Tutorial 1

In this tutorial you will create a short presentation. You will show a picture. We will show you how to size it and save the script.

The first step is to open a project and get the correct interface for your work.

1. Start the program by double clicking on the program icon.

2. When you see the OZONE window select the new file icon.

3. Choose the Output view selection from the View dialogue.

4. You will now see the Output View.

Put up the image

1. Locate the PIX control icon on the Control Palette . If it is not there add it with the dialogue found at File->Controls>Add/Remove Controls
2. Position the cursor over the PIX control icon and press the select mouse button (usually the left button). While that button is pressed, move the mouse to move the control from the Palette into the Output View.
3. When the PIX control icon is over the Output View let go of the mouse select button. (This kind of action is called drag-and-drop.) The icon disappears. The screen cursor is back, and you see a black square in the Output View. This black square is where your image will be displayed. Don’t worry you can stretch the black square and move it in the Output View to get it to look the way you like. Do this with the "Proxy Handles" around the square.

1. Now it is time to bring a picture into the black square. Position the mouse cursor over the black square, and click twice real fast while the cursor is over that square. (This is called double clicking.)
2. A new window will appear. This is the Object Browser. We use this Object Broswer to set the values that make the PIX control show you the image you like. The values you set are called properties, and they tell the PIX control what to do. For example when you set the filename property the file will be loaded into the little black square.
3. Use the Property Browser to locate a property called Custom.
4. Click on the [...] symbol and you will see ta dialogue for setting up the PIX control. Select a  file to show with the PIX control by clicking on the browse button and selecting a file with the common file dialogue.
5. Select a Wipe type from the Custom dialogue.
6. Set a Wipe speed. (Anything but 0)
7. Click on the Methods tab
8. Click on the first line, and you will see the [...] symbol.
9. Click that and you'll see a dropdown list labeled "Methods" listing all the methods for the control
10. Select Run.

Size and position the image

1. Click on that image. You will see the border of the image change. There will be 8 small squares on the border.
2. Position the mouse cursor over the small square on one of the corners.
3. Click and drag the corner to re-size the box. When it is a size you like let go of the mouse.
4. When the mouse cursor is over this selected image there will be a 4 arrow cursor. This cursor allows you to move the image without re-sizing it. Move it now if you like.

Now you know how to show an image, but you have also learned how to use the Control Palette and the Property browser. These are two of the most important tools in the OZONE.

1. Click on the save file icon.
2. Use the common dialogue box to name and save the script file.

Run the file.

1. Click on the run icon.

Good work you've done it.

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