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3. The menus

When seen for the rst time, the Columbus 3 user interface

may seem quite complicated. To help you nd your way

around the extensive menus, the controls are explained here.

At the left of the Columbus 3 menus, you will see several

buttons on the highest level (depending on the mode selected).

They display different symbols that represent the main menus

described below.

At the left, you can see the functions Point, Look, Camera de-

tail, Text, Editor detail, Global settings, Select new object

and the corresponding Settings menu. When you click on one

of these buttons, the name of the menu thus activated will be

displayed in the header of the box in the middle. This way, you

will always know exactly in which menu you currently are.

The top four buttons serve to open menus relating to the active

(green) point. You must therefore rst ascertain that the point

desired is green.

3.1 Points menu

The Type option allows you to switch between waypoint

and key point. A waypoint merely inuences the path of the

line, but is itself not visible in the nal video. Hence, it is not

possible to set a pause time. A key point, on the other hand, is

usually linked to a visible object (such as a little ag) and has

additional options to adjust its pause time and its look.

The Line button can be used to inuence the path of the line in

the area around the point. Round is typically selected in order

to obtain a smooth curve. Angular results in a straight line

towards the point, a clear angle, and a straight line leaving the

point towards the next point. (The object moves towards the

point in a straight line and then continues on to the next point

also along a straight line.)

Pause time allows you to set a time during which the progres-

sion of the line is paused at this particular key point. This func-

tion can be used when you want to record a longer comment

in this location, or if you want to switch from the route display

to another video scene using a transition effect or if you want

to change the head object at this location.

At a key point with a pause time greater than 0, a new scene

can automatically be inserted during the calculation phase (this

is a setting in the effect options). The break will occur halfway

the pause time.

3.2 Look menu

The look of the key point as dened in the general settings can

also be changed here. You can dene the key point and chan-

ge the head object and the line setting. You can also congure

the transition effects of the key point and the head object. Use

Look to switch between the Position and View settings of key

points and head objects.

The settings enable you to switch between Local and Global.

The Object setting also allows you to select Off. In that case,

no object will be displayed at this key point, regardless of the

global settings. Normally all buttons are set to Global. This

means that the global settings are applied to the key point.

This way, all key points look the same and can be easily modi-

ed globally. Only in rare cases is it necessary to set one of the

three components to Local, when you want to make changes

to a specic point, independently of the other functions.

You can select an object with Select object and change the

Size. The available options for the global changes can also be

found in the Global settings menu (Chapter 3.6) under Key

object, Key object position, Key object view and Key object

transition and are explained there. In this Look menu, the

option Head object movement will also allow you to change

the speed of a head object at the active key point.

If you activate the setting for acceleration, the head object will

start slower in this location, or will slow down before this key

point, if this action (slow down) has been activated. The setting

(percentage) is always applied to half of the stretch before

(slowing down) or after (speeding up) the key point.

3.3 Camera detail menu

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