There are three levels at which you can assign text format parameters:
(1) The user Settings window > Display windows tab allows you to set the default font and parameters that will be used for each Display Window.
(2) Each data file's default format commands: The commands which appear in the format field of the first title in a data file become the default commands for all titles in that file, which may override the format specified in user settings.
(3) Format commands which appear with any title after the first one will be applied to that title only, overriding the format specified as the file default or application default.
About Format commands:
Any number of format commands can appear in any order in the format field, separated by commas, in each title. Remember that the commands in the first title become the defaults for all titles in that file.
A typical format command such as "TextSize 40" contains a keyword followed by one or more values. Many of the commands can target an individual Display Window by affixing the column's letter, such as "TextSizeA 40, TextSizeB 36, TextSizeC 44."
• Note that there is no space between a format command and the text column suffix (i.e. A, B, C or D).
See the "Format commands" tab in the Operator's window for a quick reference of available format commands. Also see below for an explanation of each format command.
Many format commands can be applied to a single display window by adding an "A," "B," "C," or "D" suffix.
TextSize -A, -B, -C, -D –Followed by a number to set the text size, in points.
TextFont -A, -B, -C, -D –Followed by font name. Font must be spelled as it appears in the Font menu (which will appear when you select a default font in the Preferences window).
TextColor -followed by a RGB color value, sets the text color for all Display windows. The color is expressed as three numbers, for the red, green, and blue values of the color. You can use a color picker to determine these values by going to the Preferences window and clicking on the "Display" tab. When you click on the text color or background color fields there, a color picker window will open.
BGColor -followed by a RGB color value, sets the background color for all Display windows. Note that text will not fade up and down properly for many color combinations. White and black color combinations will render best fade quality.
Alignment -A, -B, -C, -D –followed by "left" "right" or "center," for text justification. Also: "leftSym" will align the two lines symmetrically, starting on the left margin. And "rightSym" will align the two lines symmetrically, starting from the right margin.
LeftMargin -A, -B, -C, -D x –followed by the pixel at which left justified text will begin. This is the number of pixels between the left edge and left justified text.
RightMargin -A, -B, -C, -D x –followed by the pixel at which right justified text will align. NOTE: this is the number of pixels from the right edge (usually a small number), and NOT the location counting from the left edge.
TextTop -A, -B, -C, -D x –followed by the pixel row in the Display Window where the top of the text should appear.
LineHeight -A, -B, -C, -D x –followed by the distance between lines of text in pixels.
VerticalA, -B, -C, -D –Vertical display format for languages like Chinese that are read right to left. This command must have a letter suffix, i.e. unlike others, the command "Vertical" will not be applied to all Display Windows.
Uptime x –Title text will fade up by default at a speed of x seconds. This applies to the return key double-cut function only. "By default" means that you may choose any hotkey to execute a fade at a different speed. Uptime/Downtime commands are intended for use by those who wish to run a performance entirely using the return key, at pre-programmed fade speeds.
Downtime x –Title text will fade down by default at a speed of x seconds. This applies to the return key double-cut function only.
Skip –in normal sequence, the title will be skipped. The title can still be selected, and will appear if selected (clicked-on directly) and taken.
Note –when the title appears on screen, a note will be presented to the operator. Note text may not contain a comma, since commas are used to separate format commands.
Use the format command: Jpeg.
First: Select your images folder in TitleDriver Settings> Operator tab. TitleDriver will look for the named files in that folder.
JpegA, -B, -C, -D filename –This command will open the named picture file. The file must be located in your computer's user Pictures folder. Jpegs will not fade up, but appear at the end of the fade up phase. The location of the picture on screen is set by the following two commands:
JpegTopA, -B, -C, -D x –where x is a pixel value, sets the top of picture.
JpegLeftA, -B, -C, -D x –where x is a pixel value, sets the left edge of the picture.
–The default top and left of a picture is 0,0 meaning the top left corner of the Display Window.
–TitleDriver is not able to resize images, so they will always appear in their actual size in pixels.
–Images are not transmitted via any broadcast method; Images only appear on Display windows.
Sequences may be programmed to appear automatically using the autoGO command.
autoGO mmmm –The title will automatically appear after mmmm milliseconds (thousandths of a second). The default fade-up and -down times are used, so it's just as if you hit the return key every mmmm milliseconds. For example: autogo 5000 in the format of the first title will cause the entire file to advance every five seconds.
A status window will appear for auto-GO sequences to allow a clear visual indication of the sequence in progress.
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