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| | #REDIRECT [[The PixelPlane Editor: Creating Effects]] |
| Feel free to pitch in!
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| ''Current as of Version 12N.''
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| #Vertical Bars
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| #Horizontal Bars
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| #Snow
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| #Meteors
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| #Fireworks
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| #Horizontal/Vertical Text
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| #Horizontal/Vertical Bitmap
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| #Animated GIF
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| The information below is copied from MegaTree. It's simply here for a placeholder until the above sections can be written.
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| ====Spiral====
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| [[File:HLS_PixelPlaneEditor_MegaTree_SpiralControl.png|thumb|Figure 6-20]]
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| A '''Spiral''' effect creates the look of a spiral of lights twisting around the tree.
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| '''The Options to customize the Spiral Effect:'''
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| *Rotate Clockwise: change rotation direction.
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| *Speed of Rotation: How fast should the spirals rotate (lower numbers mean faster).
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| *Number of Bars: The number of bars to spiral. Each additional bar will add a new color (max 6). Additional bars after that will repeat the color additions.
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| *Width of Bars: How wide the bars should be.
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| *Spiral Spacing: How much space should there be between each spiral.
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| *Sparkle: Add random sparkling pixels to the effect.
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| ====Vertical Bars====
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| [[File:HLS_PixelPlaneEditor_MegaTree_VerticalBars.png|thumb|Figure 6-21]]
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| A '''Vertical Bar''' effect creates vertical bars that rotate around the tree.
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| '''Options to Customize a Vertical Bar Effect:'''
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| *Rotate Clockwise: change rotation direction.
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| *Speed of Rotation: How fast should the bars rotate (lower numbers mean faster).
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| *Number of Bars: The number of bars to rotate vertically. Each additional bar will add a new color (max 6). Additional bars after that will repeat the color additions.
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| *Width of Bars: How wide the bars should be.
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| *Sparkle: Add random sparkling pixels to the effect.
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| ====Horizontal Bars====
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| [[File:HLS_PixelPlaneEditor_MegaTree_HorizontalBars.png|thumb|Figure 6-22]]
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| A '''Horizontal Bar''' effect creates horizontal bars that rotate up or down the tree.
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| '''Options to Customize a Horizontal Bar Effect:'''
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| *Motion Down: Move bars down instead of up.
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| *Speed of Rotation: How fast should the bars move up/down (lower numbers mean faster).
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| *Width of Bars: How wide the bars should be. This will also determine the number of bars that appear on the object.
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| *Sparkle: Add random sparkling pixels to the effect.
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| ====Snow====
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| [[File:HLS_PixelPlaneEditor_MegaTree_Snow.png|thumb|Figure 6-23]]
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| A '''Snow''' effect creates random "snowing" randomly-colored pixels that float down the tree.
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| '''Options to Customize a Snow Effect:'''
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| *Speed of Rotation: How fast should the snow fall (lower numbers mean faster).
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| *Snow Density: How dense the snowfall should be.
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| *Sparkle: Effects how many snowflakes are white. To have all white snow, turn it up very high.
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| *Accumulate Snow: As snow falls, have it accumulate at the bottom of the tree.
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| *Snow White: Sets all accumulated snow as white, no matter what color it was when falling.
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| ====Meteor====
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| [[File:HLS_PixelPlaneEditor_MegaTree_Meteor.png|thumb|Figure 6-24]]
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| A '''Meteor''' effect creates random meteors that streak down the tree.
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| '''Options to Customize a Meteor Effect:'''
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| *Speed of Rotation: How fast should the meteors fall (lower numbers mean faster).
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| *Tail Length: Length of the tail on the meteor.
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| *Meteor Density: How dense the "meteor field" should be.
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| *Sparkle: Add random sparkling pixels to the head of the meteor. Only the head will sparkle.
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| ====Fireworks====
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| [[File:HLS_PixelPlaneEditor_MegaTree_Fireworks.png|thumb|Figure 6-25]]
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| A '''Firework''' effect creates fireworks that streak down the tree. These are exactly the same as meteors, except when sparkle is applied. When it is applied, it will randomly "explode" the firework.
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| '''Options to Customize a Firework Effect:'''
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| *Speed of Rotation: How fast should fireworks come (lower numbers mean faster).
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| *Tail Length: Length of the tail of the firework.
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| *Fireworks: Firework density.
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| *Sparkle: Add random sparkling to the head of the firework. Unlike Meteor, Fireworks sparkles "explode" the head of the meteor.
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| ====Horizontal/Vertical Text====
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| [[File:HLS_PixelPlaneEditor_MegaTree_HorizontalText.png|thumb|Figure 6-26]]
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| A Horizontal or Vertical text effect displays text that moves across the tree either horizontally or vertically.
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| '''Options to Customize a Horizontal or Vertical Text Effect:'''
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| *Click ''Line 1'' to enter text to display.
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| *Click ''Line 2'' if you wish to enter a second line of text.
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| *Click ''Font'' to assign a font and size to the text display.
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| *'''Special note on Text:''' Strings are oriented with string 1 in the 9 o'clock position. The numbering goes in a COUNTER-clockwise direction. Therefore, the FRONT of the tree will start at the 9 o'clock position and end at the 3 o'clock position. So, you want the "injection position" to be the END of the FRONT of the tree, and HIDE the back strings. Therefore, you will inject at your 3 o'clock position. So, for a 32 string tree, inject at string 16 and high 17-32. This will start text at the right end of the tree and run it "clockwise" towards the 9 o'clock position, String 1.
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| *Inject at String Position: This sets the first string for the text to begin drawing on.
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| *Pixel Gap between lines: This sets the amount of "dead pixels" between the two lines of text.
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| *Number Pixels Wait to Begin Again: Amount of "dead pixels" to scroll before the text appears again.
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| *Speed of rotation: How fast the text will rotate on the tree.
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| *Injection Height: This sets the height of where the text will display.
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| *Snow Density: This controls the amount of snow to appear with your text.
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| *Sparkle: This adds a sparkle effect to the text.
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| *Add background color 6 to text: This will add the 6th color as background behind the text. The intensity field controls how bright that color is displayed.
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| *'''Note:''' You must click the ''Generate Text'' button before it will display in the animation window. Any changes made to text REQUIRE the generate text button to be pressed again.
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| '''Hide Text Strings:'''
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| *This allows you to turn off the strings on the backside of the tree for text generation.
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| *Click the button and then check which channels are on the back of the tree. That will keep the text only showing on the front strings.
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| ====Horizontal/Vertical Bitmap====
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| [[File:HLS_PixelPlaneEditor_MegaTree_Bitmap.png|thumb|Figure 6-27]]
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| A Horizontal or Vertical Bitmap effect generates a bitmap file that scrolls across the tree horizontally or vertically.
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| '''Options to Customize a Bitmap Effect:'''
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| *Speed of Rotation: How fast the bitmap should rotate horizontally or slide vertically.
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| *Injection Height: What height (in pixels) to start the bitmap.
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| *Sparkle: Add random sparkling to the bitmap.
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| '''Selecting the Bitmap:'''
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| *Click the ''Bitmap File'' button and open your desired bitmap file.
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| *Click the Height and Width buttons to let HLS know the dimensions of your file.
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| *Click the '''Generate Bitmap''' file to complete setting up the file. Any changes to the file will require pressing the Generate Bitmap button again.
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