This dialog allows you to edit custom thumbnails and custom thumbnails models.
It's a simplified version of the Slides properties dialog and as it, it includes numerous zones:
 

Toolbar

The toolbar allows to launch the main thumbnail editing commands.
Add a new title block - Open a sub menu with the following options:
Add a simple title block
Add a title clip-art block
Once you have selected one of the options, the Edit Text dialog opens.
Add one or several new blocks of images or video. A file selection dialog appears allowing you to select files.
Note: in case of multiple selection, files are added in the alphabetical order of the filenames or in the digital order of shots (according to the option selected in the Application options dialog).
Edit blocks - Open a sub menu with the following options:
Copy the current block to the ffDiaporama clipboard and remove it from the thumbnail.
Copy the current block to the ffDiaporama clipboard.
Paste block from the ffDiaporama clipboard and insert it to the end of the block table
Remove the current block
Open the Edit text block dialog.
Open the Image framing and correction dialog. This button is active only for objects containing images or videos.
Arrange blocks - Open a sub menu with the following options:
Align to top
Align to midle
Align to bottom
Align to left
Align to center
Align to right
Distribute horizontally
Distribute vertically
Change the order of blocks by moving the active block upward (towards the background)
Change the order of blocks by moving the active block downward (towards the foreground)
Display information on active block. (Remark: This function is available only for "image" or "video" blocks.)
Allows you to open the Ruler properties dialog
 
It is also possible to open contextual menus by:
Each of these contextual menus propose commands which depend on what you have clicked.

Interactive zone

The interactive zone allows you to move and interactively re-size blocks.

Using the mouse:

Using the keyboard:

Remarks:

Blocks table

The blocks table lists, from top to bottom, the present blocks in the thumbnail.
 

Blocks are shown on 3 columns:

Remarks:

Block settings zone

Coordinates

For image or video blocks: Allows you to select a reframing style for the image. It has the same effect as selecting a style in the dialog: Correct, reframe or cut image or video.
For text blocks: Allows you to select the geometrical constraints to be applied to the block. Three type of constraint are available:
  • No constraint is applied to the selection rectangle.
  • Lock selection rectangle to the actual geometry. It has no meaning until you have defined a shape in "no constraint" mode.
  • Lock selection rectangle to the same geometry as the project, such that, if you place the image in full screen, the reframed part will correspond to the whole screen.
Allows you to select a pre-defined block size
Represents the horizontal offset of the block from the left. This position is defined as a percentage (%) of the total width of the image or in pixels (for a 1080p screen) according to the unit defined in the configuration dialog.
Represents the vertical offset of the block from the top. This position is defined as a percentage (%) of the total height of the image or in pixels (for a 1080p screen) according to the unit defined in the configuration dialog.
Represents the width of the block. This value is defined as a percentage (%) of the total width of the image or in pixels (for a 1080p screen) according to the unit defined in the configuration dialog box.
Represents the height of the block. This value is defined as a percentage (%) of the total height of the image or in pixels (for a 1080p screen) according to the unit defined in the configuration dialog.
Rotation around the Z axis in degrees.
Rotation around the Y axis in degrees.
Rotation around the X axis in degrees.

Block shape

This settings group deals with style management. For more information on style management, see : Using style management
Shape Allows you to select a shape for the block. The selected shape will be used as:
  • a fusion mask for the images and the videos.
  • A cutting zone for texts
Opacity Opacity Defines the opacity of the block. This value also applies to the text of the block.
Border Thickness of the border Defines the thickness of the border (This value is defined as 1/1080 of the height of the screen. A value of 10 corresponds to 10 points on a 1920x1080 FullHD screen, but only to 6 points on a 1280x720 screen).
Border color Defines the color of the line to be used to draw the border
Line type of border Defines the type of line (solid, dotted line, etc.)
Shadow Shadow position Defines in which corner the shadow will be positioned (Note: the position of the shadow is independent of rotation of the block: the right lower corner is always the right lower corner, whatever rotation is applied).
Distance of the shadow Defines the distance between the block and its shadow
Color Sets the color used to draw the shadow

See also