Boris-fx Boris Calligraphy Version 2.0 Uživatelský manuál Strana 1

1 • • • ••• User Guide Version 2.0

10 • • • ••• Using Contextual Menus in the Text Window You can use contextual menus in the Text window to cut, copy, and paste text.You can also c

Boris Calligraphy 11 • • • ••• Resetting Text Styles To reset parameters in the selected text, click the Reset Style button . Any parameter changes

12 • • • ••• Previewing Text The Style Preview menu sets which styles display in the text preview area. All Styles previews the text as it w

Boris Calligraphy13• • • •••Working with the Style TabThe Style tab controls allow you to set the font, size, and style of the text, in addition to th

14 • • • •••Justifying TextTo align text horizontally, click a JustiÞcation button. The text is justiÞed in relation to the page width and height. Th

Boris Calligraphy15• • • •••Leading adjusts the spacing, in pixels, between multiple lines of text. This parameter affects the currently selected line

16 • • • •••Style Hue adjustmentsStyle Hue= 90 degrees Style Hue=130 degrees Style Hue=180 degreesStyle Baseline adjusts the vertical position of the

Boris Calligraphy17• • • •••Working with the Page TabThe Page tab controls allow you to adjust the margins and to set the size of the text page.Text W

18 • • • •••Working with the Fill TabThe Fill tab options allow you to set the Þll and opacity of the selected text.Select the Fill On checkbox to tu

Boris Calligraphy19• • • •••Working with GradientsA gradient is a graduated blending of two or more colors. The Boris Text Generators let you map grad

2 • • • ••• Boris Calligraphy Version 2.0 The material contained herein is protected by copyrights. Permission to use materials may be granted up

20 • • • ••• Adding and Deleting Color StopsA gradient can have up to sixteen color stops. You can add color stops by clicking in the area directly b

Boris Calligraphy21• • • •••The Color Ramp lets you quickly pick a color using the eyedropper. Click the color ramp before you select the eyedropper i

22 • • • •••Angle=45° Angle=90°Radial Gradient TypeA Radial gradient places the start color at the center and blends outward toward the end color. C

Boris Calligraphy23• • • •••Contour Gradient TypeA Contour gradient places the start color along all four edges of the frame and blends inward toward

24 • • • •••Angle=10 Angle=80Edge Gradient TypeThe Edge gradient type combines the contour and a bevel shapes. This creates a beveled pyramid effect

Boris Calligraphy25• • • •••Revolve Gradient TypeA Revolve gradient emanates from a center point. By animating the Angle parameter, you can create a c

26 • • • •••Working with the Border TabThe Border tab allows you to apply up to Þve different border styles to the edges of the selected text. The pa

Boris Calligraphy27• • • •••Plain applies a ßat border to the text. When Plain is chosen, Edge Softness softens the edge of the border. A value of 0 c

28 • • • •••Working with the Shadow TabThe Shadow tab applies up to Þve different shadows to the selected text. Like the other parameters in the Text

Boris Calligraphy29• • • •••Shadow Color sets the color of the shadow. Click the color chip to access the system color picker, or use the eyedropper t

Boris Calligraphy 3 • • • ••• Boris Calligraphy Release Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30 • • • •••Working with the Style PaletteThe Style Palette allows you to save and categorize styles for text for future use. The styles are organize

Boris Calligraphy31• • • •••Opening the Style PaletteClick the Style Palette button in the Text window.Categorizing StylesUse the Add Category button

32 • • • •••Creating and Saving StylesThe procedure for creating and saving styles depend on the type of style you are creating.Creating Text Styles1

Boris Calligraphy33• • • •••Creating Font StylesThe Style Palette lets you save thumbnails of all the available fonts on your system in the Fonts tab.

