the
screen. It shows the frame at the current timeline cursor position:
Figure 7-49: Preview window
When placing the mouse on the image, the cursor forms a cross. Then,
to set a shape click at least three times in the image at different loca-
tions. The size and form of the shape will be determined by these knots
placed in the image.
The combo box Mode configures the curving of the shape lines. When
Spline is selected, the lines will be curved; with Polygon selected
they will be straight between the knots set with the mouse.
A knot placed in the image can be selected with the mouse and then
moved. The knot that is currently selected is marked in red. Additional-
ly, it can be deleted by pressing the right mouse button.
To facilitate a setting of shapes, the view of the preview window can be
switched with the View combo box:
Outline Displays the source image together with
shapes if already defined. The parts of the
image that are not selected by shapes ap-
pear dimmed (as in figure 7-49 on
page 7-53).
mouse cursor
shape