13: Tool Reference

Common Tool Configuration

Tool configuration is stored at by default in Documents/Paint/Tools folder. Each of the sub-directories contains a tool.xml file that configures the tool and it's resources. Beware the changes in tool.xml are applied only when the tool is drag/dropped to the tool palette. The Paint profile file (.top ) in Documents/Paint/Profiles contains tool.xml content of all tools installed in the palette.

All tool.xml files support the following common tool parameters:

(parameters in italics are advanced)

Tools placed to the tool palette allow changing their configuration by clicking the right mouse button and selecting Properties... item in the popup menu. Changes in configuration are applied immediately when the property dialog is closed.

Value types

• Duration is expressed in fields. For example 50 fields per second.
• Color is a vector of Red, Green, Blue and Alpha. Values are in range from 0.0 to 1.0.
• Opacity is a number from 0.0 (fully transparent) to 1.0 (fully opaque).

Tool Texture Settings

Most tools are rendering graphical elements covered with texture. There are two possible types of texture source that can be used with Paint:

For any texture, a standard set of properties is available.

GTC Texture Play Modes

The PlayMode property gives user precise control over the presentation of the .gtc-based texture while the clip is being played. A detailed description of individual modes follows.

Diagrams are showing timeline overview, with following colors:

	Paint clip range (between in- and out- point)
	Drawing production range
	.gtc clip frame being displayed

Loop

Default play mode for most tools. Start of the texture playback is not synchronized with the start of the graphics production. As a result, the texture shows an arbitrary clip frame at the beginning of the production.

PlayIn_Loop

Allows to synchronize the start of the texture playback with the beginning of the production. Useful in combination with the LoopStart property to use .gtc clips having some in-effect rendered in: at the start of the production, the texture starts to play from its beginning, continuing to the loop over its trailing part.

PlayIn_Pause_PlayOut

Starts playback of texture in sync with the start of the production, pausing playback of the gtc clip at the frame specified by PauseFrame property value. As the production continues close to its end, the playback is unpaused and the trailing part of the cursor clip is played out, finishing together with the end of the production.

‎Column

chyron.paint.tools.column.ColumnTool

Displays a textured 3D column with a textured spot on the ground. Supports keyframed animation. Requires pitch calibration.

Tracking: 3D

Keyframing: yes

Chroma key: column spot only

Counter

aki.paint.tools.counter.CounterTool

Displays a numeric value over background graphics. In the specified time interval, the value runs in given range.

Two modes are supported (see CountMode property):

Counting in pause can be enabled by setting the RelativeCounting property to true. When set to false, the counter shows the same number during pause.

Optionally, an additional label can be displayed, showing a text content retrieved from accompanying labels.csv file. Individual labels in file are newline-separated. To split label text into multiple lines, use a comma character.

Placing the counter shows up a counter settings dialog:

After closing, the dialog can be opened again by RMB over the tool button, selecting the Edit... item in the popup menu. Placing another counter into the video also makes the dialog appear.

Parameters “Count From” and “Count To” could be remotely modified by the following XML-based protocol actions:

<SetToolCounterFrom value=”...”/>

Tracking: Screen, Motion

Keyframing: no

Chroma key: no

Configurable parameters

Font parameters

Cursor

aki.paint.tools.cursor.CursorTool

Image or .gtc clip that is put into image by clicking a mouse. Can be dragged with a mouse after it is placed. Supports keyframe animation.

Tracking: Screen, ScreenMotion, 3D

Keyframing: yes

Chroma key: yes

Example

<Tool type="aki.paint.tools.cursor.CursorTool">
<Id value="CursorCircle"/>
<File value="circle.png"/>
<Size value="0.5"/>
<Perspective value="0"/>
<KeyframeAnimEnabled value="1" />
</Tool>

Redefining GTC cursor color with ColorMatrix property

Paint allows you to customize the color of .gtc clip-cursor. We provide animcursor1.gtc. You can redefine the colors in that cursor.