34 • • • •••Applying StylesThe procedure for creating and saving styles depend on the type of style you are creating.Applying Text Styles1.In the Tex

Boris Calligraphy35• • • •••Editing StylesYou can edit styles directly in the Style Palette using the Edit Selected Style button. This applies to Grad

36 • • • •••Working with the Title 3D GeneratorTitle 3D offers vector-based text that can be manipulated in 3D Space with full pivot control, animate

Boris Calligraphy37• • • •••Scale X and Scale Y change the size of the object along the X and Y axes, respectively. These parameters are scaled as per

38 • • • •••Letter Skew X and Letter Skew Y distort text along the horizontal and vertical axis. Letter Skew X= –25 Letter Skew X=0 Letter Skew X=25L

Boris Calligraphy39• • • •••Working with the Type On Parameter GroupThe Type On parameter group offers several options for creating animated writing o

4 • • • ••• Creating Font Styles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Naming and Del

40 • • • •••Press the Apply To menu and choose the appropriate option.• Letter applies the effect to individual letters and characters. • Word appl

Boris Calligraphy41• • • •••character Fades, Shifts, Skews, Tumbles, Spins, and/or Rotates for 0.5 seconds (50% of 1), and subsequently remains statio

42 • • • •••Scale X and Scale Y adjust the starting size of the characters. The default value is 100, in which the text types on full size. If you de

Boris Calligraphy43• • • •••Working with the Title Crawl GeneratorThe Title Crawl Generator enables you to easily animate a text page. The Title Crawl

44 • • • •••Animating TextThe Controls tab in the Viewer contains parameters which control the movement of the text tracks.Selecting the 1:2:1 Deßick

Boris Calligraphy45• • • •••The Animation Style menu determines what type of animation is applied to the text track. When the Animation Style menu is

46 • • • •••Blend Start and Blend End soften the edges of the mask, causing titles to “fade” into and out of the masked region.Text roll with blended

Boris Calligraphy47• • • •••When the Lock Pivot to Position checkbox is selected, the text tumbles, spins, and rotates around its own center. If this

48 • • • •••The Use Percent Completion checkbox determines whether the text auto-animates or is animated manually. When this checkbox is selected, Pe

Boris Calligraphy49• • • •••Working with the Vector Shape GeneratorThe Vector Shape Þlter allows you to quickly create color backdrops behind text usi

Boris Calligraphy 5 • • • ••• Release Information Welcome to Boris Calligraphy 2.0. Boris Calligraphy 2,0 is an update to Boris Calligraphy 2.0 for A

50 • • • •••When using the Continuously Rasterize option, set up the effect with the option disabled to improve preview performance. Then select the

Boris Calligraphy51• • • •••Corner Type=Convex Corner Type=Concave Corner Type=StraightWorking with the OvalWhen the Shape Primitive menu is set to Ov

52 • • • •••Color sets the color of the border. Click the color chip to access the system color picker, or use the eyedropper to choose a color from

Boris Calligraphy53• • • •••Flat Flat/Round Flat/BevelMiter Round BevelWorking with the Shape Fill Parameter GroupThe Shape Fill parameters set the Þl

54 • • • •••Master Scale lets you adjust Scale parameters globally. Parameters can still be changed independent of one another by using the individua

Boris Calligraphy55• • • •••If you rotate your backdrop using the Tumble, Spin or Rotate parameters, PreRotate Position Z positions the backdrop ignor

56 • • • •••Working with the Shadows Parameter GroupThe Shadows parameter group applies one of three types of shadows to the backdrop.The Shadow Type

Boris Calligraphy57• • • •••Working with the Text ScramblerText Scrambler randomizes or shufßes text characters and text styles in a variety of ways a

58 • • • •••When using the Continuously Rasterize option, set up the effect with the option disabled to improve preview performance. Then select the

Boris Calligraphy59• • • •••Text entered into Text window• Alphabetical Text uses only alphabetical characters, offset by the Letter Variation amount

6 • • • ••• Understanding the Boris Text Generators Boris Calligraphy includes four Final Cut Pro Generators: Title 3D, Title Crawl, Vector and Te

