Using a Video Track as a BG Layer in Storyboard Pro

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Overview[edit]

Any external image or video can be used as a video track, but also a BG vector layer in a panel can be converted to a BG in a video track.

Actually if it's accurate that templates can be edited in any layer in which they are used, then maybe this technique isn't useful. The advantage of dropping a template in a BG layer would be that artwork would move with the camera, and that any updates to the artwork would update all instances of the BG template artwork.

New video track[edit]

  • Timeline tab
  • Storyboard > New > New Video Track
    • Video tracks are added above the Storyboard track by default.
    • Move the new video track below the Storyboard track: right click on the video track > Move Track Down'

Make BG into template[edit]

  • On the right, put the Library tag in focus.
    • Select the Global Library folder if the BG should be available to other projects.
    • Select Templates > Sets folder if the BG is only available in the current project.
  • Stage/Camera View > Select the BG layer in the panel that will serve as the BG art.
  • Drag the BG layer into the main Library window.
    • This creates a .tpl file. .tpl files cannot be placed in video tracks. What is needed is the underlying .tvg file.
    • Right click' the .tpl template in the Template window > Open as Folder
    • In the folders pane, expand the .tpl template > elements > Draw
    • Click on the Draw folder to show its contents in the Library window. This will reveal a .tvg file.
    • Drag the .tvg file up to the same folder where the .tpl template is located.
    • Delete the .tpl template.

Add template as video track[edit]

  • Drag the .tvg template into the video track. Adjust in and out points as necessary. The BG can span multiple panels in the Timeline.
  • Use the Transform tool (square with 9 control points) to scale or move the BG in the video track as necessary.

Pans and trucks[edit]

This technique only works with static backgrounds. The camera is only applied to the Storyboard track of the Timeline.

See also[edit]

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