Use the popup menu on a tool button to open the Properties editor. Change color mode of the ColorMatrix property to Three Colors mode. Colors are then replaced by following rules:

• The first color replaces Red
• The second color replaces Green
• The third color replaces Blue
• The final color is computed as a mix of all three replacing colors modulated by the original RGB values in the cip.

If the provided cursor has 2 colors only, select 2 colors of your choice and the original colors in the cursor will be replaced.

Cursor With Trail

aki.paint.tools.advancedcursor.CursorWithTrailTool

Image or .gtc clip that is put into image by clicking a mouse. Can be dragged with a mouse after it is placed. Supports keyframe animation. While the keyframe is animated, it leaves a trail stroke.

Trail stroke can have applied fade off gradient (see TrailAlphaGrad... properties).

Used preferably with a PlaceModelScreenMotion place.

To not show trailing stroke through the cursor, usage of masked .gtc clip for cursor is recommended. See Masked .gtc clip chapter for details.

Tracking: ScreenMotion, 3D

Keyframing: yes

Chroma key: yes

Example

<Tool type="aki.paint.tools.advancedcursor.CursorWithTrailTool">
<Id value="CursorWithTrail"/>
<File value="playerMasked.gtc"/>
<Size value="1.2"/>
<Thumbnail value="tCursorWithTrail.png" />
<ThumbnailColoringEnabled value="true" />
<ChromaKeyEnabled value="1" />
<KeyframeAnimEnabled value="1"/>
<PlaceType value="aki.productplacement.place.screen.PlaceModelScreenMotion"/>
<StrokeColor value="[0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0]"/>
<StrokeThickness value="2"/>
<StrokeTexture value="line_dash.png"/>
</Tool>

CutOut

aki.paint.cutout.tools.cutout.CutOutTool

CutOut tool allows to highlight, move or resize players.

Object detection

After selecting the tool, Paint starts to automatically detect suitable objects in video. Detected objects are presented to user by displaying their bounding boxes. Because the automatic detection is based on chroma keyer data, it is necessary to have chroma keyer set properly to get suitable detection results.

Mask editor

Results of automatic detection can be further enhanced using mask editor. To start the mask editor, click a scissors button in a preview, then click an object you want to edit. Preview window zooms to the selected object and a mask editor toolbar shows up.

Mask editor supports multiple different tools:

Effects

The tool is applied by clicking one of the players. CutOut effects are applied immediately after the player has been selected.

CutOut tool supports three effects that can be combined arbitrarily.

Preparing for production

It is recommended to use the CutOut tool in Playback Speed tool pause, otherwise it will be only applied to the current frame. When created, CutOut effects are applied from the time of the creation for a time period defined by the DefaultProductionLength property. To control duration of CutOut effects production, use the Production Start/End button.

All types of In/Out Effects are supported, though mixing DRAW with multiple keyframe move effect is not recommended.

Keyframed move effect

Since Paint 9.4 it is possible to create a keyframed animation of move effect, meaning the player will smoothly pass through any path defined by these keyframes.

• Jog to the timecode when the player should start moving (in a pause).
• Click on the desired player.
• Jog forward to another time.
• Drag the player to another place.

To define more keyframes, simply repeat steps 3 and 4. If a keyframe is defined outside current CutOut production, it is automatically extended. The move effect will always start in the original player position so it's not possible to drag the player in the timecode of creation.

Tool properties reference

Sequential Cursor

aki.paint.tools.cursor.SequentialCursorTool

The tool has predefined sequence of images/gtc clips. Once you place sequential cursor into the screen, it automatically changes its resource file. Next placed cursor is different.

This is useful e.g. to place sequence of cursors with numbers. The number is automatically increased.

The sequence is reset on Clear or after reaching the maximum index within the sequence.

