DVMAKER MENUS

Each DVMaker menu option is explained below.  The procedure for 
selecting an option is the same in all cases:

NEW [A-R] 
Loads a new blank video, with View and Video tracks, one empty 
Scene effect and the default non-eraseable Show effect.  If 
you've changed the current video since you last saved (or if 
you've never saved it), a message asks:

 [Name of your video] has been changed! Save it?

Click Yes if you want to save your changes (or name it, if you 
haven't done that) before you load a new video; click No to discard
the changes (or discard the video, if you haven't saved it) and load
a blank video; click Cancel to return to the current video.

OPEN [A-O]
Displays the Open File requester from which you can select and 
load (open) videos into DVMaker.  Click on the video you want; 
its name appears in the File box at the bottom of the requester.  
The list window displays the names of all the disks currently 
available and a Parent Directory listing.  Click on the Parent 
Directory to move to the next higher level on the disk.  Click on 
any disk name to see the contents of that disk.  Or you can click 
in the Drawer and/or File windows and type in the name of the 
Drawer or File you want to open.

When you have the correct Drawer and File, click Open to load the 
video into DVMaker.  When a video is opened, the current 
directory is set to the video's drawer and any temporary work 
files are opened there.

Click on the ? icon to get a directory of all files on the 
current disk.  Click the ! icon to stop the program from 
scrolling through the directory (this is useful if you spot the 
file you want and dont' need to see the rest of the directory).  
Click Cancel to return to your current video.

°  See your Amiga manual if you need more information about 
Files, Drawers, and pathnames.

APPEND
Displays the Append File requester, which is similar to the 
requester described under Open, above.  When you use Append to 
load a video, the selected video is attached (appended) to the 
end of the current video.  Using Append you can build a long 
video by combining several short ones.

SAVE [A-S]
Immediately saves the current video under the current name to the 
current disk and drawer.  If you've made changes to the video and 
use the Save command, the original video on disk is replaced with 
the current video.  The first time (only) you select Save, the 
Save As requester appears.

When a video is saved a new file is opened and created from the 
original file (contents, memory, and temporary files included).  
If the new file is successfully written to disk, the original 
file is renamed dvbackup.vid, and the new file is named.  The new 
file is then reopened.  You can always go back to the original 
file by opening dvbackup.vid.

SAVE AS
Displays the standard Save requester, with the current video 
name, Drawer and File.  You can change the name of the video and 
or where to save it in this requester.  The list window displays 
the names of all the disks currently available and a Parent 
Directory listing.  Click on the Parent Directory to move to the 
next higher level on the disk.  Click on any disk name to see the 
contents of that disk.  You can also click in the Drawer and/or File
windows and type in the name of the Drawer or File you want saved.

When you have the correct Drawer and File, click Save to save the 
video.  Click on the ? icon to get a directory of all files on 
the current disk.  click the ! icon to stop the program from 
scrolling through the directory (this is useful if you spot the file
you want and don't need to see the rest of the directory).  Click
Cancel to return to your current video without saving the changes.

*  See your Amiga manual if you need more information about 
Files, Drawers, and pathnames.

PLAY SCENE [A-K]
Plays the currently selected scene.

PLAY VIDEO [A-L[
Plays the entire selected video.

QUIT [A-Q]
Closes DVMaker and returns you to the WorkBench.  If you've 
changed the current video since you last saved (or if you've 
never saved it), a message box appears and asks:

 [Name of your video] has been changed!  Save it?

Click Yes if you want to save your changes (or name it, if you 
haven't done that) before you quit; click No to discard the 
changes and return to the WorkBench (No also discards the video if
you haven't saved it); click Cancel to return to the current video.

EDIT MENU
This menu controls cutting, copying, and pasting of video Parts, 
and several other editing features.

ERASE [A-E]
Use this option carefully.  It deletes the current selection from 
the video without changing the current contents of the Scrap 
Buffer. Anything erased is gone forever because there's no way to 
undo this command.  However, if you Erase a scene, the Parts to 
that scene are not automatically deleted from memory.  You must 
select Remove Unused (Parts Menu) to delete Parts that you're not 
using in the current video and reclaim the memory and disk space 
used by those Parts.

CUT [A-X]
Cuts the current selection out of the video and copies it to the 
Scrap Buffer. To select multiple tracks or effects, hold down the 
Shift key and click on them.  When you select a track, all of the 
effects on the track are automatically selected.  You can put the 
contents of the Scrap Buffer back into the video at a new 
location (or the same location) by using Paste.

If you use Cut to delete a scene from your video, remember that 
the Parts to that scene are not automatically deleted from 
memory.  You must select Remove Unused (Parts Menu) to delete 
Parts that you're not using in the current video and reclaim the 
memory and disk space used by those Parts.

COPY [A-C]
Copies the current selection to the Scrap Buffer.  You can put 
the contents of the Scrap Buffer back into the video at a new 
location (or the same location) by using Paste.  The Scrap Buffer 
can also be pasted into a new video.

PASTE [A-P]
Pastes the current contents of the Scrap Buffer (selections 
you've cut or copied, see Cut and Copy above) at the designated 
location in the current video.  Or you can open a new video and 
paste the contents of the Scrap Buffer into the new video.  When 
you cut or copy a track or set of tracks, and then select Paste, 
a track outline appears attacheed to the cursor; position the 
track anywhere in the Track Area and click to place it.

Similarly, if you cut or copy an effect or set of effects and 
then select Paste, an effect outline appears attached to the 
cursor; position the effect anywhere on a Track in the Effect 
Area and click to place it.

TURN ON
Turns on the current selection, an Anim for example, if it was 
previously turned off.

TURN OFF
Disables the current selection so that it's ignored when the video
plays.  This is useful when you're editing a video and don't want to
play all its sections.  Turn on reverses the effects of Turn Off.

OPEN
Opens the current selection, which brings up a requester where 
you can modify the parameters of that selection.  Double-clicking 
the selection is the same as using Open.  When a selection can't 
be opened, Deluxe Video III informs you.

COPY PALETTE
Copies the color palette and color cycling information (if any) 
from the current selection to the next track you select.  To use 
Copy Palette:

1.  Click a track (1) to select it (the palette from this track 
will be copied).

2.  Choose Copy Palette.

3.  Click another track (2); the palette from track 1 now applies 
to track 2.

SCENE MENU

CHANGE
Displays the Scene requester from which you can change the name 
of the Scene and its default display options.

NAME
Click in this window and enter a new name or alter the existing 
name.

DISPLAY OPTIONS
Whenever a Scene is created, it uses the default display options 
for the Video track where the Scene is placed.  You can alter 
those display options here.  Choose each option by clicking on 
the box to the left of the option; if the box is highlighted a 
small square appears inside the box and the option is active.

