Grass Valley Xstudio Vertigo Suite v.4.10 - Manual (Page 116)

Xstudio User Manual 6-3
Working with scene objects
Appearance The following properties determine the style and formatting of the Text2D object.
Text Direction , Shrink To Fit , Font , Justification , Opacity , WordWrap , Allow Word
Break , Tracking , Leading , Basic Rendering
Click on the links or see “Scene object properties” on page 15-13 for a description
of each of these properties.
The following examples demonstrate the properties that allow you to specify the
text’s font style and size.
You can also assign a font to the text by selecting the Text2D object on the canvas
and using the Font toolbar on Xstudio’s desktop (
page 3-20 ).
While the Font property applies the font style and size to the object’s entire text
string, you can force changes to portions of the text’s style and appearance using
embedded text tags. See
“Using embedded text tags within Text2D scene objects”
on page 6-9 for more information.
Face The following properties determine the style and color of the fill in the face of the
characters in the Text2D object.
FaceMaterialType , FaceGradient , FaceColor , FaceOpacity , FaceBlur
Click on the links or see “Scene object properties” on page 15-13 for a description
of each of these properties.
The following examples demonstrate the properties that allow you to specify the
text’s face color and style.
Category Text2D object properties
Font: Playbill - 320
Justification: Mid Center
Shrink To Fit: True Font: Courier New - 24
Justification: Mid Center Font: Arial - 86
Justification: Top Left
FaceColor: R: 255 G: 128 B: 0
FaceMaterialType: Color
FaceColor1: R: 255 G: 128 B: 0
FaceMaterialType: Gradient
FaceColor2: R: 0 G: 0 B: 255
FaceGradient: Vertical