VideoTagger Introduction

Power Introduction:   To begin, create a new file, open a file or exit the application.

Detailed Look:   To begin you can select one of three options.
Click on "New Credits" to create a new file.
Click on "Open Credits" to open a previously saved file, including a "Demo" file that has been created for you to play with.
Or click "Exit", to exit the application.

Power Introduction:   On this screen you can change the project name, the target screen size, the default fonts assigned within the program, and the colors used in your credits.

Detailed Look:   This screen appears in three ways in the application. The first is when you create a new file. The second is when you hit the properties button over the tree, with the top category selected. The third way is to select "Project Properties" from the "Options" menu.

The first entry is the "Project Name", this text entry is used purely as a label to your credits, and is never displayed within your

The next selectable items give you a choice between Analog(TV) or Widescreen. Selecting Analog will define the size of your movie as 512 pixels by 400 pixels, the standard tv size. Selecting Widescreen will define the size of your movie as 1280 pixels by 720 pixels, the standard size for widescreen tv's and movie theater screens.

The next 3 items are similar, they all allow you to define, or modify the default font being used within your credits, you can select valid TrueType Fonts (.ttf) or PostScript Font Binary (.pfb).

The first, "Change Default Title Font", will define the default font used for the default font for all the category title's.

The second, "Change Default Body(Names) Font", will define the default font used for the names of the people, organizations, and songs content.

The first, "Change Default Roles Font", will define the font used for the default font for the role text that is provided in each category.

The next two sections define the colors used within your credits.

The "Change Font Color" brings up a screen that allows you to select the font color that you would like to use in your credits.

The "Change Backgroung Color" brings up a screen that allows you to select the background color that you would like to use in your credits.

Underneath that section are two buttons. Click the "Ok" button to confirm your choices and continue. Click the "Category View" button to view another organizational feature. You can choose to allow your tree to contain sub-categories, which allows you to move entire sections of categories together, or to continue using the no-sub category view.

This is a quick view at the main screen of the application, we will be pulling this apart and analyzing it piece by piece in the coming sections of this document.

Power Introduction:  This structure contains categories, each category represented is a section of your credits. Each section has different presentation properties associated with it, and can be re-ordered. Use the buttons above the tree to add a category, delete a category, view the properties of a category, move a category up in the movie order, and move a category down in the movie order.

Detailed Look:  This structure contains categories. Each category that you create will help you to section off and organize your credits. Your final credit movie, will be produced in the order that the categories are sorted in. So in this example, we will first see the "Cast:", followed by "Stunt Men" in the credit movie. Each category is assigned different properties based on your preferences, these properties define how the category appears in your

Category Properties

Power Introduction:  This screen allows you to customize how each category will appear in your credits. You can set different fonts, a graphic title, and/or simply modify the layout of the category.

Detailed Look:  This screen allows you to customize how each category will appear. Selecting different options will show or hide other objects based on availability. Select either (in order of appearance) or (in alphabetical order) to show the tagline with the same text in the credits.

Then select the way you would like your title to appear. You can choose a Graphic, Text, or a Blacnk title.

You will notice that selecting different titles will reveal or hide fields to the right of that section. In the section to the right you can see the options Category Font and Body Font. These fields allow you to set a different font to use other than the originally set default font (set in project properties). If you select a Graphic title, you will see a field that will allow you to select a graphic.

Below those sections you will see two more options listed next to Content these options are Song Listing and Graphic Only. Select Song Listing if you are entering a list of songs. Select Graphic Only if you want to only show a graphic in this category.

Below that section you will have the ability to customize the look of your category based on the information that you set in the above. First set the Body Type, you can select a Slide or a Scroller. Selecting Slide will make the category a slide when it is produced in the movie. Selecting a Scroller will make your category scroll in your movie. Next select the Layout, you can choose Names Only or Roles and Names; each corresponds to what you would like to show in this particular category. So for instance if you are make a "Cast" category, you would likely like to show the character name next to the actors name, so you should select Roles and Names, but if you are creating a "Stunt Men" category, you will likely want to select Names Only, as you would likely not want to show the characters name next to the stunt persons name.

