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Overture Software Manual
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Revision 1.5 USING OVERTURE
• Bullets… enables the user to scale an animated or static graphic inside the crawl separating
headlines. Section 2.5.4 and 2.5.5 describes how to create and insert graphics inside the crawl.
• Resume From Last On-Air State enables the user to resume the crawl from the last state
before the crawl was faded out.
• Remove Alpha Mask removes any applied alpha masks on the crawl.
• Set Alpha Mask… enables the user to specify an external image that will shape the look of the
crawl (known as alpha mask or visibility mask). Standard images are supported where a valid
mask consists of values from 0 to 255. A value of 255 will be fully opaque, while values that
approach 0 become more transparent. A value of 0 represents complete transparency.
• Set Mode enables the user to control how the crawl initially appears on air. There are three
modes: Ramp, the crawl starts at one end of the screen and moves across to the other end;
Bar, the crawl background appears across the screen with the content starting from one end
and moving across to the other; Bar2, both the crawl background and content appear across
the entire screen.
• Set Pause… enables the user to set a pause before the start of the crawl. This is adjustable
from 0 to 30 frames.
• Set Scroll Rate … enables the user to set the scroll rate of the crawl to cross the screen. The
scroll rate is adjustable in terms of seconds or pixels per frame.
• Set Repeat Count … enables the user to set the number of times the crawl will scroll through a
complete cycle (i.e. scroll across the screen and then pause). The range for this parameter is 0
to 30 times. If the repeat count is set to 0, the crawl will continue in an endless loop.
• Set Text … enables the user to set the text of the crawl or define a Really Simple Syndication
(RSS 2.0) source for the content of the crawl.
• Delete enables the user to remove the crawl.
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In order for the Crawl to function properly, the user MUST ensure the selected
Font Type is loaded onto the device. The Utopia font is on the device by default.