Double Buffer
When this optin is active, two copies of each rastport (that is, 
two buffers) are allocated in Chip RAM.  Double buffers are used 
for brush animation.  Brushes are animated by drawing in one 
buffer while displaying the other buffer, and then flipping 
between the two when the drawing is completed.  This option must 
be on for flicker-free brush animation.  Double Buffer doubles 
the amount of Chip memory each raster requires, so if you're just 
showing slides (and viewport animation), don't use Double Buffer.

Restore Black
When you move a brush over a raster, this option restores the 
raster with color 0 using the mask of the brush.  If you're doing 
brush animation over a color 0 backdrop, you can get faster and 
smoother animation by selecting this option.

Save & Restore
When this option is active, Deluxe Video III saves what is under 
the raster as the bursh moves over it, and later restores what 
was there.  Double buffering with Save & Restore is the classic 
form of brush animation.

PARTS MENU
This menu controls loading and manipulating Parts, which are the 
data elements that make up a video.

LOAD
When you highlight this option, a submen displays the different 
Part types of Deluxe Video III.  They are Anims, AnimBrushes, 
Brushes, Instruments, Pictures, Sounds, and Tunes.  When you 
select one of these types, the Parts requester for that type appears.

After you select the Part you want and load it, it can be 
accessed by the video in either the Video Script or the Scene 
Script.  DVMaker uses one style of requester to manage the 
loading of all types of Parts.  Double-clicking a Part track or 
selcting a Part from the menu displays the same requester.

PART TYPE
The top bar of the requester displays the type of Part yo uselect 
(Animbrushes in our example).

IN VIDEO
This window shows which Parts are already in the current video.

ON DISK
This window displays a list of all the files in the named disk 
Drawer. The names of all the disks currently available, and the 
Parent Directory appear at the end of the list.  Click on the 
Parent Directory to move to the next higher level on the disk.  
Click on any disk name to display the contents of that disk.

*  See your Amiga manual if you need more information about 
Files, Drawers, and pathnames.

DRAWER
This window shows the name of the current drawer.  You can click 
in the Drawer window and type in the name of the Drawer or File 
you want.

SELECTION
This area shows the name and Drawer of the selected Part, the 
number of times it's been used in the video, and the Pool Memory 
it requires (Pool Memory Used/Pool Memory Size).  Pool Memory 
stores information about the object, such as its size, position, 
type, and location.  The object itself is NOT stored in Pool Memory.

SELECT/DONE
Click this button to accept the selected Part and load it into 
the video.

PREVIEW
Click this button to see or hear a preview of the selected Part.  
A Sound or Tune Part palys until you click the Preview button 
again or until the Sound or Tune ends.  Any other type of Part (a 
selected Brush or Anim for example) appears on the Preview Screen.
To select a brush, place the pointer on the brush and click.  The
selected brush appears with a rectangle highlighting its border.  If
you're previewing an Anim, the screen title shows the frame number
and total number of frames (e.g., DVideo III: Frame 1/25).

The following keys are active in a Preview screen:

Esc
Ends previewing and closes the Preview screen.  You can also 
choose Close from the Preview menu to return to the requester and 
shut down the Preview screen.  This key also cancels a drag 
operation if you are dragging an object.

Arrows Up, down, left, and right scroll the Preview screen.

h - Cuts the image size in half, down to a minimum of 1/8 full size.

H - Doubles the image size, but to no more than full size.

l - Displays the previous frame of the selected Anim or 
AnimBrush, or displays the previous cel of the selected figure.  
This key has no function for other Parts.

2 - Displays the next frame of the selected Anim or AnimBrush.  
This key has no function for other Parts.

a - Toggles the display of all other brushes (not AnimBrushes).

j - Switches to the alternate preview screen, if there is one.  For
the Position and MoveTo effects, pressing this key switches between
the Preview What and the Preview Where options.  For the MovePath
effect pressing this key switches between the Trace and Edit Screens.

c - Uses the color palette of the selected object.

C - Uses default color palette.

b - Moves (pushes) selected object to back.

f - Moves (pops) selected object to front.

@ - Toggles feedback of coordinates while dragging an object.

You can also exit the Preview screen by clicking the front/back 
gadget in the upper right corner.  However, the screen is still 
present in the background; you must click the Preview button on 
the requester to eliminate the preview screen.  Choose Close from 
the Preview menu to return to the Parts requester and shut down 
the Preview screen.

REMOVE
Click to remove the selected Part from the video.  See also 
Remove Unused, below.

INFO
Click to display the Info requester for the selected Part Type.  
There are two types of Info requesters:  Audio Info is for any 
Sound, Tune, or Instrument Part; and Picture (or Raster) Info is 
for any Anim, AnimBrush, Brush, or Picture Part.

The Audio Info requester has two main sections:  IFF Info and 
User Info.

IFF Info 
This section displays the basic information about the audio Part, 
in the following categories:

Size 
Displays the number of samples and the frequency of the Sound in 
Hz.  For a Tune, Size displays the number of tracks and 
instruments used.  For an Instrument, it's the frequency in Hz 
and the number of octaves covered by the Instrument.

Memory
The amount of memory (in bytes) that the Audio Part uses, listed 
as the amount of Chip RAM and the amount of Fast RAM required.

Instruments
The Instruments required to play the Tune.

User Info
This section lets you alter some of the information about the 
selected Audio Part.

MIDI Channel
Appears for an Instrument Part only.  Click this check's box to 
send the instruemtn request out through a MIDI channel.  Click 
the up or down arrows to alter the MIDI channel chosen or the MIDI
preset.  Or click on either value shown and type in a new value.

To use MIDI, you must turn on MIDI Enabled in the Options menu.  
To turn MIDI on permanently, you must set MIDI=yes in Tool Types; 
See Appendix D: Customizing DeluxeVideo III.

Preopen
When checked, Deluxe Video III looks to see if the selected files 
is available before running the video.  If the file can't be 
found, a message tells you so before the video plays.

Preload
When checked, the data is loaded when you load the script into 
DVMaker.  Use this option so you don't have to wait for data to 
load during playback.

Not critical
Check this box to tell DeluxeVideo III to continue, even if this 
Audio Part can't be found (or fit into available memory).  You 
may want to activate Not Critical for a sound you think might be 
too big to fit into memory.

OK
Click to accept any changes and return to the Parts requester.

Cancel
Click to return to the Parts requester without changes.

The Picture Info requester also has two main sections:IFF Infor 
and User Info.

IFF Info
This section display the basic information about an image, in the 
following categories.

Size
Shows the size in pixels of the image, shown as (horizontal) x 
(vertical) x (number of bitplanes).

Colors
Gives the number of colors in the image.

Modes
Tells you the resolution mode of the image.  If nothing is shown 
here, the picture is in LoRes 32 color mode.

Memory
Displays the amount of memory (in bytes) that the image takes up, 
listed as the amount of Chip RAM and the amount of Fast RAM required.

Origin
Displays the origin point of the image, in horizontal and 
vertical pixels.