Tracking: Screen, ScreenMotion, 3D

Keyframing: yes

Chroma key: yes

Example

<Tool type="aki.paint.tools.cursor.SequentialCursorTool">
<Id value="SequentialCursor"/>
<FilePattern value="numbered_cursor_red_%s.png"/>
<Size value="1.2"/>
<ChromaKeyEnabled value="1" />
<PlaceType  value="aki.productplacement.place.screen.PlaceModelScreenMotion"/>
<StrokeFile value="lineDashed.fhs" />
<KeyframeAnimEnabled value="1"/>
<SequenceBegin value="1"/>
<SequenceEnd value="9"/>
</Tool>
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Number tool

aki.paint.tools.numbertool.NumberTool

Similar to sequential cursor, a number value is rendered as pure text.

Value is incremented every time, when a drawing is placed on the screen.

The value is set to first number value on Clear or after reaching the last number value.

Font parameters

Tracking: Screen, ScreenMotion, 3D

Keyframing: yes

Chroma key: no

Example

<Tool type="aki.paint.tools.numbertool.NumberTool">
<Thumbnail value="tNumberTool.png"/>
<File value="background.png"/>
<KeyframeAnimEnabled value="true"/>
<Size value="0.5"/>
<FontHAlign value="CENTER"/>
<FontVAlign value="CENTER"/>
<FontResolution value="50"/>
<TextSize value="100"/>
<ThumbnailColoringEnabled value="false"/>
</Tool>

Linked Cursors

aki.paint.tools.advancedcursor.LinkedCursorsTool

Group of cursors connected by stroke link. Defined by subsequent clicking into the video. Cursors can be dragged to create keyframe animation.

To not show link stroke through the cursors, usage of masked .gtc clip for cursors is recommended. See Masked .gtc clip chapter for details.

Linked cursors

It is possible to display a text showing a distance between cursor points. Distance text appearance is controlled from the Distance property tab. An important property is a TrackingType that decides how the distance text is presented:

Distance text supports background texture. Background texture is controlled from the Distance Texture properties tab.

Tracking: Screen, ScreenMotion, 3D

Keyframing: yes

Chroma key: yes

Example:

<Tool type="aki.paint.tools.advancedcursor.LinkedCursorsTool">
<Id value="LinkedCursors"/>
<File value="playerMasked.gtc"/>
<Size value="1.2"/>
<FillEnabled value="true"/>
<FillColor value="[1.0,0.0,0.0,1.0]"/>
<Thumbnail value="tLinkedCursors.png"/>
<ThumbnailColoringEnabled value="true"/>
<ChromaKeyEnabled value="1"/>
<KeyframeAnimEnabled value="1"/>
<PlaceType value="aki.productplacement.place.screen.PlaceModelScreen"/>
<StrokeThickness value="3"/>
<StrokeColor value="[0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0]"/>
</Tool>

Freehand

aki.paint.tools.freehand.FreehandTool

Allows to paint strokes by dragging the mouse over the image.

Tracking: Screen, ScreenMotion

Keyframing: no

Chroma key: yes

<Tool type="aki.paint.tools.freehand.FreehandTool">
<Id value="Freehand" />
<Color value="[1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0]" />
<Thumbnail value="tFreehand.png" />
<ThumbnailColoringEnabled value="true" />
<ChromaKeyEnabled value="false"/>
<Thickness value="10"/>
<Smooth value="true"/>
<LineJoin value="MITER"/>
<Texture value="arrow.png"/>
<TextureSpeed value="1"/>
</Tool>

Line

aki.paint.tools.freehand.LineTool

Allows to paint straight line strokes by dragging mouse over the image from the line's start point to its end point.

