Viz Artist User Guide
Version 3.14 | Published October 30, 2020 ©
Magnify
The Magnifying plug-in offers the possibility to create a simulation of a looking glass and other similar effects. At an area defined by an overlying object an image can be shown in a magnified way.
Note: This plug-in is located in: Built Ins -> Container plug-ins -> Tools
This page contains the following topics and procedures:
Magnify Properties
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Scale: Sets the scaling of the magnifying effect.
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Effect Type: Adds an extra effect, either Blur or Pixel. This only works on onux.
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Effect Value: Sets the value for the selected extra effect.
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Alpha: Sets the alpha value for the container.
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Rebuild: Applies the changes to the texture.
To Magnify a Texture
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Add a Container to the Scene Tree.
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Name it source.
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Add the image or texture that is to be magnified to the source Container.
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Add a Sub-Container to the source Container
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Name it magnify.
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Add the same image or texture to the magnify Container that was used in the source container.
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Add the Circle geometry to the magnify Container.
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Open the transformation editor for the magnify Container.
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Set Position Z to 1.0.
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Add the Magnify plug-in to the magnify container.
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Open the Magnify editor.
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Set Scale to 2.0.