4.6 User Interface: Inspector – Properties Tab (Composition Builder v.5.0)

The “Properties” tab contains all attributes related to the currently selected Component. If no Component is selected in the Workbench, this tab won't display anything.

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• Title: Used to change the name of a Component. You can also hide a Component by unchecking the “Visible” checkbox. This may become useful in complex compositions but also allows hiding a Component by default because this setting is taken over by just:live and just:play and can be changed in the Inspector of both applications.

• Transform: Generic attributes like position, size, and rotation.

• Appearance: Margin “enlarges” the drawing area of a Component. This may be useful if a Component needs more space than its boundaries allow.

• Timing: Each Component has an in-point and an out-point (i.e. “Start” and “End”). The in and out-point define the life span of a Component and can also be used to reduce the rendering overhead because once the out-point has been reached, the Component is taken out of the rendering pipeline. To define the in/out-point, drag the start/end of the grey bar in the timeline or use the Inspector to set the duration of a Component.

• Attributes: These are Component-specific attributes, they vary for every Component. In this example, these are the attributes of a simple text Component.