Tracking: Screen, ScreenMotion

Keyframing: no

Chroma key: yes

<Tool type="aki.paint.tools.freehand.LineTool">
<Id value="StraightArrow" />
<Color value="[1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0]" />
<Thumbnail value="tStraightArrow.png" />
<ThumbnailColoringEnabled value="true" />
<PlaceType
value="aki.productplacement.place.screen.PlaceModelScreenMotion" />
<Thickness value="10"/>
<Stretch value="[0.05, 0.08]"/>
<Texture value="StraightArrow.png"/>
<LineCap value="FLAT"/>
</Tool>

Animated Line

aki.paint.tools.animatedline.AnimatedLineTool

Allows to paint straight line stroke by creating begin and end point. Points can be keyframe animated.

Tracking: Screen, ScreenMotion

Keyframing: yes

Chroma key: yes

<Tool type="aki.paint.tools.animatedline.AnimatedLineTool">
<Thumbnail value="tAnimatedLine.png"/>
<ThumbnailColoringEnabled value="true"/>
</Tool>

Polygon

aki.paint.tools.freehand.PolygonTool

Allows to define closed polygon by subsequently clicking points into the image. Polygon creation is finished by either clicking back to the starting point or by switching to different tool.

Tracking: Screen, ScreenMotion

Keyframing: no

Chroma key: yes

<Tool type="aki.paint.tools.freehand.PolygonTool">
<Id value="Polygon"/>
<Color value="[1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0]"/>
<Thumbnail value="tPolygon.png"/>
<ThumbnailColoringEnabled value="true"/>
<PlaceType  value="aki.productplacement.place.screen.PlaceModelScreenMotion"/>
<ChromaKeyEnabled value="1"/>
<FillTexture value="white.png"/>
<FillColor value="[0.0,0.0,0.5,0.5]"/>
<Thickness value="5"/>
<LineCap value="FLAT"/>
</Tool>

Trail

aki.paint.tools.trailtool.TrailTool

Keyframe animated trail stroke.

Trail stroke can have applied fade off gradient (see TrailAlphaGrad... properties).

Used preferably with a PlaceModelScreenMotion place.

Tracking: Screen, ScreenMotion

Keyframing: yes

Chroma key: yes

<Tool type="aki.paint.tools.trailtool.TrailTool">
<ResourcePath value="Trail"/>
<Thumbnail value="tTrail.png"/>
<Color value="[1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0]"/>
<Texture value="trail.png"/>
<Stretch value="[0.1,0.5]"/>
</Tool>

Zone Polygon

aki.paint.tools.advancedcursor.DecoratedPolygonTool

Filled polygon area which points are defined by clicking into the image. Displays image/clip decorations at the polygon vertices.

Tracking: Screen, ScreenMotion, 3D

Keyframing: yes

Chroma key: yes

Example:

<Tool type="aki.paint.tools.advancedcursor.DecoratedPolygonTool">
<Id value="DecoratedPolygon"/>
<File value="spark.png"/>
<Size value="0.3"/>
<Thumbnail value="tDecoratedPolygon.png"/>
<ThumbnailColoringEnabled value="true"/>
<ChromaKeyEnabled value="1"/>
<PlaceType  value="aki.productplacement.place.screen.PlaceModelScreenMotion"/>
<StrokeThickness value="2"/>
<StrokeTexture value="stroke.png"/>
<StrokeStretch value="[0, 1]"/>
<StrokeColor value="[1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0]"/>
<FillTexture value="white.png"/>
<FillColor value="[0.0,0.0,0.5,0.5]"/>
<Closed value="true"/>
</Tool>

Thumbnail coloring

Thumbnail coloring is controlled by ThumbnailColoringEnabled property. When is enabled, thumbnail pixels are colored with tool colors according to following table:

Label

aki.paint.tools.label.LabelTool

Label tool combines an on-screen image/clip displaying some information with a keyframe-animated pointer line.

