Grass Valley Xpanel Vertigo Suite v.4.8 - Manual (Page 70)

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Building and editing panels
Positioning and formatting objects on the canvas
Once objects and/or primitives have been added to the panel’s canvas, you will want to
position and format them so that the panel’s layout is functional and user-friendly.
The following sections provide information and instructions for positioning and formatting
panel objects:
•
“Selecting, grouping, and/or layering objects on the canvas” on page 4-36
• “Grouping and ungrouping objects on the canvas” on page 4-38
• “Layering objects on the canvas” on page 4-39
• “Resizing objects” on page 4-39
• “Moving and positioning objects on the canvas” on page 4-42
• “Cutting, copying and pasting objects to/from the canvas” on page 4-46
Selecting, grouping, and/or layering objects on the canvas
To edit and position the objects properly on the canvas, you will have to select the individual
objects. For edits or positioning that affects several objects, it may be quicker to group the
objects before performing the edits.
The following sections provide instructions for selecting and/or grouping objects on the canvas:
•
“Selecting a single object on the canvas” on page 4-36
• “Selecting multiple objects on the canvas” on page 4-37
• “Grouping and ungrouping objects on the canvas” on page 4-38
• “Layering objects on the canvas” on page 4-39
Selecting a single object on the canvas
The most common way to select an object that has been added to the canvas is by simply
clicking once directly on the object. Once you have clicked the object, a blue grid (object
zones) appears on top of the object indicating that it has been selected and that it is now
the primary object on the canvas (see
“Resizing objects using object zones” on page 4-40
for more information on object zones).
Figure 4-12. An object zone grid on top of the object indicates that the object has been selected
An alternative technique for selecting individual objects is to hold down the left mouse
button and drag the pointer completely around the object and then release. If the entire
object was inside the dragged box, then the blue object zone grid appears on the object
indicating that the object has been selected.
Selected object