Offset
The amount the image is offset from the origin, in horizontal and 
vertical pixels.

Other
This lists the number of frames in the image, if the image is an 
Anim or AnimBrush.

User Info
This section lets you alter some of the information about the image.

Mode, HiRes LACE
If you want to customize the resolution of the selected image, click
on the HiRes Or (Inter)LACE box.  Check Modes to use these settings.

Origin
Click the up or down arrows to alter the origin point of the 
image, in horizontal and vertical pixels.  Or click on the value 
shown and type in a new value.

Offset
Click the up or down arrows to alter the amount the image is 
offset from the origin, in horizontal and vertical pixels.  Or 
click on the value shown and type in a new value.

Preopen
When checked, DeluxeVideo III looks to see if the file is 
available before running the video.  If it can't find the file, a 
message appears to that effect before the video plays.

Preload
When checked, the data is loaded when you load the script into
DVMaker.  Use this option to avoid waiting for data to load 
during playback.

Not critical
Check this box to tell DeluxeVideo III to continue even if the 
selected images can't be found.

OK
Click this button to accept any changes and return to the Parts 
requester.

Cancel
Click this button to return to the Parts requester without changes.

!
Click the ! icon to stop the directory from scrolling (this is 
useful if you've already spotted the file you want and don't need 
to see the rest of the directroy).

?
Click on the ? icon to get a directory of all files on the 
current disk.

CANCEL
Click this button to return to the Script without changes.

FIND ALL
Displays a requester whre you can find all the Parts associated 
with the current video.  If you move a video and its Parts 
without using DVMover, use this option so that DeluxeVideo can 
find the Parts and record their pathnames.

REMOVE UNUSED
Removes any unused Parts from the video.  An unused Part is a Par 
that is not referenced by a track.  You must choose Remove Unused 
(rather than Erase of Cut from the Edit menu) to delete unused 
Parts from your scene or video.

UNLOAD ALL
Frees the memory associated with all parts.  Try this option if 
you receive a low memory error.

OPTIONS MENU

SCREEN
Lets you choose among several screen display options, which 
appear in a submenu.

WORKBENCH
If you choose WorkBench, the DVMaker screen appears as a window 
on the WorkBench screen.

CUSTOM
If you choose Custom, DVMaker appears in a screen of its own (the 
default setting).

INTERLACE
If you choose interlace, the DVMaker screen has twice its normal 
vertical resolution, which doubles the amount of tracks you can 
have visible.

WORKBENCH
This command opens or closes the WorkBench.  More memory is 
available if you close the WorkBench and use a Custom screen.

EXPERT
Lets you use expert level tracks and effects.  When Expert mode is
activated, more tracks options appear in the Choose a Track requester
when you add a new track.  Similarly, more effect options appear in
the Choose and Effect requester when you add a new effect.

MEMORY
Lets you manipulate memory usage in DeluxeVideo III several ways.  
The submenu options are:

SHOW USAGE
Causes a graph of the available memory to appear at the bottom of 
the screen.  The graph is blank until the video or scene is 
played; then the available memory values are recorded and 
displayed.  The memory usage uses the time scale in the Effects 
Area of the script to show you how close your video is to running 
out of memory.  If you change the script, you must play the video 
again for the memory graph to reflect your changes.  While the 
memory graph is visible, pressing either c or f toggles between 
displaying the Chip or Fast RAM available.

BUFFERS SIZES...
Displays a requester where you can change the sizes of the video 
buffers.  Deluxe Video III uses three buffers to store a video:  
the Video Script is stored in one, the current Scene is stored in 
another, and a list of all parts is stored in the third.  The 
default sizes for these buffers are 4000, 8000, and 8000 bytes 
respectively. These sizes are sufficient for most normal videos.

When the requester appears, you can change the size of each 
buffer by clicking on the up or down arrow immediately to the 
left of the buffer size.  These new sizes take effect the next 
time you choose New or Open.  If you want to change the sizes for 
the video you're working on, set the new sizes, then save the 
video and open it again.

When you save a video, the actual buffer sizes and the minimum 
size of the buffers are saved with it.  When you open the video, 
the buffer sizes you entered are used unless they're too small 
for the video, in which case the sizes read from the file are used
instead.  When DVPlayer opens a video, it uses the minimum buffer
size so that the maximum possible RAM is available for the video.

DISCARD SCRAP
Discards the contents of the current Scrap Buffer, freeing up 
some memory.  See also Cut, Copy, and Paste in the Edit menu.

PANIC!
In low memory conditions, choose Panic to free up all available 
allocated memory.

MIDI ENABLED
Sends any MIDI data from a Tune track out the serial port.  This 
function is also controlled by the button on the Control Panel 
(see Control Panel).  You must have a MIDI interface hooked up 
and MIDI-compatible musical instruments connected to the MIDI 
port, as well as appropriate speakers and amplifiers, to hear the 
MIDI data as sound.

DVMOVER
This program is a utility for moving a video file to another disk 
or drawer along with all of the necessary data.  DVMover also 
changes the Part drawer names in the video to match the new 
location of the Part files.

Using DVMover breaks down into the following steps:

1.  Run DVMover.
2.  Load a video into DVMover.
3.  Change the destination drawer to the new location.
4.  Copy the video.

DVMOVER WINDOW
When you load DVMover the DVMover Window appears.

The window is partially concealed by the About DVMover notice.  
Besides supplying copyright information about the utility, it 
gives you a brief reminder of how to use it.  Click OK to see all 
of the DVMover window.

Destination
Click in the Video Name ARea and type to change the video's name.  
Enter the name of the destination drawer in the Video Drawer area 
by clicking in that area and typing the appropriate drawer, or 
click the Change button to bring up the Video Drawer requester 
where you can locate the desired drawer, click on it, and then 
click OK to put that drawer name at the top of the DVMover window.
Follow the same procedure with the Part Drawer section.  Click Load
to load in another video by bringing up the Data File requester.

Parts in the Video
This section lists the Parts of the video that have been loaded 
into DVMover.  When you first start DVMover, this area is empty.  
Click the Load Video button in the middle of the window or select 
Load Video from the Project menu to load a video into DVMover.  
If there are more Parts to the video than can be displayed at one 
time in the Parts list, you can click on the up or down arrows to 
thte right or drag the scroll bar to reveal the rest of the Parts.

The buttons below the Parts list apply to selected Parts.  To 
select a Part in the list, click on its name to highlight it.  
Click on it a second time to deselect it.

Copy copies the selected Parts to the destination.  After copying,
the path in the Parts list changes to match the new destination.

Move is the same as Copy, but the original file is deleted.

Find begins a search of all the selected Parts.  When they're 
found, the paths in the Parts list change to match their new 
location.  A requester appears in which you can specify a 
starting point for the search.

Use Change to manually change the path for the selected Parts.

