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Bogart SE 4 User manual
• A click onto the “Style” button opens another screen. Here,
you can see a preview to the right displaying a smaller version
of your video. The text part and background are related to the
position of the text cursor. If you have not yet entered text, the
system displays some other letters. In the top left corner, de-
cide which pattern is to be used for the text. Press “Color” for
the color box or “Pattern” to open the “Select pattern” screen.
In this screen you can select a pattern of your choice, just as
described in section 3.2 under “Image pool”. The mode (posi-
tive/negative) and alpha value can also be specified.
Clicking on “OK” in “Select pattern” confirms your settings and
you are returned to the “Style” menu. Now you can see the
“Outline” button. With the aid of the slider next to it, define the
strength of the outline with values between 0 (not active) and
6 (strong). The “Color/Pattern” button leads you to the image
pool, in which you can decide if the outline is to consist of a
pattern or color.
In the box below, you should see the “Shadow” button. Use
it to determine a width between even values of 0 to 20. The
“Direction” and “Color” of the shadow can now also be deter-
mined. The slider for “Blur” allows you to change the outline of
the shadow to a blur type effects and thus make it look more
realistic.
In the right area of the screen, you can see the function “Italic”.
You can activate it by selecting the empty box next to it. The
button “Smooth” is use to apply a slightly smeared look to the
text. It also may help to weaken any unwanted artefacts result-
ing from video compression.
Below, you can see the “3D” option. The strength of the three-
dimensional effect can be set with even values between 0 and
20 using the slider. The effect makes the letter look as if they
had a certain thickness. If you use higher values, make sure
to set a character space of around 120% so that the 3D effect
does not interfere with the letters themselves. The “direction”
can be set to four different possibilities. The arrow pointing
towards the left top direction is recommended.
The structure of the effect can be set using the “Color/Pattern”
button. It is recommended to use a tone similar to the text
color, yet with brightness between this and the background
color’s.
Below left, in the “Style” screen, you can see the “Archives”
button. The Archives allow you to save the styles you have
created. You will also find some examples of styles that come
with the software. The Style screen can be closed by pressing
the “OK” button (meaning that you confirm the settings made)
or by pressing “Cancel”.
• Clicking in the text entry operation panel on the “Line” but-
ton opens a window in which the functions “Character width”,
“Character space”, “Alignment”, “Line space” and “Delete
active line” are listed.
You can see that the settings of the buttons with percent
values lie between 50% and 200%, whereby 100% corre-
sponds to the default setting. Use the function Charwidth to
change the width of letters and punctuation marks of a line. In
the Enter/edit text screen, click anywhere in the line of text to
be edited. Then select the button “Line” and under “Character
width” enter the desired percentage. Click on “OK” to observe
the result. The letters have become wider (> 100%) or narrower
(< 100%), depending on the percent given, and the entire line
has become either longer or shorter. The individual words in
a line cannot be formatted separately. The settings apply only
to the entire line. The function “Character space” increases
or decreases the space between the letters while the width
of the individuals letters remains unchanged. In the Enter/edit
text screen, click anywhere in the line of text to be edited and
select the button “Line”. Use the “Character space” slider to
enter the desired distance percentage.
The line is stretched (> 100%) or narrowed (< 100%), depend-
ing on the percent value given. The individual words in a line
cannot be formatted separately. The settings apply only to the
entire line. Under the selection button “Alignment” you can
specify whether the line should be formatted “left”, “centered”
or “right”. With the function “Line space” you can specify the
distance between the selected line and the line below it.
Click on the line that lies above the line to be changed. Now
select “Line” and under “Line space” change the default
value (=100%) to another value. If your percentage number is
smaller, then the line below moves closer to the selected line.
If your percentage number is larger, then the line slides farther
away toward the bottom from the selected line. The lines
below the moved line are moved along with it, but keep their
respective distances. You can also make several settings to-
gether in the “Line” window before clicking on “OK”. Note that
the settings always apply to the line selected beforehand. The
percentages you have set are retained. You can view the set-
tings and changes for the line you have selected by activating
the “Line” window. Here you can also modify the percentages.
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