Finally after setting the two above fields to your preference, you will see a few final alignment options below. In the picture above, they would be the black images, with the text labels such as Center and 3 Columns. Select the way that you would like the category to be displayed, then click "OK".

The Table

Power Introduction: This is the table, you will notice that the table will change based on the options you choose in the Catgories Properties screen. It allows you to input data that you would like displayed in your credits. It also allows you to customize the lead and tail spacing between each line of text, and supplies you with a way to quickly re-order the names in the category, or to simply delete an entry.

Detailed Look: This is the table portion of the application. The table supplies you with a way to enter the names, roles and names, or the song details of the selected category. The table changes appearance based upon what properties are chosen in the selected Category's Category Properties screen. In this case the table is a names only table, so it allows the user to enter in the names of the people to be included in the credits. The right hand side of the table provides additional options for each line of text. NOTE: Drag and drop is possible with each line of the table, we suggest starting your drag from the first column of the row, this will make the row move easier. Let's take a closer look at the Line Options.

Graphic Preview

Power Introduction: The Graphic Preivew area displays gives you visual representation of the category that you are creating. You can choose to hide or display this area by clicking the button above it.

Detailed Look: The Graphic Preview area will give you a visual representation of the category that you are creating. When you modify table entries, this preview will be updated. The button above the Graphic Preview, allows you to hide, or show the Graphic Preview screen. Hiding it will allow more space for viewing your Category Tree and Table data.

File Menu

Power Introduction:  The File Menu provides a way to create a new file, open a file, and to save the current file you are working with.

Detailed Look:  The File Menu. Click "New", to create a new file. Click "Open" to open a file that was previously saved. Click "Save" to save the file you are currently working with.

Category Menu

Power Introduction:  The Category Menu provides methods to manipulate the data stored in the Category Tree, as well as the way that it can be organized.

Detailed Look:  The Category Menu. Click "Category View", to allow or deny each category to visually contain sub-categories in the Category Tree. Click "Add Category", to add another category to the Category Tree. Click "Delete Selected Category" to delete the selected category on the Category Tree. Click "Selected Category Properties" to view the Category Properties of the Selected Category in the Category Tree. Click "Move Selected Category Up" to move the selected category up. Click "Move the Selected Category Down" to move the selected category down.

Options Menu

Power Introduction and Detailed Look: The Options Menu. This menu controls more of the exotic features found in this program. Click "Project Properties" to view or alter the current file's movie options. Click on "Table tab Order", to change which table columns you will be able to reach by hitting the TAB key(see below). This is useful when you want to edit spacing between objects. Click on "Category View", to allow or deny each category to visually contain sub-categories in the Category Tree (see below). Finally select or unselect the "Program Background Image". This will display or hide the background image in the application.

Tab Order

Power Introduction and Detailed Look: The Tab order selector. Check the names of the column that you would like to "Tab" to then press "OK".

Categories View

Power Introduction and Detailed Look: Select the way that you would like to use the Category Tree. You can either allow sub-sections, or disallow sub-sections. Sub-sections can help you organize your credits better. It is simply a matter of personal choice.

Create Movie Menu

Power Introduction: Use this menu to create your movie and to finalize your file. Once a file is finalized, this menu will allow you to create your finalized movies (non-preview).

Detailed Look: Select "Quick Preview", to create a smaller sized movie that will help you to preview how your movie will appear. This option will create the

Movie Options

Power Introduction and Detailed Look: Select the desired scroll speed of these credits that are currently being created. If you select extreme, this is especially good for getting an idea of how your credits will look, without wasting too much time processing it. Frames per second, obviously sets the frames per second used to create your credits. Click "OK" to continue.

Help Menu

Power Introduction: Use this menu to get help, we provide some unique ways to find help.

Detailed Look: Select "Tutorial", to go online and take a look at our tutorial pages. Select "Suggest Feature" to tell us what you think we should add to Roster. Click on "Help Forum", to go to our online help forum where you can search for your question, and if you don't find something applicable, ask it! We