Viz Artist User Guide
Version 3.14 | Published October 30, 2020 ©
Mark Text
The Mark Text plug-in allows you to highlight or underline words in a text string.
Note: This plug-in is located in: Built Ins -> Container plug-ins -> TextFX
Mark Text Properties
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Text to Mark: Sets the text that should be highlighted. The text is case sensitive.
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Multiple marks: Highlights all matched text.
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Use regular expression: Allows regex to be used for more sophisticated highlighting.
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Only matched group: Highlights only on capture-groups (value) , other matched texts outside capture-groups or inside non-capture-groups (?:value) are not.
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Case insensitive: Matches both upper and lower case.
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Grammar: Selects one of the following supported grammars:
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ECMA
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Basic
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Extended
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Awk
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Grep
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Egrep
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Mark: Selects which text should be highlighted. Available options are foreground (Front), background (Shadow), Both and None. Background highlights the text’s shadow.
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Size: Sets the thickness of the highlight.
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Position: Sets the y-position of the highlight in relation to the text.
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Depth: Sets the z-position of the highlight in relation to the text. This allows the highlight to move behind the text.
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Foreground Color: Sets the color and alpha value of the highlight.
To Mark Text
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Add a group container to the scene tree and name it Text.
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Add a font to the Text container.
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Open the font editor and enter a text string.
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Add the Mark Text plug-in to the Text container.
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Open the Mark Text Editor and enter a word from your text string or regex if enabled.
From this example:
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Text to mark: (?:the|a) (\w+)
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Use regular expression: on
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Only matched group: on
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Case insensitive: on
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Grammar: ECMA
Note: Do not change the font type between texture and geometry as this does not affect the whole string when using the Mark Text plug-in.
Note: Overlapping marks could occur with narrow character spacing or kerning. This would be visible in case of transparent marks.