Tracking: Screen,

Keyframing: yes

Chroma key: no

Example

<Tool type="aki.paint.tools.label.LabelTool">
<Thumbnail value="tLabel.png"/>
<LabelFile value="../DriverAssets/driver1.png"/>
<ConnectorThickness value="5" />
<ConnectorTexture value="connector.gtc" />
<ConnectorTextureLoopStart value="49" />
<ConnectorStretch value="[0, 0.99]" />
<LabelLoopStart value="350"/>
<ThumbnailTextYPos value="30"/>
<ThumbnailTextSize value="15"/>
<ThumbnailText value="Label"/>
<ThumbnailTextColor value="[0,0.5,0,1]"/>
<LabelContentPath value="../DriverAssets"/>
</Tool>

Light Shaft

aki.paint.tools.offside.LightShaftTool

Light shaft tool allows to highlight a player by spotlight. Tool is composed from a spot at the bottom and a shaft coming from the top.

Tracking: no

Keyframing: yes

Chroma key: yes

Example

<Tool type="aki.paint.tools.lightshaft.LightShaftTool">
<File value="Spot.png"/>
<ShaftFile value="Shaft.gtc"/>
<Size value="0.6"/>
<Perspective value="0.17230769"/>
<Color value="[1.0,0.9,0.793,1.0]"/>
<ShaftType value="FIXED"/>
<ShaftOriginX value="0.44"/>
<ShaftOriginY value="1.5"/>
<TopShaftSize value="0.2"/>
<BottomShaftSize value="0.85"/>
</Tool>

Eye View

aki.paint.tools.eyeview.EyeViewTool

Eye view tool allows to highlight the view range from the player's point of view.

Tracking: no

Keyframing: yes

Chroma key: yes

Example

<Tool type="aki.paint.tools.eyeview.EyeViewTool">
<File value="EyeView.png"/>
<Thumbnail value="tEyeView.png"/>
<ThumbnailColoringEnabled value="false"/>
</Tool>

Offside

aki.paint.tools.offside.OffsideTool

Offside tool allows to show virtual offside at specified time.

After setting up line, and saving to the clip, clip playback automatically stops at the offside time and the line shows up. Starting the playback again starts out effect.

Single offside line can be drawn at one time.

Tracking: always

Keyframing: no

Keyframing: always

Example

<Tool type="aki.paint.tools.offside.OffsideTool">
<Id value="Offside"/>
<Texture value="offside_line.png"/>
<Thumbnail value="tOffside.png"/>
<OffsideZoneWidth value="500"/>
<TextureCoordinateSpace value="[512,8]"/>
<TextureOffsideLinePos value="7"/>
</Tool>

Pause

aki.paint.tools.pause.PauseTool

Pitch Focus

aki.paint.tools.pitchfocus.PitchFocusTool

The tool applies discolor and blur effects to an area surrounding pitch bounds. Requires pitch calibration.

Properties of the effect applied to pitch surroundings can be controlled in global Settings dialogue, on the Discolor page.

Configurable parameters

 

Pitch Zone

aki.paint.tools.pitchzone.PitchZoneTool

The tool highlights single or multiple zones on the pitch with desired background texture and border. Zone is a rectangular strip spanning across the shorter dimension of the pitch with configurable length.

Zones can be defined in the Zones section of the tool Property Editor in a simple click and drag manner.

Tracking: 3D

Keyframing: no

Chroma key: yes

Often used zone configurations can be also saved as presets and shared between individual Pitch Zone tools.

Presets are stored in an external file:

Documents/Paint9/PitchZones/zonePresets.xml

Configurable parameters

Trajectory

aki.paint.tools.trajectory.TrajectoryTool

Usage

The tool is designed to work in a clip, not live.

Jog to the start of the object trajectory and select the tool. Select the flying object and jog forward about half a second (do not make steps more then one second apart). Repeat until the end of the trajectory. You should have about 10 key frames on the trajectory.

When the ball is lost during the tracking then mark it immediately when it returns back. The tool tries to approximate the missing path.

During the manual object tracking process, the opacity and thickness gradient is disabled. This is done deliberately to help you see the current shape of the trajectory.

After you finished making the trajectory save your work to the clip!

When you select the clip again, you should see the visualized trajectory (including opacity and thickness gradient).

