Dataton WATCHOUT User's Guide
Dataton WATCHOUT User's Guide
Dataton WATCHOUT User's Guide
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6<br />
6<br />
MEDIA<br />
FILES<br />
<strong>WATCHOUT</strong> is a compositing tool; it does not include any media creation or<br />
editing functions. All media files to be used in your presentation must be<br />
supplied or edited using other means.<br />
This chapter provides an overview of the media and file formats supported by<br />
<strong>WATCHOUT</strong>, as well as examples of popular applications used to create or<br />
edit such media files.<br />
▼ IMPORTANT: Keep a show’s media files in a folder that is located in the<br />
same folder as the <strong>WATCHOUT</strong> show file, or in a sub-folder. This allows<br />
the software to use relative file access paths, making it easier to move the<br />
show to another disk or computer.<br />
Still Images<br />
Supported Formats<br />
Still images can be used as, stationary backgrounds, or as smaller images<br />
superimposed on other images and moved around the stage. You can also<br />
control the degree of transparency for all images.<br />
<strong>WATCHOUT</strong> reads most popular image formats, including BMP, GIF, JPEG/<br />
JFIF, MacPaint, Photoshop, PICT, PNG, RGB Planar, SGI, Targa and TIFF.<br />
In general, you should choose an image format native to the application used<br />
to create/edit the images. For example, if you use Photoshop to edit images,<br />
save the images as Photoshop files. Although most image editing applications<br />
support saving or exporting to other file formats, doing so generally causes a<br />
loss of information. This may make it difficult to edit the image later.<br />
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