All selects all Parts in the list.

Toggle reverses the selection state of all Parts.  Selected Parts 
are deselected and vice versa.

None deselects all parts.

Get Sizes reads the sizes of the selected Parts (and their icons).

Options
Click on any of these boxes to select an option (the box is 
highlgihted to show that the option is active.)  If Ask before 
replacing Parts is selected when you move a video, and anyu Part 
of that video already exists in the destination drawer, a message 
asks if you want to copy over the existing part.  If Replace ]all 
is selected, you won't be informed when existing Parts are 
overwritten.  If Don't replace is selected, Parts are copied but 
none will be overwritten.  If Copy part icons is selected, icons 
will be copied, too.

PROJECT MENU
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LOAD VIDEO [A-O]
Displays the Data File requester where you can choose which video 
to load into DVMover.

Find the video file you want to move in the list at the top of 
the requester.  To move up a level on the disk directories, click 
on the Parent Dir Listing.  Click on other disk names to see the 
contents of other disks.  When you find the file you want, click 
on it and its name and path appear below the list.  Click the ? 
icon to display all files on a disk; click the ! icon to halt the 
listing of files.  Click Load to load the video into DVMover; 
click Cancel to return to DVMover without loading a video.

COPY VIDEO [A-C]
Copies all video Parts to the destination.  Changes the Parts 
drawers to match the new destination and saves the video.

If your video and its Parts are too big to fit on one floppy, you 
can use this procedure to copy your video to two floppies (1 and 2).

>  Load the video you want to copy into DVMover.

>  Select all Parts (click on the All button, below the Parts in 
the video list), and then click on the GetSizes button.

>  Set the destination to floppy 2.

>  Look at the memory availabilty reading in the DVMover Title 
Bar.  Deselect Parts (click on them) until the remaining selected 
Parts can fit into the available space on floppy 2.  Make sure 
you don't cut it too close.  You must leave some extra room on 
the disk for the Amiga operating system.

>  Click on the Copy button below the Parts in the video list.

>  When the disk drive stops whirring, click on the Toggle button 
to select the Parts that wouldn't fit on floppy 2.

>  Set the destination to floppy 1 and click on the Copy button 
again.

>  When the disk drive stops whirring, click on Save Video.  
Select floppy 1 from the requester; enter the name of your video, 
and click Save to save the video on floppy 1.

Store these disks together.  You'll need them both to play your 
video.

MOVE VIDEO [A-M]
Same as Copy Video, but deletes the original Parts and video 
after copying.  Use this option with care.  When you select Move 
Video, DVMover displays a warning messgae asking you to confirm 
your selection.  If you really want to move the video and its 
Parts, click Yes.

SAVE VIDEO [A-S]
Displays a file requester and then saves the video with Parts 
drawers as shown in the Parts list of the requester.

RENAME VIDEO [A-R]
Use Rename Video to change the name of the video that is 
currently loaded.

QUIT [A-Q]
Closes DVMover and returns you to the WorkBench.

ABOUT
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DVPLAYER
This program plays one or more videos.  If you want to play just 
one video, double-click on the video's icon and it automatically 
loads DVPlayer and plays normally.

*  For this to work you must assign DVideo properly; see 
Installation and Setup in Chapter 1.

If you want to play several videos, select the first one with the 
mouse, then hold down the Shift key and click on the other videos 
you want to play.  DVPlayer plays these videos in the order you 
select them. While still holding down the Shift key, double-click 
the last video you want, and DVPlayer plays all of the selected 
videos in sequence.

CONTROL PANEL
You can control a video while it's playing through DVPlayer by 
using the Control Panel or the keyboard.  To display the Control 
Panel, while the video is playing:
 
>  Press the Help key or the right mouse button.

Pressing either Help or the right mouse button removes the 
Control Panel when the Control Panel is visible.  The Control 
Panel is normally appears at the bottom of the view, but if the 
view is overscan, the Control Panel is shown in the normal 
(non-overscan) region so that it's totally visible.

*  If the Mouse-Skip video option is on, then the right mouse 
button is reserved for skipping to the previous scene, and you'll 
need to use the Help key to display/hide the Control Panel.

The Control Panel buttons are described below, from left to 
right.  Keyboard equivalents from the Control Panel buttons 
appear in brackets.

*  After you've selected any of the other Control Panel buttons, 
you must click the Forward button to continue playing your video.

Power [Esc]
This button, marked with a red rectangle, stops playing the video 
and returns you to the WorkBench (if you were running DVPlayer) 
or to DVMaker (if you were running DVMaker).

Rewind to Start [F1]
Instantly rewinds to the beginning of the video.

<--  Previous Scene [Shift-Tab]
Skips the video to the beginning of the previous Scene.

<<  Scene Start [Left-Shift <--]
This button (marked with double left-facing arrows) skips the 
video to the beginning of this Scene.

Pause [V]
This button, makred with a black rectangle, pauses the video.

>  Forward [-->]
Resumes playing the video.

>>  Fast Forward [Right-Shift -->]
Runs the video clock faster than real-time, so that the video 
plays more swiftly.

-->  Next Scene [Tab]
Skips the video to the beginning of the next Scene.

Time Counter
This area displays the time elasped during the video.

....  Single Step [F2]
Pauses the video with the first press.  You can then click the 
Forward button repeadedly to step through the video one frame at 
a time.  This feature is very useful when you are trying to 
synchronize multiple animations.

Loop [F3]
Loops the video to the beginning and replays it continuously.

Audio [F4]
Controls the Audio tracks of the video.  If this button is off, 
no Audio track will play during the video.

M  MIDI [F5]
Controls the MIDI output of the video.  If this is on, the MIDI 
options listed in the SMUS files for Tune tracks are used instead 
of the Amiga instruments.

To Back
This button hides the Control Panel.

Alt Esc  Quit playing the current video and skip to the next one 
(if you have shift-selected a series of videos to play).

INSTANT SLIDESHOW
This program quickly and easily creates a slide show video from a 
list of pictures.  You can play a video created in this way with 
DVPlayer or it can be loaded into DVMaker and modified like any 
other video.

InstantSlideShow is also a very easy way to begin creating a 
video that has a series of pictures; it's faster to use 
InstantSlideShow to get a series of pictures in a Script than it 
is load each one into DVMaker.

INSTANT SLIDESHOW DISPLAY
When you load the program (double-click its icon), the 
Instant-SlideShow Display appears. There are three keyboard 
options available:

°  Press > to select the next slide
°  Press < to select the previous slide
°  Press Esc to stop making a list of slides when you've selected 
multiple slides from the Files window.

SLIDES
The list of pictures in your InstantSlideShow appears in this 
area.  Selected pictures are highlighted.  Click on the up or down
arrows to the right or drag the slider to see more picture names.

FIRST
Click to place the selected picture first on the list.  If more 
than one picture is selected, all pictures are placed at the head 
of the list in the same order as they appeared on the list.

