Video Draw Text

Draws text on a video flow.

Coordinates X and Y are in the range [0..1] relative to the image size.

  • the point (0,0) is the upper left corner of the image.
  • the point (1,1) is the bottom right corner of the image.
  • the point (0.5,0.5) is the center of the image.

Settings

bypass

Bypasses the module processing when activated (ON).

  • OFF (0): Module processes normally
  • ON (1): Input passes directly to output without processing

video in

Video input flow(s).

  • Can be connected to a video-generator-fill-color module or any video flow.
  • To avoid aliasing it is recommended to use the same video resolution than the output screen.

video out

Video output flow(s).

process time

Total time used for the calculation of the module.

text

Text to draw as a comma-text.

  • to draw several text use a comma-text first text, second text, third text
  • use quotation marks " for text containing comma , for example "this is, a text with comma"
  • To draw a multi-lines text use the /n or \n separator for example "this is/na multiline\ntext"'
  • example first text,"second text, with comma",third text line1/nthird text line2'

x

Points X coordinates of texts.

y

Points Y coordinates of texts.

font size

Array containing sizes of fonts for each text.

font list

List of available fonts used to draw the text.

The list is platform dependent and can be different on each computer.

color

Object color.

Color array is allowed.

opacity

Opacity of the object(s), from 0 (totally transparent) to 1 (opaque).

bold

When ON, displays the text with a bold font.

can be an array of 0 or 1 values for many texts

italic

When ON, displays the text with an italic font.

can be an array of 0 or 1 values for many texts

underline

When ON, displays the text with an underline font.

can be an array of 0 or 1 values for many texts

font

Font name.

h text align

Horizontal Text alignment.

H align center

H align left

multi lines

Determines whether text is automatically wrapped to the next line. If disabled, the text appears on a single line.

multi line OFF

multi line ON

Common Settings

info

show manual

Opens the web browser to display information or help about the selected object, if it exists.

For more details about information/help creation, see create-help-file.

description

Description of the module for internal help purposes only. The description is not displayed in the interface.

ID's

visible only in god mode, see setup-panel-tab-expert.

unique ID

Current private ID for this control used to identify the object.

preset ID

Current private preset ID for this control used for presets.

recreate ID

If you experience difficulties in Polyphonic mode, try to recreate new id(s) with this button.

repair ID s

Each Patch shared on the local network uses its own ID (identification number). If you experience issues of Patches that don't send information to the good target, this button will rebuild all these id's.

Object Remote Address

absolute

Absolute remote address. see objects-address.

local

Local to the current patch remote address. see objects-address.

user addr

User defined remote address. see objects-address.

See also

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