This tool requires reliable camera motion tracking. The tracking will likely fail if the object is tracked against a solid color area, like a clean blue sky.

When the object is blurred due to motion blur, try to always select the same spot on the blurred blob. It is better to select the head of the trajectory. Not the average of the blob.

Configurable parameters

Power property

The power properties controls the shape of the gradient. See the following graph. The X axis is the position along the curve from the beginning to the end. The Y axis is the value that is used to module the parameter (either opacity or thickness). At the beginning of the trajectory, the parameter has full value that decreases up to the specified end value. The way the value decreases is determined by the power property.

Example

<Tool type="aki.paint.tools.trajectory.TrajectoryTool">
<Id value="Trajectory"/>
<Thumbnail value="tTrajectory.png"/>
<ChromaKeyEnabled value="0"/>
<Thickness value="2.5"/>
<Texture value="line_dash.png"/>
<PlaceType value="aki.productplacement.place.screen.PlaceModelScreenMotion"/>
<OpacityStartLength value="3"/>
<OpacityEndValue value="0"/>
<OpacityEndPower value="2"/>
<ThicknessEndFactor value="0.5"/>
<ThicknessEndPower value="1"/>
<TextureStretch value="0.1"/>
</Tool>

Tag

aki.paint.tools.tag.TagTool

Image or .gtc clip that is put into image by clicking a mouse. Can be dragged with a mouse after it is placed. Supports keyframe animation. Supports pausing at specified gtc frame, playing out the rest of the clip as a cut-out effect.

Tag graphics can display additional textual layers that’s content that can change in time according to user-defined timeline.

Font parameters

Tracking: Screen, ScreenMotion, 3D

Keyframing: yes

Chroma key: no

Example

<Tool type="aki.paint.tools.tag.TagTool">
 <File value="Tags/tag.gtc"/>
<PauseFrame value="15"/>
<ThumbnailTextColor value="[.1, .1, .1, 1]"/>
<ThumbnailTextYPos value="35" />
<ThumbnailTextSize value="15"/>
<ThumbnailText value="Tag"/>
<ContentPath value="Tags"/>
<AnchorPoint value="[0.5,0.4]"/>
</Tool>

Tackle Box

aki.paint.tools.tacklebox.TackleBoxTool

Textured rectangle drawn onto the pitch to highlight an area at the pitch. Displays color outline at the head side of the box.

Insertion is optimized to quickly set up the correct pitch perspective. Use following workflow to define the rectangle shape:

• A head line is defined by clicking and dragging the left mouse button over the video. A tackle box graphics appears in its default perspective.
• A manipulator shows up over the head line, following the mouse. Dragging the manipulator lets user define the first horizontal perspective line.
• Another manipulator following the mouse shows up to define the second horizontal perspective line.

Properties allow to define textured fill of the inner area and textured outline. Both textures can be colored using Color or ColorMatrix coloring. Setting empty texture filename results in solid color fill/outline.

Tracking: Motion

Keyframing: no

Chroma key: yes

Example

<Tool type="aki.paint.tools.tacklebox.TackleBoxTool">
<TextureFile value="texture.png"/>
<TextureLoopStart value="0"/>
<OutlineThickness value="2"/>
<OutlineTexture value="stroke.png"/>
<OutlineColor value="[1, 1, 0, 1]"/>
<FillColor value="[1, 1, 1, 1]"/>
</Tool>

Thumbnail coloring

Thumbnail coloring is controlled by ThumbnailColoringEnabled property. When is enabled, thumbnail pixels are colored with tool colors according to following table:

ZoomSpot

aki.paint.tools.zoomspot.ZoomSpotTool

Shows a spot shape (either circular or rectangular) with optional zoom effect inside. Saturation of video outside the spot can be dimmed.

