Adding a New PDF Page Layout

You can define and manage the page layout properties of your PDF document.

To add a new page layout:

1. Select File > Export to PDF.

The Export to PDF dialog box opens.

2. Click the New Format button.

The Page Layout dialog box opens. You can configure a number of properties in each tab to customize the look of the PDF version of your storyboard.

There are five tabbed areas in the Page Layout dialog box, they are:

• General

Sets up the name, description and font parameters.

• Page

Sets up the page formatting and orientation.

• Storyboard

Sets up the cover, panels and caption parameters for the pdf.

• Header

Sets up the page header parameters.

• Footer

Sets up the page footer parameters.

General tab

• Name, Description and Icon are related to the PDF Layout templates, in the Setup PDF Export Parameters list in the Export to PDF dialog box.
• Unit: Select the unit of measurement (points, mm, cm or inches) of values used in the Page Layout dialog box.
• Font: Select any font installed on your system to use for all text in the PDF document.

To export Unicode characters to your PDF document, select the language encoding and the embedded PDF font that will be used to display the text in the PDF document.

• Font Size: Select the point size that applies to all text in the PDF document.

Page tab

• Page Format: Select the type of page you want to print on (Letter, Legal or A4).
• Orientation: Select if you want the PDF page to be printed in Portrait or Landscape.
• Rotation: Select the degree of clockwise rotation of the storyboard on the printed page.
• Top Margin field: Enter distance from the top page edge to set the margin.
• Bottom Margin field: Enter distance from the bottom page edge to set the margin.
• Left Margin field: Enter distance from the left page edge to set the margin.
• Right Margin field: Enter distance from the right page edge to set the margin.
• Background Image: Select an image to use as a watermark on all pages, except the cover.

Storyboard tab

This tab has three tabbed areas where you set up the cover, panels and caption parameters for the pdf.

Cover tab

• Show Cover: Insert a cover as the first page of the PDF.
• Background Image: Select an image (PNG, BMP or JPG file format) to use as a watermark on the cover.
• Show Title: Display the Project Title defined in the Storyboard properties.
• Show Description: Display the Project Subtitle defined in the Storyboard properties.
• Show Duration: Display the duration (as a time code or frame) of the selected storyboard panels.

Tip

To specify the duration type, select or clear the Exported Document (PDF and etc.) check box in the Preferences dialog box. See Global UI.

• Show Date: Display the date of export.

Panels tab

• Number of Rows: Defines the number of panel rows displayed per page
• Number of Columns: Defines the number of panel columns displayed per page.
• Show Panel Image: Check this to display each panel’s visual content.

• Image Zoom Level (%): Check this to display the image in the panel at a percentage of the original size.
• Frame Panel Image: Check this to display a rectangle around the panel’s visual content on each page.

• Show Panel Header: Check this to display each panel’s Shot Name, Panel Number, and Duration as a header.

• Display Duration: Check this to display the duration of each panel.
• Frame Panel Header: Check this to display a rectangle around the panel header on each page.

• Expand Panels: Check this to display camera motion (such as pan, tilt, or zoom) in the image across several panels.

• Display “No Panel” on board:
• Check this to replace the panel’s image with an X and the text “No Panel” above it. This is used when there is not enough space to display a panel on the same page. The panel with the image is normally displayed on the next page or the nearest one with enough space to show the image on.

• Show Transition: Check this to display transition information (Transition Type (Dissolve, Wipe and Duration).

Captions tab

• Captions List: Check this to select which captions to include in the PDF storyboard.
• Show Empty Captions: Check this to display an empty space where you can write in your own captions, if needed.
• Trim Captions: Check this to remove empty lines after captions.
• Frame Captions: Display a black rectangle around captions on each page.
• Specific Font For Caption Names: Check this to enable the Caption Title Font and Caption Title Font Size options.
• Caption Title Font: Browse to the font you want to use for the Caption Title.
• Caption Title Font Size: Sets the size of the font you are using for the Caption Title.

Header tab

• Display Header: Check this to display a header on each page (except the cover). The header includes the Project Title, Project Subtitle, and Project Episode defined in the Storyboard properties.
• Header Height: Enter the size of the header displayed on each page (except cover).
• Header Logo: Browse to a logo image (BMP, JPG, or PNG) to display to the left of the header. Scale the logo to match header's height.
• Show Title: Check this to display the Project Title defined in the Storyboard properties.
• Show Description: Check this to display the Project Subtitle defined in the Storyboard properties.
• Show Page Number: Check this to display a page number in the header on each page (except the cover).
• Frame Page Number: Check this to display a rectangle around the page number in the header on each page.
• Font: Browse to the font you want to use for the text in the header.
• Font Size: Sets the size of the font you are using for the text in the header.

Footer tab

• Display Footer: Check this to display a footer on each page (except cover). The footer includes the Project Copyright defined in the Storyboard properties.
• Footer Height: Enter the size of the footer displayed on each page (except cover).
• Font: Browse to the font you want to use for the text in the footer.
• Font Size: Sets the size of the font you are using for the text in the footer.