60 • • • •••• Style Shufße randomly shufßes the styles assigned to each character to that of another style used in the Text window. The text must us

Boris Calligraphy61• • • •••Scramble Characters allows you to vary the characters from frame to frame. When you use Letter Variation parameter to adju

62 • • • •••Tumble, Spin, and Rotate move the text around the X, Y, and Z axis respectively. Tumble, Spin, and Rotate can animate over values greater

Boris Calligraphy63• • • •••Working with the Letter Transformations Parameter GroupTracking controls the global horizontal spacing of the characters i

64 • • • •••Letter Tumble, Letter Spin, and Letter Rotate rotate the text characters around their baseline’s X, Y, and Z axis, respectively. Compare

Boris Calligraphy65• • • •••Click the Always Visible checkbox to force all text characters to remain visible. The Type On feature applies transformati

66 • • • •••Overshoot allows you to create bouncing text effects, when combined with any parameters except Fade. Each character moves past its destin

Boris Calligraphy67• • • •••Skew X and Skew Y set the starting Skew values for the characters in relation to their Þnal skew values (controlled by the

68 • • • •••Working with the Jitter Parameter GroupThe Jitter parameters randomize text parameters including Position, Angle, Scale, Hue and Opacity.

Boris Calligraphy69• • • •••About the Tutorial ExercisesThe following tutorial exercises provide step-by-step instructions for creating various kinds

Boris Calligraphy 7 • • • ••• Understanding the Calligraphy Text Controls The following controls appear in the Calligraphy Text window. Working with

70 • • • •••7.Select all the text that you just typed by pressing Command-A.8.In the Style tab in the Text window, use the Font and Font Size menus t

Boris Calligraphy71• • • •••11.Click the Shadow tab to open the shadow controls. Click to select the Shadow On checkbox next to the Shadow 1 tab to ap

72 • • • •••Exercise Two: Creating an Animated Tracking EffectUpon completion of the exercise in the section you should be able to:• Create and form

Boris Calligraphy73• • • •••3.Click the Gradient Editor icon to open the Gradient Editor window.4.Adjust the color for each color stop by selecting th

74 • • • •••The Style Palette opens with the style you are currently using displayed in the thumbnail in the left column.2.To create a category, clic

Boris Calligraphy75• • • •••A dot appears at the beginning of the green line in the Viewer, indicating a keyframe has been added.9.Set the Opacity val

76 • • • •••Exercise Three: Creating a Credit RollUpon completion of the exercise in the section you should be able to:• Create and format credit ro

Boris Calligraphy77• • • •••8.Click the Apply button save your changes and close the Text window. 9.Complete the steps in the next section to animate

78 • • • •••6.Position the playhead somewhere in the middle of the clip. This allows you to see the text as you make your adjustments.7.Set the Mask

Boris Calligraphy79• • • •••The illustrations in this exercise use Eddie Fisher font at 132 points, but you can use whatever type of text you like.7.C

8 • • • ••• Understanding Vector Graphics and Bitmaps A bitmap image is an image represented by a grid of pixels, each of which is assigned a sp

80 • • • •••15.Preview the animation. The text now scales and shifts as it types on screen. Time 00:00:01:00 Time 00:00:02:00 Time 00:00:03:0016.In t

Boris Calligraphy81• • • •••8.Choose Boris from the Generator menu in the Viewer. Then choose Vector Shape from the submenu.9.Drag the backdrop from t

82 • • • •••18.In the Border 1 parameter group, click the Add Keyframe button for the Border End parameter.19.Move the playhead to time 00:00:01:00.

Boris Calligraphy83• • • •••7.In the Page Transformations parameter group in the Controls tab, adjust Position X/Y so that the text appears at the bot

84 • • • •••17.In the Type On parameter group, set Text Type On to 100. Setting this parameter to 100 stops characters from typing on until the end o

Boris Calligraphy 9 • • • ••• Working with the Text Window The parameters in the Text window allow you to create, import, and edit text for inclusion