LAST
Click to place the selected picture last on the list. If more 
than one picture is selected, then all picutres are placed at the 
bottom of the list in the same order as they appeared on the list.

SOONER
Click to place the selected picture one slot highter on the list.  If
more than one picture is selected, they are all placed one slot
higher on the list in the same order as they appeared on the list.

LATER
Click to place the selected picture one slot lower on the list.  
If more than one picture is selected, they are all placed one slot
lower on the list in the same order as they appeared on the list.

SORT
Click to sort all pictures, selected or not, into alphabetical order.

PREVIEW
Click to see the selected picture.  Choose Close from the Preview 
menu to return to the InstantSlideShow window.

REMOVE
Click to remove the selected picture(s) from the list.

FILES
This window shows the available files on disk.  Find the Picture 
file you want in the requester.  To move up a level on the disk 
directories, click on the Parent Dir listing.  Click on other 
disk names to see the contents of other disks.  When you find the 
Picture file you want, click on it and its name and path appear 
below the list and in the Slides window.

Click the ? icon to display all files on a disk; click the ! icon 
to halt the listing of files.

OPTIONS
This section controls the timing of the SlideShow.  Select any 
box by clicking it; when active, the box is highlighted.  Wait 
for mouse makes the slide show wait for a mouse click before 
showing the next picture.  Check the Wait box to have the slide 
show wait the indicated number of seconds before showing the next 
Picture.  Click the up or down arrows to increase or decrease the 
duration, or click in the box directly and type in a new time 
value.  Check the Overscan box to have the pictures displayed in 
overscan mode.

Make Video
Click this button to create the InstantSlideShow of the pictures 
on the list.

INSTANT SLIDESHOW MENU

PROJECT MENU
Make Video [A-M]
This command has the same function as the Make Video button on 
the Display.

QUIT [A-Q]
This command closes InstantSlideShow and returns you to the
WorkBench.

SUMMARY OF TRACKS AND EFFECTS

TRACKS
What follows is a list of all the tracks supported by DeluxeVideo 
III, cross-referenced with their associated effects.  Tracks from 
the Video SCript are marked [VS]; tracks from the Scene Script 
are marked [SS].  See the appropriate sections of this Reference 
chapter for more information about any track or effect.

Anim Track [SS]
Back, Clear, ClrCycle, FadeIn, FadeOut, FadePtrn, Front, 
HAMFixup, Hide, Load, LockClrs, MakeAnim, MoveTo, Options, 
PlayAnim, Position, Release, Scroll, Show, SlideIn, SlideOut, 
UnLoad, WipeIn, WipeOut.

AnimBrush Track [SS]
GoTo, Hide, Load, MovePath, MoveTo, PlayAnim, Position, Release, 
Show, Stamp, UnLoad, UnScroll, UseClrs, WipeIn, WipeOut

BackDrop Track [SS]
Back, Clear, ClrCycle, Continue, FadeIn, FadeOut, FadePtrn, 
Front, HAMFixup, Hide, LockClrs, MakeAnim, MoveTo, Options, 
Position, Release, Scroll, Show, SlideIn, SlideOut, WipeIn, 
WipeOut

Background Track [VS,SS]
Hide, Purge

Box Track [SS]
GoTo, Hide, Load, MovePath, MoveTo, Pattern, Pickup, Position, 
Release, Scroll, Show, STamp, UnLoad, UnScroll, UseClrs, WipeIn, 
WipeOut

Brush Track [SS]
GoTo, Hide, Load, MovePath, MoveTo, Pattern, Pickup, Position, 
Release, Scroll, Show, Stamp, Unload, UnScroll, UseClrs, WipeIn, 
WipeOut

Control Track [VS,SS]
Button, GoTo, Joystick, KeyTo, Label, PanelOn, Pointer, TimeStep, 
Wait

Device Track [VS,SS]
Message

Picture Track [SS]
Back, Clear, ClrCycle, FadeIn, FadeOut, FadePtrn, Front, 
HAMFixup, Hide, Load, LockClrs, MakeAnim, MoveTo, Options, 
Pattern, Position, Release, Scroll, Show, Slide In, Slide Out, 
Unload, Wipein, Wipeout

Sound Track [SS]
Load, Pan, Play, UnLoad

Textline Track [SS]
GoTo, Hide, Load, MovePath, MoveTo, Pattern, Pickup, Position, 
Release, Scroll, Show, Stamp, Unload, Unscroll, Useclrs, Wipein, 
Wipeout

Tune Track [VS]
Load, Play, Unload, Volume

Video Track [VS]
Scene

View Track [VS]
Show

TRACKS AVAILABLE IN VIDEO SCRIPT
Background, Control, Device, Tune, Video, View

TRACKS AVAILABLE IN SCENE SCRIPT
Anim, AnimBrush, BackDrop, Background, Box, Brush, Control, 
Device, Picture, Sound, Textline

TRACK TYPES
AUDIO (Sound, Tune)
EXPERT (Background, Device)
OBJECT (AnimBrush, Box, Brush, Textline)
SETUP (Video, View)
VIEWPORT (Anim, Backdrop, Picture)

EFFECTS

Effect  Tracks/Type Exper Mode

Back   Viewport  x
Button  Control  x
ClrCycl  Viewport
Continue  Backdrop  x
FadeIn  Viewport
FadeOut  Viewport
FadePtrn  Viewport  x
Front   Viewport  x
GoTo   Object, Control
KeyTo   Control
Hide   Background, Object
   Viewport
Label   Control
Load   Object, Viewport
   (except Backdrop),
   Audio
LockClrs  Viewport  x
MakeAnim  Viewport
Message  Device  x
MovePath  Object
MoveTo  Object
Options  Viewport  x
PanelOn  Control 
Pattern  Picture  x
Pickup  Object  x
Play   Audio
PlayAnim  Anim,AnimBrush
Pointer  Control
Position  Object
Purge   Background  x
Release  Object,Viewport x
Scene   Video
Scroll  Object, Viewport
Show   Object, Viewport
SlideIn  Viewport
SlideOut  Viewport
Unload  Audio, Object
   Viewport  x
Wait   Control

Appendix A:  Technical Information

HOW DELUXE VIDEO III DISPLAYS PARTS
If you want to become an expert DeluxeVideo user, you should 
spend some time studying how Deluxe Video's screen display is 
formed.  The figures below shows the elements of a display.  The 
terminology is Commodore's, and we apologize for the jargon,but 
we'll use these terms rather than invent our own.  As you read 
through this section, refer to this figure if you need 
clarification of a term.

The Screen
For our purposes, the screen is simply your monitor's screen.  
DeluxeVideo doesn't care about the size of your screen, but it 
cares a lot about the size of the view.

The VIEW
The View is a rectangle of video data.  This rectangle is defined 
by its origin, size, and offset.  The origin is always the center 
of the View.  You can set the size and offset of your View in the 
View requester.

