From the help document:
"Adding items to a collage is a simple as dragging them from the Project view to the collage."
That's kind of a circular statement. What's "the collage?" How do I access it?
And the rest of the statements on that help page refer to "the collage" but I'm still not sure what it is.
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What's a Collage again? How do I bring it up?
Started by JimmyMcVideo, Oct 22 2011 11:14 PM
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Posted 23 October 2011 - 12:33 AM
Hi, Jimmy,
Welcome to the forums. If you click on an individual item in the Project View (the list on the left)—let's say a pre-defined character named John Doe—and choose View as Grid from the View menu (I am typing this from my iPad, so it may be View as Image), you will see a gray screen with John Doe's character image, if any. That is the collage.
You can drag any additional images either from the Images folder or from a Finder window into the gray area. You can also drag sheets and notes from the Project View into the gray area to link them to John Doe or click on the Comments icon in the toolbar to add a note to yourself. That's why it's called a collage, because it accepts many different kinds of information and lets you stack it as you like.
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Marguerite
Welcome to the forums. If you click on an individual item in the Project View (the list on the left)—let's say a pre-defined character named John Doe—and choose View as Grid from the View menu (I am typing this from my iPad, so it may be View as Image), you will see a gray screen with John Doe's character image, if any. That is the collage.
You can drag any additional images either from the Images folder or from a Finder window into the gray area. You can also drag sheets and notes from the Project View into the gray area to link them to John Doe or click on the Comments icon in the toolbar to add a note to yourself. That's why it's called a collage, because it accepts many different kinds of information and lets you stack it as you like.
Best,
Marguerite
Storyist 2.3.6; OS 10.7.4, Intel iMac 3.06 GHz 4GB RAM, 64GB iPad 3
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Posted 23 October 2011 - 05:08 AM
Marguerite, on 23 October 2011 - 12:33 AM, said:
Hi, Jimmy,
Welcome to the forums. If you click on an individual item in the Project View (the list on the left)—let's say a pre-defined character named John Doe—and choose View as Grid from the View menu (I am typing this from my iPad, so it may be View as Image), you will see a gray screen with John Doe's character image, if any. That is the collage.
You can drag any additional images either from the Images folder or from a Finder window into the gray area. You can also drag sheets and notes from the Project View into the gray area to link them to John Doe or click on the Comments icon in the toolbar to add a note to yourself. That's why it's called a collage, because it accepts many different kinds of information and lets you stack it as you like.
Best,
Marguerite
Welcome to the forums. If you click on an individual item in the Project View (the list on the left)—let's say a pre-defined character named John Doe—and choose View as Grid from the View menu (I am typing this from my iPad, so it may be View as Image), you will see a gray screen with John Doe's character image, if any. That is the collage.
You can drag any additional images either from the Images folder or from a Finder window into the gray area. You can also drag sheets and notes from the Project View into the gray area to link them to John Doe or click on the Comments icon in the toolbar to add a note to yourself. That's why it's called a collage, because it accepts many different kinds of information and lets you stack it as you like.
Best,
Marguerite
Thanks Marguerite. I think you mean STORYBOARD, right? There's View > Text, Outline, or Storyboard. Indeed the background is gray. And I see that I can drag anything I want into it.
Ok, I guess the term "collage" is what confused me. It might have been simpler if the HELP said "This is what a storyboard can do" and "You can drag anything you want into a work area that is set to View > Storyboard, collage-style."
Anyway, thanks for the clarification.
J
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Posted 23 October 2011 - 02:03 PM
Yes, this is the problem with trying to help without actually having the program open. Storyboard refers both to the corkboard that shows up behind groups, with multiple images (say, all characters) and the collage, which lets you collect things of different types but associated with a single story item.
The help file/manual has a section "About Storyboards," which defines collages, corkboards, and the differences between them. You can find it by typing storyboard or collage into the search field under Help.
Glad my poor use of the terminology didn't derail you.
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Marguerite
The help file/manual has a section "About Storyboards," which defines collages, corkboards, and the differences between them. You can find it by typing storyboard or collage into the search field under Help.
Glad my poor use of the terminology didn't derail you.
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Marguerite
Storyist 2.3.6; OS 10.7.4, Intel iMac 3.06 GHz 4GB RAM, 64GB iPad 3
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