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Tele Scroll 2 Information. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ================= Introduction... ================= Tele Scroll 2 is a Video Titling program. It was written with Amos v1.35 on a A600 with 2Mb and then Compiled with AmosPro Compiler. Tele Scroll 2 is Public Domain. In these instructions (and the program) I've used the following terms as follows... Set Titles - These are the titles defined by me that you can change using the Change S.T option. I.e. Editor, Producer, Director, etc. Titles - These are what you choose from the main menu, to go with your Names. Names - These are the Names to go with your Titles. Items - I've used this word to mean any/all of the above. ================ The program... ================ Unlike Tele Scroll 1, Tele Scroll 2 uses Fonts instead of Bobs. To get the best out of the scroll routine I`ve only opened a 2 colour screen and only allowed a maximum font size of 24. By doing this the Scroll is smooth plus you have a choice of 3 scroll speeds. I,ve also put a Multi-Tasking Off/On option in the program to make the scroll even smoother. I didn`t turn this Off because when I turned the Time routine On before some people told me the program didn`t work on their machines - so to make sure the same thing doesn`t happen with the Multi-tasking I`ve left you to decide wether or not to switch the Multi-tasking Off or On. Once you`ve set the Time, Multi-tasking, etc Off/On they will be left in that state until you change them again. Multi-tasking Off will automatically be Off at the start of your sequence and then back On at the end of your sequence. Multi-tasking On will just keep the multi-tasking On, all the time, as normal. To get the best results you`re better off keeping everything small. I.e. your Margins (see below), your Titles and Names, your Fonts, etc. When the program opens you will see the Main Menu with six Icons at the bottom of the screen and in the middle of the screen are some of the Titles. You simply select a Title and enter a name for it. You can have upto 18 Characters per name. I've only allowed upto 18 characters per name because, of course, if you select a large Font the Characters may not fit onto the screen. You can have upto 72 Titles and Names in your sequence, aswell as upto 50 Cast Names. ========================= Typing in your Names... ========================= If you want more than 1 name per title simply use one of the Blank titles to do so. For example, if you wanted 3 names for the title 'Screenwriters' you would do the following... 1) Enter 1 name for Screenwriters as normal 2) Go to the Blank title below 'Screenwriters' and enter 1 name for that Blank title. When you've finished simply re-enter the Blank title and type in another name. As you can see you just use the Blank title underneath your Title to add more names. If you accidently go past the blank title you can use the nearest blank title instead, but if you do this it means you can't use any titles between the blank title you missed and the nearest blank title. ============== The Icons... ============== Icon 1: Left Key - You have a Cast in your film. Right Key - You do not have a Cast in your film. Perhaps your film is a Documentary. Icon 2: Left Key - Enter your Cast name(s), if needed. Icon 3: Left Key - The Post Production menu. Icon 4: Left Key - Test and Play. This will test for errors and then play your sequence if no errors were detected. Icon 5: Left Key - The Edit menu. Icon 6: Left Key - A reminder of the Keys and Mouse Keys. Go to this menu first. =============================================== The Edit Menu and the Post Production Menu... =============================================== These menus simply allow you to Load and Save your sequence, Erase Memory, change the Scroll Speed and generally fine tune your sequence. You can Load or Save certain parts of your sequence. For example, you could load in your Wedding Titles and then load in different names for those titles or you could load in some Names and then load in different titles for those names. You must load in the same number of items. For example, you cannot load in 6 Titles and then load in 10 Names. The program won't let you quit this menu until the items are equal. Also, when you first select the above option you must load in a set of Titles and a set of Names. You cannot load in a set of Titles for example and then carry on. If you try to do this the program won't let you quit this menu until you've loaded in some Names. Once you've loaded your first set of (equal) Titles and Names you can simply load your titles and Names seperately, as long as they're equal to the last item you loaded. The Directory function on this menu simply allows you to check what's on your disk. This is only to remind you what's on your disk. It doesn't erase files, make new drawers, etc. The 'Again' button means read the directory again. This looks at 'DF0:' so if you need to read another disk's directory then simply swap disks when you are Viewing a Drawer and hit the 'Again' icon. The 'Post' button takes you back to the Post-Production menu. View Directory reads upto 60 items (Drawers and/or Files). The Scroll Arrows will not scroll the listing if 'Start' or 'End' is less or equal to 20. The Mouse has no Scroll Bar when choosing a Drawer to view so you will have to watch the Mouse's Tip when you click on a drawer's name. There are Keyboard buttons for the above. The Method function has 3 options... 1) Scroll with the Titles on the left and the Names on the right. Scroll with the Character names on the left and the Real names on the right. 2) Same as above, but only the Real names are scrolled from the Cast. This is in case you don't have any Characters in your film, just Stars. The Real names scroll in the Center of the screen. 