In our figure, the View is set to be larger than the area of the 
monitor's screen.  Most Amiga programs set the view size to 320 x 
300 to guarantee that the entire view is visible on all computer 
monitors. As a result, there is a blank area visible around the 
view.  For video applications, it is better to make the view 
larger than most monitors can display, so that there is no blank 
border.  A large view such as this is called overscan.  
Professional video applications demand an even larger view, 
sometimes called severe-overscan.

DVMaker lets you set normal overscan by clicking a button in the 
View requester.  If you are in Expert mode, you can also set 
severe overscan, though we do not recommend this, since too much 
overscan may result in Video Nightmare.

BITMAPS
For the sake of clarity, we divide bitmaps into two classes; 
rasters and objects.  The primary difference between the two is 
that a raster has a viewport directly associated with it (because 
it was loaded into a Viewport track).  An object must be attached 
to a viewport track to be seen.

RASTERS
A raster is a picture or an anim (or a backdrop created when 
DeluxeVideo plays a video).  A raster has an origin, a size, a 
depth (in bit planes, which determines the number of colors), and 
a viewmode (LoRes, HiRes, Interlace).

The origin of the raster is normally its center.  Regardless of 
how the origin is intitalized, you can change it to any location 
within the raster.  To change a raster origin, use the Origin 
option in the User Infor area of the Raster Info requester.  (To 
display the Raster Info requester, click Info in the Parts 
requester for your raster.)

A raster can be any size from 1x1 to 1008x800.

The most important characteristic of a raster from the point of 
view of how it behaves in DeluxeVideo III is that the raster has 
a Rastport and a Viewport.  Objects (brushes, and anything else 
"attached" to a viewport) do no have viewports.

RASTPORTS
A rastport is a region of a raster defined by a size, origin, and 
offset. The rastport define what appears in the view.

The rastport size is limited by the raster size and by the 
viewport size, whichever is smaller.  The rastport is initially 
set to be the same size as the viewport, which in turn is set to 
be the same size as the view (see Viewport, below).  The rastport 
is constrained to lie entirely within the raster.  Animation is 
achieved by changing the rastports is revealed or hidden.  If you 
change the rastports offset (Position) the raster appears to 
scroll inside the rastport, though in fact it is the rastport 
that scrolls.  The What & Where example in Chapter Five: Video 
Effects illustrates how changes in the size and position of the 
rastport creates animation effects.

VIEWPORTS
A viewport is a region defining where the rastport appears in the 
view.  It size is forced to be identical to the matching rastport 
and the viewport's origin is fixed at it's center.  Viewports are 
initially created at the same size as the View, set in the requester
for the View track.  You can change the size of your viewport by 
using the What option of the Position of MoveToEffect.

Animation is achieved by changing the viewport's offset with time.

OBJECTS
An object is a brush, animbrush, or textline (or a box created 
when DeluxeVideo plays a video).  Each object is defined by a 
size, origin, and offset.

Objects have the dquivalent of a rastport that you can adjust to 
change how much of the object is displayed and where that window 
is positioned over the object.  You make these adjustments in the 
What and Where requester just as you would for a Raster.  
However, an object has no viewport, and must be attached to a 
viewport track (or to another object attached to a viewport 
track) to be visible.

An ojbect is positioned relative to its parent by placing its 
origin at an offset from the parent's origin.  (The parent is the 
object or raster to which the object is attached.)  The object is 
animated (moved across the screen) by changing its offset with time.

Appendix B:  Troubleshooting
When you first begin using DeluxeVideo III, it is likely that you 
will not do everything right the first time.  The program prompts 
you with error messages, but until you are familiar with the 
different AmigaDOS error messages and the concepts of attaching 
tracks and displaying viewports, you'll probably have some 
trouble figuring out what the error messages mean.  The following 
list of error messages and what they really mean is meant as a 
help.  It is by no means a complete list of error messages.  These
are the messages we think you'll run into in your early experience
with the product and that you may not understand right away.

MOST COMMON AMIGADOS ERROR MESSAGES
AmigaDOS error 205: AmigaDOS cannot find the file you specified.  
Check that you have the correct file name and drawer.  Check that 
the disk is in the drive.

AmigaDO"S error 103:  Not enough physical memory (ram:) to 
complete this task.  Try closing the WorkBench or other applications.

AmigaDOS error 221: Disk Full.  Not enough space on your disk.

AmigaDOS error 214:  Disk is write protected.  DVideoIII needs to 
be able to write to the disk to make temporary files.

MOST COMMON VIEWPORT ERROR MESSAGES
Error 215:  Brush's viewport is not visible.  You will get this 
error message if you try and "show" an object track that's 
connected to a viewport track (BackDrop, Picture, or Anim), which 
has not been "shown" by a Show, Position, MoveTo, etc.

Error 224: Viewport is not visible.  Make your viewport track 
(BackDrop, Picture, or Anim) visible with a Show or Position effect.

Error 225: Track not attached to a Viewport.  Attach your track 
to a Viewport (BackDrop, Picture, or Anim).

Appendix C:  Using ARexx & DeluxeVideo

By using a Device track in DeluxeVideo III you can communicate 
with an external program that can, in turn, communicate with 
another device.  The common language by which you communicate 
between DeluxeVideo III and another deive is ARexx.  ARexx is an 
Amiga implementation of the well know REXX language.  ARexx is 
currently available from William S. Hawes (address on Page 237).  
You will need the libraries that come with ARexx in order for 
DeluxeVideo III to communicate with other devices.

THE THEORY
Let's use the SuperGen example included with DeluxeVideo III to 
outline the procedure.  When you have Expert mode turned on in 
DVIII you will have an added video track called Device.  When you 
add a Device track, a requester asks for the Port Name.  Type in 
SuperGen as the Port Name.  This defines to DVIII that all 
messages for this Device track will be sent to a port called 
"SuperGen."  Now drag down a new effect.  For a Device track 
there is only one effect - a Message.  In the Message requester 
you input the message text that you want sent to the port as well 
as some options for special cases.  Type "FadeIn" in the Message 
Text box.  This sends a message of "FadeIn" via an ARexx port to 
a program (DVSuperGen) that, using software included with 
SuperGen, then controls the SuperGen hardware. Did you get all that?

WHAT YOU NEED TO RUN THE SUPERGEN EXAMPLE
Obvisouly you will need an Amiga and DeluxeVideo III and a 
SuperGen from Digital Creations.  Once you have this all set up 
you will need to have the ARexx libraries (rexxsyslib.library and 
rexxsuport.library) and the SuperGen libraries (SuperGen.library 
and copinit.library) in the LIBS: drawer on the volume you booted 
from when you booted.  These libraries come from ARexx and 
SuperGen respectively.  You also need the program SuperGen. This 
is in the rexx_examples drawer on the DVideo disk.  From the CLI 
you must launch the SuperGen program, which will leave a little 
window open on your WorkBench.  Now you can launch DVIII and 
create a Device track as outlined in the "theory" section above.

