Add Effects to Images

This dialog allow to add effects to the image.

Command Syntax

The column Effect support the following syntax (Version 2, from December 2021).

• Levels separated by "|"

Main commands

One per level

• DrawEllipse:
• DrawHtml:
  Print the text specified in the Text column.
  TextStyle and Speech style should be "none"
• DrawImage:
  Draw the specified image file.
  The image is resized.
  Use for inserting a logo.
• DrawMarkdown
  Convert the markdown text specified in the Text column to html and print.
  TextStyle and Speech style should be "none",
  See further explanation below.
• DrawRect:
  Draw a rectangle at the specified position and with specified size.
• DrawText:
  Draw a text. The text is resized to fit the rectangle.
• FFmpeg:
  You can enter an FFmpeg command
  Examples:
  • FFmpeg:drawbox=x=400:y=100:w=300:h=200:color=pink@0.5:t=fill
  • FFmpeg:scale=4*iw:-1,crop=iw/4:ih/4
• ObjectClip:rowid
  It use an object defined in the table Clip column Effects with the RowId specified
  • Example: ObjectClip:id=001,pos=800:300,size=500:300
    Use the object defined, but with a specified size.
• ObjectStyle:rowid
  It use an object defined in the table TextStyle column Effects with the RowId specified
  • Example: ObjectStyle:id=frect,pos=800:300,size=500:300
    Use the object defined, but with a specified size.
  • Use to automate the object creation and styling.
    Create the object in the table Clip and then copy in the TextStyle table.
• Rescale:
• SelectRect:
  It makes the rest of the image darker.
• VideoCut:
• ZoomIn:

Elements (separated by ";")

Are relative the the commands.

• ;Arrow:
  Add and arrow next to the form
  • ,align= 1 to 9, numeric on the keyboard
  • ,dim=1 to 5
• ;Number
  • ,text=
  • ,align=1 to 9 , numeric on the keyboard
  • ,dim= 1 to 5
• ;Grid:numberpixels
  Will display a grid every specified pixels.
  Example: ";Grid:100,fill=yellow" grid every 100 pixels in yellow.

It use the styles of the main command, unless a different style is specified.

Attributes (separated by comma ",")

Attribute are added to the commands or to the elements.

• ,align=[number 0 to 9)
  Used for Elements Number and Arrow.
  The position of the elements is as the key on the numeric keyboard.
• ,Dim=1 to 5
  The size of the Elements Number and Arrow.
• ,border=color:[width]
• ,color=color //text color
• ,endtime=hh:mm:ss.mmm
  for VideoCut
• ,fill=color:[pattern]
• id=RowId
  Use the text at the row with the specified RowId
  For ObjectStyle it retrieve the effect specified in the table TextStyle
• image=filename
  for DrawImage
• ,opacity=number (0 to 1)
• ,pos=x:y
• seconds=seconds
  for ZoomIn
• starttime=hh:mm:ss.mmm
  for VideoCut
• ,size=width:height
• ,style=stylename
  Use the content of the column Effects in the table TextStyles at the line with the id stylename.
  Examples:
  • DrawRect:pos=800:200,size=500:400,style=saa,border=blue:30
• ,text=text
  Use the text that is specified.
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Examples

• SelectRect:pos=800:300,size=500:400,border=red:3;Arrow:align=1,dim=3,fill=yellow;Number,text=1,align=7,dim=3
• DrawImage:pos=900:300,size=200:100,image=filename.png,pen=red
• DrawRect:pos=900:300,size=200:100,border=red:3,fill=yellow;Number:1:9:3;Number:6:5:3;Number:3:7:3
• DrawRect:pos=900:300,size=200:100,border=red:3

DrawMarkdown

Markdown is syntax that can be converted easily to html
You can create slides and reuse.

This is an example of markdown text

# Title 1

## Title 2

### Title 3

Proof of **bold** *italic*

* line 1
* line 2
* line 3

This commands allows to use markdown in the text.

• When using this command the columns TextStyle and SpeechStyle should be set to none.
• The markdown text is rendered in html using the style defined in the file _video.css in the table Documents
• Example:
  DrawMarkdown:pos=200:100,size=800:600

With the DrawMarkdown command you can use also this elements:

• ;HtmlSelectLi:2
  A class "selected" is added to the specifiend html tags "li" ;
  This you can display an item with a different style.
• ;HtmlAddClass:classname
  A class "classname" is added to all html tags that belong to the markdowns.
  You can have styles specific to a single markdown.