Grass Valley Xpanel Vertigo Suite v.4.8 - Manual (Page 71)

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Building and editing panels
Selecting multiple objects on the canvas
There are situations when it is more effective to select multiple objects on the canvas. For
example, figure
4-13 shows that you may want to use the M EDIA S ELECTOR , K EYER I MAGE
T HUMBNAIL and the F ADE DSK B UTTO n objects together to make a control used for keying
graphics up and down. If you wanted to move these objects to another location on the
canvas, you would want to select them all, possibly group them, and then move them as
one object, rather than as individual objects.
Figure 4-13. Red object zone grids appear when multiple objects are selected on the canvas
To select multiple objects on the canvas:
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Hold down the C TRL or S HIFT key on your keyboard, then click directly on each of the
objects.
When the first object is selected, 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.
However, when you select the next object, the first object’s grid changes to red,
indicating that it is still selected but no longer the primary object. Meanwhile the second
object that was selected now appears with a blue object zone grid indicating that it was
the last, and now primary, object selected.
Or,
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Hold down the left mouse button and drag the pointer completely around all of the
objects to be selected and then release.
If all of the objects were inside the dragged box, the blue and red object zone grids
appear on the objects indicating that these objects are selected.