User Guide - View
5. View
To view the digital movie, select the View tab. Then press the green Play button in the center of the screen. (Select the “Full Screen” checkbox to play the movie in the full-screen mode.)
When an image is displayed in the View screen, the “Set Titles” option (in the lower-left corner beneath the picture) allows a title to be added. This option allows the font, size, and color of the text of the title to be adjusted.
When text for a title is entered, it initially appears in the middle of the picture. Place the cursor to the left-hand side of the title and press the Return key on the keyboard to move the title down the screen. Similarly, the Backspace key can be used to move a line of text up the screen.
The amount of time that the title appears on the screen can be adjusted through a slider bar at the bottom of the titling screen. (The default time is 5 seconds.) The titling screen also provides a Slow, Normal, or Fast fadeout adjustment.
When the title text has been adjusted and formatted, select the Done button to return to the main View screen.
Digital Storyteller provides a Ken-Burns effect generator that permits controlled pans and zooms as the image is shown. Select the “Set Motion” button (to the left of the Play button on the View screen) to set a controlled pan or zoom across the selected image.
A yellow bounding box is used to indicate the start and end points of the pan or zoom. The size of the bounding box can be adjusted by dragging the lower right-hand corner to adjust its size. The bounding box height to width maintains the constant 3:4 aspect ratio employed in television pictures.
The bounding box position can be adjusted on the screen by placing the cursor on the yellow cross in the center and dragging it to the desired position.
Follow these four steps to create a motion effect in an image.
- Select the Start thumbnail image in the lower left-hand corner of the screen. (The word “Start” in the lower left-hand corner should be highlighted in red.)
- Adjust the size and position of the yellow bounding box to establish the starting point for the motion effect.
- Select the End thumbnail image in the lower right-hand corner of the screen. (The word “End” in the lower right-hand corner should be highlighted in red.)
- Adjust the size and position of the yellow bounding box to establish the ending point for the motion effect.
Note: it is important to keep the yellow bounding box within the frame of the picture. If the bounding box extends beyond the frame of the picture, the blank screen enclosed by the bounding box will be incorporated into the pan or zoom.
Press the green Play button in the center of the screen to see the effect of the pan or zoom for the selected image. Once the motion effect is satisfactorily established, select the Done button (to the left of the Play button) to return to the main View screen.
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