Movement Paths

Movement paths makes your slide show hum. This is where your images learn to fly.

You can assign movement paths to the following objects:

        Image with Effects

        Text-Object

        Collages

        Particle-Object

Tools:

The necessary tools can be found in the layout designer.

Zooms into the layout designer.

Zooms out of layout designer.

Sets the layout designer to window size.

Turns the grid in the layout designer on.

Switches the layout designer to the mode where movement paths can be set and reviewed.

Switches the layout designer to the mode where camera pans can be set and reviewed.

Adds a new movement mark.

Removes a movement mark.

Turns the use of soft curves between the movement marks on.

Turns the use of hard curves between the movement marks on.

Sets the time of a movement path.

Loads a saved movement path.

       Saves a movement path.

Through a right click on a movement mark you can open another menu.

You can also set the coordinates for each movement mark manually. Use the "Custom entry..." you can find in the above menu.

The 1st example you can find in the movements tutorial:

2nd Example: Particle object combined with a movement path.

Click in the toolbox under "Extra" on the particle object and then choose an image.

Click the particle object in the object list.

Make the display window smaller using the position frame, and move it to one top corner.

Raise the number of particles in the object settings.

Add a new movement mark through a click to the button. You find the button above the layout designer.

Now enlarge the movement mark via the position frame to the full size of the layout designer, with the mark in the center.

Start the show with a click to the .

This way you can create many animations, like fireworks and explosions.

The pieces can also be "caught" again.

Add another movement mark through a click on the . Now use the position frame to downsize it. Choose any position.