User manual NUANCE SUPERGOO

[. . . ] User Guide for Windows® and Macintosh® Trademarks SuperGOO is a trademark of ScanSoft, Inc. "Macintosh" is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Incorporated. "Windows" and "PowerPoint" are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. "Pentium" is a registered trademark and "i486" is a trademark of Intel Corporation. [. . . ] The Spike effect is applied to the image. The final look of the spike effect. BTo save an image as a keyframe: 1. Move the cursor to the first empty frame. The face in the Image Canvas appears in the frame. The face in the first frame. 28 Kai's SuperGOO User Guide 3. Click the ZigZag button on the Effects palette. The ZigZag effect applied to the face. BTo play a GOOvie: 1 Click the Movie Camera icon on the right side of the Image Canvas. Your stored images are played in the Image Canvas. Click the mouse button to stop the playback. BTo control the playback speed: 4. Click on the next empty frame in the filmstrip to save the Vortex effect as a keyframe. Click the Stretch button to apply the stretch effect. The Stretch effect applied to the face. 1 Drag the Playback slider down, towards the turtle, to slow down the playback of your movie. You can also drag the slider up, towards the rabbit, to speed up playback. CMoving On 6. Click the center of the third frame to save the Stretch effect as a keyframe. The face in the third frame. Well, that's about it. Once you've completed the tutorial you're ready to explore the rest of SuperGOO. In fact, that's probably the best way of learning how SuperGOO works--explore. Just click on things and see what they do. If you like the effect, click on it again. If you don't, click on something else. Just GOO It!: A Tutorial 29 30 Kai's SuperGOO User Guide The GOO Room CHow the GOO Room Works The GOO Room is where you'll distort images and create GOOvies. The room provides a series of tools that let you play with the images as if they were made out of liquid. There are also tools that let you save your distorted image at different stages. You can then create an animation, or GOOvie, out of your distortions. The GOO Room Image Canvas GOO Brush palette GOO Effects palette Text control Size/Flow controls Movie Camera Zoom/Pan Controls Control Slider Keyframe controller Keyframe palette Playback slider Image Canvas The Image Canvas, found in both the GOO and FUSION Rooms, is where your selected image appears. All modifications to your image are displayed here in real-time. The GOO Room 31 GOO Brush Palette The first set of rainbow buttons in the upper left corner of the screen shows or hides the GOO Brush Palette, which contains nine different distortion brushes. GOO Effects Palette The second set of rainbow buttons shows or hides the GOO Effects Palette, which contains nine different distortion effects. Control Slider When the GOO Palette is active, the control shifts the picture between the current GOO composite and the original image. Keyframe Palette When you move your mouse cursor to the bottom of the interface, a set of keyframe place-holders appears. [. . . ] You can use these controls to refine your mutations. For example, when you find a head you like, disable the head control, and continue randomizing. Then when you find a mouth, disable the mouth control as well. You can continue disabling controls until you're happy with the entire face. 48 Kai's SuperGOO User Guide Cloned portions of an image appear on their own layer that floats over the rest of the image. [. . . ]