COMMANDS IN THE SUPERGEN EXAMPLE
There are five "messages" that you can send through the SuperGen 
example program.

°  Reset:  Immediately sets the background and graphics values to 
100% external video.

°  FadeIn:  Over the duration of the effect, gradually increase 
to 100% Amiga grapics.

°  FadeOut:  Over the duration of the effect, gradually decrease 
to 100% Amiga graphics.

°  BgFadeIn:  Over the duration of the effect, gradually increase 
to 100% Amiga background.

°  BgFadeOut:  Over the duration of the effect, gradually 
decrease to 100% Amiga background.

FOR PROGRAMMERS ONLY!
Also included in the rexx_examples drawer on the DVideo disk are 
various other files for C programmers to create their own 
programs to communicate via an ARexx port with DVideo.  Again, to 
use these you wil need ARexx, code from the manufacture of the 
device you wish to control, and a C compiler.  Electronic Arts 
will not be giving technical support for programmers to write 
their own programs.  You will have to contact the manufacturer of 
the device, ARexx, and or the compiler maker.  These files are 
included only as examples and not as finished and working code.

SuperGen
Executable program for controlling the Digital Creations 
SuperGen.

sgmain.c
Main C source for SuperGen.

supergen.lmk
Link file for Manx C.

supergen.lnk
Link file for Lattice C.

VTRTest
Executable program demonstrates shell of real program to control 
a VTR.

vtmain.c
Main C source for VTRTest.

vtrtest.lmk
Link file for Manx C.

vtrtest.lmk
Link file for Lattic C.

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Appendix D:Customizing DeluxeVideo
This chapter lists the tooltype options available for all four 
DeluxeVideo programs.  The casual user doesn't need to use them 
at all.  The options are listed in order of sophistication. The first
group is for advanced users, and the second group is for experts.

Each parameter is shown with its default.  Numerical parameters 
are followed by the allowable minimum and maximum. Each one if 
sollowed by code letters indicating which program it applies to 
M=DVMaker, P=DVPlayer, X=DVMover, I=InstantSlideShow.

ADVANCED TOOLTYPES
"anim=" 195 characters max [M] - (for hard disk users) Specifies 
the drawer to look in when you add an Anim track to a video or 
choose the Load>Anims menu option.  Also causes the file list to 
be kept in memory separate from the file lists for videos or 
other parts, so that the list doesn't have to be rebuilt next 
time you look for Anims on disk.

"animbrush=" 195 characters max [M] - (for hard disk users) 
Specifies the drawer to look in when you add an AnimBrush track 
to a video or choose the Load>AnimBrushes menu option.  Also 
causes the file list to be kept in memory separate from the file 
lists for videos or other parts, so that the list doesn't have to 
be rebuilt next time you look for AnimBrushes on disk.

"brush=" 195 characters max [M] - (for hard disk users) Specifies 
the drawer to look in when you add a brush track to a video or 
choose the Load Brush menu option.  Also causes the file list to 
be kept in memory separate from the file lists for videos or 
other parts, so that the list doesn't have to be rebuilt next 
time you look for Brushes on disk.

"closewb=no" [MP] - By default the WorkBench is open when you use 
DVMaker and DVPlayer.  Set to "yes" to close the WorkBench and 
free up about 30K of memory. Be aware, however, that some early 
versions of WorkBench may not reopen properly.

"credits=yes" [P] - Suppresses the DVideo splash screen so that you
can show your videos without the DVideo credits at the beginning.

'expert=no" [M] - Sets the default value of the Expert menu 
option in DVMaker. Setting this in tooltypes saves the user the 
trouble of setting it via the menu each time he runs DVMaker.

"instruments=" 195 characters max [M] - (for hard disk users) 
Specifies the drawer to look in when you add an Instrument track 
to a video or choose the Load Instrument menu option.  Also 
causes the file list to be kept in memory separate from the file 
lists for videos or other parts, so that the list doesn't have to 
be rebuilt next time you look for Instruments on the disk.

"MIDI=no" [MP] - For DVMaker this saves you the trouble of using 
the Enable MIDI menu option each time you run DVMaker.  For 
DVPlayer this enables MIDI so you don't need a button effect on 
the control track to turn on MIDI.  In general, this enables 
DVideo to play music on a MIDI device.  When a tune is played, 
any instrument that has its MIDI flag on will be played as a MIDI 
instrument with the indicated channel and preset (set the channel 
and preset using the "Info" requester under the Instruments Part 
requester).  Any instrument with the MIDI flag off will be played 
as an Amiga instrument.

"numfiles=80" 20.400 [MPXI] - Specified the approximate number of 
files that can be displayed in the file requester.  This option 
is most useful to hard disk users.  The average file name is 
about 10 bytes long, but with other information requires about 25 
bytes of memory.  So if you specify 40 files, a 1000 byte block 
of memory (FAST, not CHIP) will be allocated to hold file names 
for the file requester.  The memory is not permanently allocated, 
and will be freed by DVideo's memory manager if memory starts to 
get tight.  The default holds about 80 file names, but you can 
increase to any value up to 400.

"partsize=8000" 1000..100000 [MXK] - Sets the default size of the 
part buffer.

"parts=" 195 characters max [M] - (for hard disk users) Specifies 
the drawer to look in when you add any part to a video (that is a 
part that doesn't have its own drawer setting in tooltypes).  
Also causes the file list to be kept in memory separate from the 
file lits for videos or other parts, so that the list doesn't 
have to be rebuilt next time you look for parts on disk.

"pictures=" 195 characters max [M] - (for hard disk users) 
Specifies the drawer to look in when you add a Picture track to a 
video or choose the Load Picture menu option.  Also causes the 
file list to be kept in memory separate from the file lists for 
videos or other parts, so that the list doesn't have to be 
rebuilt next time you look for Pictures on the disk.

"screen=1" 0..1 [M] - Lets you specify which type of screen the 
DVMaker window is opened.  Use 0 for the workbench screen, 1 for 
a custom HIRES screen, and 2 for a custom HIRES LACE screen.

"scenesize=8000" 1000..100000 [MXI] - Sets the default size of 
the scene buffer.

"searchpath=" 195 characters max [MP] - Define a series of 
drawers to look in if a part cannot be found in the drawer it's 
supposed to be in.  Separate drawer names with a space, 
"searchpath=parts videos."

Suppose a part isn't where it's supposed to be, for example:
 If a video is in "dh0:dv/videos"...
  and one of its parts has a drawer defined as 
"dh0:dv/parts
  and in tooltypes "searchpath=df1: /mystuff 
dh0:moreparts"
...then DVMaker will search for the part in this order

dh0:dv/parts - it looks in the part's drawer first

dh0:dv/videos - next it checks the current directory (i.e. the 
video's location)

df1: - then the search path

dh0:dv/videos/mystuff -.../mystuff relative to the current directory

dh0:moreparts

Note:  A video will always play if the parts are in the same 
drawer as the video.