 

Tracking: Screen, ScreenMotion

Keyframing: yes

Chroma key: no

Example

<Tool type="aki.paint.tools.zoomspot.ZoomSpotTool">
<Id value="Zoom"/>
<Zoom value="2.0"/>
<Size value="0.35"/>
<BWFactor value="0.5"/>
<Thumbnail value="tZoom.png"/>
<Texture value="zoomspot_line.png"/>
<TextureCoordinateSpace value="[65,8]"/>
<TextureSpotEdgePos value="7"/>
<RimThickness value="0.018"/>
</Tool>

‎ZoomClip

aki.paint.tools.zoomspot.ZoomSpotTool

Shows a clip with optional zoom effect inside of the masked part of clip.

Tracking: Screen

Keyframing: yes

Chroma key: no

Example

<Tool type="aki.paint.tools.zoomclip.ZoomClipTool">
<Id value="Zoom"/>
<Zoom value="2.0"/>
<Size value="0.35"/>
</Tool>

Zoom Pan

aki.paint.tools.zoompan.ZoomPanTool

Zoom Pan tool allows to select zoomed picture area in the video footage. Available both for Live and recorded footage.

Zoom Pan can be animated, stored into the clip, and replayed together with the clip.

There is a playback speed timeline integrated into the zoom pan tool. Timeline allows to schedule playback speed changes into the ZoomPan production. Additionally, the timeline shows ZoomPan keyframes for better overview of created animation.

Pan

When the video is zoomed-in, panning is used to change the viewport of the video sequence. Simply drag the Video preview canvas with the left mouse button down.

Controls

 

 

 

Zoom Pan animations with Pause and Slow Motion blocks

You can use the Zoom Pan tool with Pause/Slow motion at once to create more advanced animations.

Example (Pause during Zoom-in and Zoom-out, Slow motion playback in-between).

More info is in chapter Playback speed timeline.

Supported features

Tracking: None

Keyframing: yes

Chroma key: no

Example of configuration

<Tool type="aki.paint.tools.zoompan.ZoomPanTool">
<Thumbnail value="tZoomPan.png" />
</Tool>

Playback Speed

aki.paint.tools.playbackspeed.PlaybackSpeedTool

This tool allows to insert pause or slow motion blocks into clip playback.

More info is in chapter Playback speed timeline.

Example

<Tool type="aki.paint.tools.playbackspeed.PlaybackSpeedTool">
<Thumbnail value="tPlaybackSpeed.png"/>
</Tool>

Blocking Line

aki.paint.tools.freehand.PolyLineTool

Special kind of Poly Line with blocking marker at the end. See Poly Line for list of properties.‎

Subtitles

chyron.subtitlestool.SubtitlesTool

This tool allows you to create subtitles in the video area and save them into a clip.

To create a subtitle, just select the Subtitles tool to show the input/navigation dialog. The dialog is shown only when a clip is selected.

Type in the text of the subtitle and press Enter key. Duration of one subtitle is from the point of definition to the point of redefinition to a new value.

Tracking: Screen

Keyframing: no

Chroma key: no

Arrow Tool

chyron.paint.tools.arrowtool.ArrowTool

Arrow tool allows to create 3D arrows. First you have to set perspective for the clip – see 3D Calibration. Since 3D Pitch might be defined in clip only, this tool works in clip only as well.

The arrow is composed of segments called bounces. Each bounce is controlled by three points, two of which are at the ends of the bounce and lie on the ground. The third control point is between them and controls the height of the arc.

If MultipleBounces property is checked, each click into the preview appends a bounce into currently edited arrow.

In case a simple start-to-end arrow without any bounces is desired, uncheck the MultipleBounces property. In such case new arrows are created instead of appending bounces to the last one.

It is possible to display a text showing a distance between arrow end points. Distance text appearance is controlled from the Distance property tab. An important property is a TrackingType that decides how the distance text is presented:

Distance text supports background texture. Background texture is controlled from the Distance Texture properties tab.

Tracking: 3D

Keyframing: yes

Chroma key: Off or Shadow only
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