Gepetto: Manual

Content

Introduction

Control center

Library

Routine

Stage

Movie

Technical

The window

The window is composed of two parts :

on the left, a list of all the classes (e.g. the different dances).

on the right, the different items stored for the selected class. The items are organized in seven categories. The first five ones are recorded poses of some limbs (arms, body, feet, legs or whole pose). The position and routine tabs are described below.

You can change the size of the panes using the handle (just near the 'A' of Arm).

By clicking on the left pane with the right button, you can create a new class or delete an existing class (after a confirmation). You can't delete a class if a routine of this class is used by a routine in an other class.

The poses

When selecting a pose tab, you will see all the registred poses for this category in the selected class.

When the mouse pass over a pose the associated comment will appear in the status line below the icons.

Once you have selected a pose, you can :

edit it by double clicking on it or by selecting the Edit option of the popup menu (right click). See how to use the pose editor in the Stage window.
change the comment by selecting the Edit comment option of the popup menu (right click).
apply the pose to a character by draging the pose either on a pose editor (somewhere inside the window) or on a character in the stage window (the character will then be highlighted in yellow). To drag an object, press the left button, keep it pressed and the move the mouse : the cursor will be changed in a cross.
reorder the icons by draging the icon to its new position. The original icon will be highlighted in blue, the new position will be represented by the dotted frame.

The positions

The position tab records positions among characters. A position is a way to store a relative position of one character. The reference character is shown in white, the related character in yellow.

When applying a position to a character, two situation can arise :

there are only two characters on the stage, so the position applied to one character is relative to the other.
there are more than three characters on the stage. The program will ask you the reference character to set the position relative to it.

As with the poses, with a position, you can :

change the comment by selecting the Edit comment option of the popup menu (right click).
apply the position to a character by draging the pose on a character in the stage window (the character will then be highlighted in yellow).
reorder the icons by draging the icon to its new position. The original icon will be highlighted in blue, the new position will be represented by the dotted line.

The routines

The routine tab will show you all the routines (or figures) recorded within the selected class.

The pane is composed of two parts :

on the left, a list of all the categories.

This is a hierarchical list which allows you to organize your moves. This hierarchy is mapped with directories in the filesystem. The bold entries are the directories : just double click to open or close them.

You can :

create a new category by using the popup menu. The new category is create inside the current category.
delete a category using the popup menu. You will be asked for confirmation. You can't destroy a category containing routine used by other routines.

on the right, the routines for the selected category.
The information shown is the name of the routine, the number of characters in the routine, the number of beats and the description of the routine.
The filename of the selected routine is shown in the status bar.
Some entries may appear in gray : this means you can't access them because the routine you are editing doesn't allow it (circular references).
You can :

get info ont the routine by using the popup menu. This will give you full information for the routine (rhythm, number and names of characters, defined movies, routines using this routine, ...).
edit the routine either by double clicking on it or by using the popup menu.
delete the routine, if it is not used by an other one, by using the popup menu.
change the location of a routine by draging it in a new category. All the references to this routine will be updated in the others routines using it (after your confirmation).
insert the routine into the current edited routine by draging it on the Routine Editor window.