"sounds=" 195 characters max [M] - (for hard disk users) 
Specifies the drawer to look in when you add a Sound track to a 
video or choose the Load Sound menu option.  Also causes the file 
list to be kept in memory separate from the file lists for videos 
or other parts, so that the list doesn't have to be rebuilt next 
time you look for Sounds on disk.

"tunes=" 195 characters max [M] - (for hard disk users) Specifies 
the drawer to look in when you add a Tune track to a video or 
choose the Load Tune menu option.  Also causes the file list to 
be kept in memory separate from the file lists for videos or 
other parts, so that the list doesn't have to be rebuilt next 
time you look for Tunes on disk.

"videos=" 195 characters max [M] - Specifies the drawer to look 
in when you open a video.  This must be a complete path name 
starting with a volume name, like this "dh0:dvideo/myvideos."  It 
can't start with a logical volume name that is assigned to a 
particular drawer.  Floppy disk uses may wish to set 
"video=df1:."

EXPERT TOOLTYPES
"dirlevel=1" 0..128 [PI] - If a program is launched by selecting 
a drawer icon and shift-double-clicking the program's icon, it 
will search the directory for files.  This parameter sets the 
directory depth to search for files.  Normally the dirlevel is 
one so that only the drawer itself is searched.  If level is two, 
the next level of subdrawers would be searched.

"hamicon=yes" [MP] - Set this to "no" if you don't want the 
HAMFixup icon to be displayed during a HAMFixup effect.

"numscenes=1" 1..10 [MPX] - Sets the number of scenes that are 
kept in memory.  Normally only one scene is kept in memory at a 
time, so if you open one scene and then antoher, the first one 
must be saved on disk before the second one is loaded.  Use a 
higher value if you find yourself switching between scenes 
frequently and you don't want to load them from disk each time.  
This is useful only if you have lots of memory.

"priority=5" 0..128 [MP] - Sets the task priority while playing a 
video.  The music subtask priority is set to one higher and the 
sound subtask priority is set to two higher.  If you set this 
value too high, other tasks on your Amiga may not be able to run 
and you may be forced to reboot.  Use this at your own risk.

"preload=no" [P] - Use this in conjunction with "numscenes."  
Before a video is played, the indicated number of scenes will be 
preloaded into memory.  This eliminates a disk I/O delay between 
scenes. You still need to use "preload' on any parts you want 
preloaded.

"xoffset=0" -32..32 [MP] - An offset added to the x value in a 
video's view track.  Use this if someone generates a video on 
their machine and it's not centered horizontally in the screen of 
your machine.  Correct the problem by setting an x offset value 
in the tooltypes of the DVPlayer icon.

"xoverextra=32" 0..64 [MP] - The number of extra pixels added to 
a normal screen width to get overscan.  Normally this is 32, so 
that overscan would be 352.  A professional video user may want 
to change this so that he doesn't have to manually set the 
overscan size each time.  Since values larget than 32 may cause 
trouble, only experts should use this option.

"yoffset=0" -32..32 [MP] - An offset added to they y value in a 
video's view track.  Use this if someone generates a video on 
their machine and it is not centered vertically in the screen of 
your machine.  Correct the problem by setting a y offset value in 
the tooltypes of the DVPlayer icon.

"yoverextra=40" 0..80 [MPI] - (The default on a PAL machine is 
34.)  The number of extra pixels added to a normal screen height 
to get overscan.  Normally this is 40, so that overscan would be 
240.  A professional video user may want to change this so that 
the overscan size does not have to be set manually each time.  
Since values larger than 40 may cause trouble, only experts 
should use this option.

"vpspacing=3" 1..10 [MP] - Sets the number of blank video lines 
to skip between viewports in a view.  A professional video user 
may need to reduce this value.  Smaller values may cause errors 
in the color palette, and larger values may cause the control 
panel to be invisible.

Appendix E:  Keyboard Equivalents

DVMaker
Project Menu
A-R  New
A-O  Open
A-S  Save
A-K  Play Scene
A-L  Play Video
A-Q  Quit

Edit Menu
A-E  Erase
A-X  Cut
A-C  Copy
A-P  Paste

DVMOVER
Project Menu
A-O  Load Video
A-C  Copy Video
A-M  Move Video
A-S  Save Video
A-R  Rename Video
A-Q  Quit

INSTANTSLIDE SHOW
Project Menu
A-M  Move Video
A-Q  QUIT

PARTS MENU

KEYBOARD COMMANDS FROM THE PREVIEW SCREEN

Esc - Ends previewing and closes the Preview screen.  You can 
also choose Close from the Preview menu to return to the 
requester and shut down the Preview screen.  This key also 
cancels a drag operation if you are dragging an object.

Arrows - Up, down, left and right scroll the Preview screen.

l - Displays the previous frame of the selected Anim or 
AnimBrush, or displays the previous cel of the selected figure.  
This key has no function for other Parts.

2 - Displays the next frame of the selected Anim or AnimBrush.  
This key has no function for other Parts.

a - Toggles the display of all other Parts on the same track.

b - Moves (pushes) selected object to back.

c - Uses the color palette of the selected object.

C - Uses default color palette

d - deletes a point, just like the Delete button on the Path 
requester.

f - moves (pops) the selected object to the front.

h - Cuts the image size in half, down to a minimum of 1/8 full size.

H - doubles the image size, but to no more than full size.

i - inserts a new point, just like the Insert button on the Path 
requester.

j - switches to the alternate preview screen, if there is one.  
For the Position and MoveTo effects, pressing this key switches 
between the Preview What and the Preview Where options.  For the 
MovePath effect, pressing this key switches between the Trace and 
Edit screens.

@ - Toggles feedback of coordinates while dragging an object.

+ - Selects the next pint and draws the Object there.

- - Selects the previous point and draws the Object there.

You can also exit the Preview screen by clicking the front/back 
gadget in the upper right corner.  However, the screen is still 
present in the background; you must click the Preview button on 
the requester to eliminate the preview screen.  Choose Close from 
the Preview menu to return to the Parts requester and shut down 
the Preview Screen.

CONTROL PANEL
The Control Panel buttons can be manipulated from the Keyboard.

Power    [Esc]
Rewind to Start  [F1]
Previous Scene  [Shift-Tab]
Scene Start  [Left-Shift <--]
Pause    [v]
Forward   [-->]
Fast Forward  [Right-Shift -->]
Next Scene   [Tab]
Single Step  [F2]
Loop    [F3]
Audio    [F4]
MIDI    [F5]

Alt Esc - Quit playing the current video and skip to the next one
(if you have shift-selected a series of videos to play)