Location
- Navigation side bar:
- Central work area: or
- Right panel: > (
) or
8.12.10.5 Positioning a layer
Positioning the background source
A mix background layer with a source assigned can be moved using the same principles as the layer position. Moving the source within the mix background layer will show different parts of the image depending on the position. This can create the illusion of animation or allow for the switching of the background image without needing to change the source.
Methods to position a layer
There are three main methods to position a layer in the scene. All three methods can be used to fine tune the position of the layer within the scene.
Note: Layers can be partially or fully outside the active area of the screen destination. The parts outside the active area will not be visible.
- Dragging and dropping the layer in the desired location within the scene.
Modifying the layers absolute and with one of the following methods in the right panel:
- Using the slider (reference 75): drag the white ball over the slider until the desired amount is reached.
- Entering a value (reference 68): enter any desired value in the input field.
- Using the + and - buttons: click on the (reference 70) to increase the value with one point and on the (reference 69) to decrease the value with one point.
- Aligning the layer to another selected layer with the bottom panel. For more information, see the following procedure.
- 47
- Category selection
- 65
- Selected layer label
- 66
- Key layer type radio button
- 67
- Layer settings sub menus
- 68
- Layer window input field
- 69
- Decrease layer window button
- 70
- Increase layer window button
- 71
- Lock or unlock aspect ratio toggle button
- 72
- Refresh settings
- 73
- Reset changes button
- 74
- Show or hide section button
- 75
- Layer window slider
- 76
- Matte color toggle
- 77
- PIP layer type radio button
How to align using the bottom panel
- Click on the desired destination from the top panel or desired screen destination group from the bottom panel.
Is the layer locked (
)?- If yes, click the unlock icon (
) in the bottom panel (reference 34) and go to next step. - If no, go to next step.
Note: If the layer is a split layer that is transitioned to program, then the layer must either be removed from program or program must be unlocked before it can be edited in preview.
Image 8–122 - 4
- Left align selection
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- Vertical middle align selection
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- Right align selection
- 7
- Top align selection
- 8
- Horizontal middle align selection
- 9
- Bottom align selection
- 10
- Horizontal distribute selection
- 11
- Vertical distribute selection
- 12
- Make selections same size
- 13
- Align selection with the right destination border
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- Align selection with the bottom destination border
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- Align selection with the center of the destination
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- Align selection with the vertical center of the destination
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- Align selection with the horizontal center of the destination
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- Align selection with the top destination border
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- Align selection with the left destination border
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- Move selection up in Z-order
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- Move selection to top in Z-order
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- Move selection to bottom in Z-order
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- Move selection down in Z-order
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- Size selection to fill horizontal
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- Size selection to fill vertical
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- Size selection to the source
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- Size selection to fill horizontal and vertical
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- Cut preview to program
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- Transition preview to program
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- Transition frames input field
- 31
- Execute move animation button
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- Crossfade drop down
- 33
- Toggle selected layer opacity in software
- 34
- Lock or unlock selection
- 35
- Arm button
- 36
- Toggle selection between preview and program
- 37
- Split or unsplit layer
- 38
- Merge or unmerge layer
- 39
- Match program to preview button
- 40
- Reset modifications of selection
- 41
- Reset modifications to all layers
- 42
- Select all layers
- 43
- Freeze selection
- 44
- Swap layer modifications between preview and program
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- Hide or show selected layer from presets
- 46
- Remove selections
- If yes, click the unlock icon (
Select all the layers that must be aligned.
Tip: Hold CTRL or ⌘ to select multiple entries at once. If this does not work, enable the keyboard shortcuts in the settings. For more information, see “Keyboard shortcuts”.Click on the desired alignments (reference 4 through 19, Image 8–122) from the bottom panel.
Note: Some options are only available when three or more layers are selected.- Click the save icon (
) in the header.