3) Scroll with the Titles on top and the Names below. Scroll with Character names on top and the Real names below. Cast On/Off: You can turn the cast Off/On and keep the cast for later use or you can turn the cast Off completely. To toggle the Cast On/Off just enter your cast names and then use the Post-Menu to switch your Cast Off/On. To turn the Cast Off completely just press icon 1. Time: There is a routine in the program that uses your clock allowing you you to calculate the time of your sequence. The routine gives you a Start time and a End time, so you will have to calculate the time yourself. This couldn't be helped as there is no way I can set your clock to 00:00:00 for timer purposes from within Amos. However, I hope the routine is of some help to you. There is a Off/On button for those who don't have a clock, etc. Display: You can move the screen display around in the X and Y positions. This function doesn't highlight the screen so you will need to know what co-ords your Television (or Monitor) uses. Memory: If you use the Erase Memory function you will not be able to Save your items because the memory banks your items use will be erased. You will still be able to use your items though. Gap Keys: The Gap Keys are there to cut down on key pressing. For example with the Gap Total set to 1, if you wanted to change the Pause rate from 100 to 150 then you would simply set the Gap Total to 50 and press the Pause rate button once to reach 150, rather than pressing it 50 times to reach 150 when the Gap Total is set to 1. Pause: This function allows you to specify the time you wait before your sequence starts. The value you enter for this function will also be added to the end of your sequence. Note, because of this function, the Pause value is added to the start Time function and the End time function. So your actual sequence time will be a second or so less. Many of the program messages, etc, have been cut short, I.e S.T instead of Set Titles, etc simply because there wasn't enough room on the screen. If you Load some Titles and Names (whilst still on the Main Menu part of the program) you can go to the Main Menu and add other Titles and Names to the END of those you've just loaded in. Don't type in your sequence and then Load in some Titles and Names because you will overwrite the sequence you`ve just typed in. The above only applies to your Titles and Names, you cannot add Cast Names to loaded in Cast Names. ----------- Margins... ----------- Character Tail: This is the Tail size (Characters that have a tail) of your Font. The screen size is... Height of Font + Character Tail. Normal Margin: This is the Margin between each Title and Name and also the Margin between each Character name and Real name. The Screen size is... same as Character Tail + Normal Margin. Cast Title Margin: This is the Margin between the Cast Title and the first name. The screen size is... same as Normal Margin + Cast Title Margin. Cast Names Margin: This is the Margin between the last name of your Cast and the first Title. The screen size is... same as Cast Title Margin + Cast Names Margin. Method 3 uses the Cast Title Margin to put a Margin between each set of Titles and names and a Margin between each set of Character names and Real names. ======================== Testing the program... ======================== 1. Load Titles & Names - the Filename is 'Test' Load a Cast - the Filename is 'Test' 2. Hit the 'Test/Play' Icon with your Left Mouse Key and follow the prompts. When the sequence has finished you will be presented with a small menu. This gives you the following choices... Re-Run the sequence - Do I need to say more! The Edit menu - calls back the edit menu allowing you to re-edit ya sequence The Post-Production menu - calls back the post-production menu allowing you to load/save new names, titles, etc. Go back to the main menu - This goes back to the main menu and resets every- thing. You can type in new names, etc. So, as you can see, the first part of the program is really for things like typing in your names, etc. Whereas the second part (after your sequence has been shown) is for the editing side of things. You can edit your sequence before of course, if you already know your Scroll Speed, Pause Rate, etc, but on the whole it's best to edit afterwards just in case you`ve made a typing error! ====================================== Please take note of the following... ====================================== There is no Reset button for the Cast Names menu. If you make a mistake when you're in the menu just finish your Cast Names entry (by entering any old rubbish) and then simply re-enter the Cast Names menu to start again. I have not disabled the Break key so if you need to exit the program you can use the program's Quit option or press CTRL and C. To make a new disk up just put 4 Drawers on your new disk and name them the same as mine. I.e. Titles, Names, etc. You can call the Disk whatever you like because Tele Scroll 2 always looks at 'DF0:'. ============== Filenames... ============== I've only given you 15 characters for your filename because it's a bit naff for example, having to type in a filename of 20 characters or more everytime you need to load/save something...isn't it?!! I advice you to set your filename something like the following... 72WedJohn Where 72 is the number of Titles, etc in your sequence - Wed means your film is a Wedding - and 'John' is the name of your filename or the name of your Wedding Video person, etc. ============ Finally... ============ If you have any Questions, Comments, Ideas, etc, feel free to write anytime. You will find my address in the 'Keys' Icon. Note: Because I cannot trap every error, I will not take any responsibility for the loss or damage of Titles, Names and any other data, etc caused by any of the programs on this disk. =============================================================================