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Crank Storyboard Suite

Crank Software Inc.


                    4017 Carling Ave, Suite 302
                    Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
                    K2K 2A3
                    1.613.595.1999 
                    
                

Copyright © 2013 All Rights Reserved. For more information email info@cranksoftware.com or visit http://www.cranksoftware.com

Table of Contents

I. Crank Storyboard Suite
1. Storyboard Suite Overview
Introduction
Compatibility with Previous Versions
Storyboard Architecture
Graphical Composition Elements
Events and Actions
Data Variables and the Data Manager
Maintaining State and Reacting to Changes
Execution Pipeline
Execution Environment
Animations
Scripting
External Communication (Storyboard IO)
Performance Considerations
2. Storyboard Designer
Introduction
Designer Environment
Storyboard Designer Workbench
Anatomy of a Storyboard Designer Project
Storyboard Simulator
Storyboard Designer Editor
Editing Content
Editor Toolbar
Direct Editing
Storyboard Designer Views
Actions View
Application Model View
Animation Timeline View
Font Styles View
Images View
Layers View
Navigator View
Outline View
Problems View
Properties View
Templates View
Variables View
Creating a Storyboard Designer Project
New Storyboard Application
Photoshop PSD File Import
Storyboard Embedded Engine Import
Existing Project Import
Storyboard Designer Development
Simulating and Exporting an Application
Translation and Internationalization
OpenGL ES 2.0 Shader and 3D Model Support
Working With Templates
Target Configuration
User Defined Actions
User Defined Render Extensions
Photoshop Re-Import Feature
Storyboard Designer Utilities
Design Notes
GoTo Dialog
Storyboard Search Dialog
Resize Storyboard Application
Resource Clean Up Wizard
Consolidate Images Wizard
Trim Images Wizard
Split Images Wizard
Merge Control Images
Collaboration and Team Development
Revision Control System Integration
Comparing and Merging Model Files
Comparing and Merging Projects
3. Storyboard Engine
Introduction
Storyboard Engine Environment
Storyboard Engine
Plugins
Custom Shader Support
Target Configuration
Application Files
Engine Plugins
System Specific Requirements
4. Storyboard Media
Introduction
Media Actions
gra.media.new.audio
gra.media.new.video
gra.media.volume
gra.media.seek
gra.media.stop
gra.media.playpause
Media Events
gre.media.exit
gre.media.timeupdate
gre.media.statechange
gre.media.complete
gre.media.error
Media backends
gstreamer-backend
Gstreamer pipeline
External render extenstions
5. Event Definitions
Standard Event Definitions
System Events
Pointer events
Keyboard Events
Screen Manager Events
Focus Events
Table Events
Android Events
Plugin Event Definitions
gre.gesture.up
gre.gesture.down
gre.gesture.left
gre.gesture.right
gre.screendump.complete
timer.[name] Timer Events
gre.animate.complete.[name] Animation Events
gre.rendermgr.error
6. Action Definitions
Built-in Action Definitions
gra.screen
gra.screen.fade
gra.screen.hold
gra.screen.release
gra.sendevent
gra.datachange
gra.screen.focus.set
gra.screen.focus.next
gra.screen.focus.prev
gra.screen.focus.direction
gra.table.scroll
gra.table.resize
gra.table.navigate
gra.log
gra.control.zorder
gra.resource.dump_def
Plugin Action Definitions
gra.lua
gra.animate
gra.animate.stop
gra.audio
gra.greio
gra.perf_state
gra.redirect
gra.screen.path
gra.screen.scale
gra.screen.glswitch
gra.screen.glrotate
gra.screen.glflip
gra.screen.gldoors
gra.screen.gltip
gra.screen.glcube
gra.screendump
gra.timer
7. Render Extension Definitions
Common Render Extension Options
Render Extension Alignment
Fill
Fill Render Extension Options
Polygon
Polygon Render Extension Options
Rectangle
Rectangle Render Extension Options
Image
Image Render Extension Options
Image Alignment
Text
Text Render Extension Options
External
External Render Extension Options
3D Model
3D Model Render Extension Options
8. Scripting with Lua
Lua Function Parameters
Passing Extra Parameters to Functions
Storyboard Lua Integration
Lua Execution Environment
Lua Debugger
Introduction
Configuration
Debugging
Storyboard Lua API
gre.SCRIPT_ROOT
gre.set_data
gre.get_data
gre.send_event
gre.send_event_target
gre.send_event_data
gre.greio_disconnect
gre.touch
gre.key_up
gre.key_down
gre.key_repeat
gre.redraw
gre.quit
gre.layer_move
gre.move_control
gre.clone_control
gre.delete_control
gre.get_control_attrs
gre.set_control_attrs
gre.get_layer_attrs
gre.set_layer_attrs
gre.set_layer_attrs_global
gre.get_table_attrs
gre.set_table_attrs
gre.get_table_cell_attrs
gre.get_string_size
gre.resolve_data_key
gre.load_resource
gre.load_image
gre.dump_resource
gre.timer_set_timeout
gre.timer_set_interval
gre.timer_clear_timeout
gre.timer_clear_interval
gre.walk_pool
gre.mstime
gre.env
gre.animation_create
gre.animation_add_step
gre.animation_destroy
gre.animation_trigger
Storyboard Lua Android Integration
Storyboard Lua Android Integration
9. Storyboard IO
Connecting to a Storyboard Application
Sending Events to a Storyboard Application
Setting Application Data
Receiving Events from a Storyboard Application
Storyboard IO Utilities
iogen
iorcv
Storyboard IO API
gre_io_add_mdata
gre_io_close
gre_io_free_buffer
gre_io_grow_buffer
gre_io_open
gre_io_receive
gre_io_send
gre_io_send_mdata
gre_io_serialize
gre_io_size_buffer
gre_io_unserialize
gre_io_zero_buffer
10. Optimizing Your Storyboard Application
Choosing the Right Image Format(s)
Frames Per Second
Scaling Images
Reducing Ouput Verbosity
Memory
Measuring Performance
11. Storyboard Software Updates
Automatic Updates
II. Storyboard Design Tutorials
12. Creating a Storyboard Project from a Sample
Creating a New Application using the Storyboard Samples
Import
Import Sample
New Sample Project
13. Creating a 3D Model Application
14. Creating a Multi-Touch Application
15. Adding Extra Libraries for Android
16. Crank Public SVN
17. Exporting a Storyboard Project
18. Importing a Storyboard Project
III. Storyboard Target Tutorials
19. Linux
TI AM355 Starter Kit
Step 1: Importing A Storyboard Sample
Step 2: Exporting A Storyboard Application
Step 3: Selecting The Storyboard Embedded Engine
Step 4: Configuring The Target Platform
Step 5: Running The Storyboard Application
IV. Release Notes
20. Release Notes 3.2
Introduction
Storyboard Designer
Major Changes
Known Issues
Storyboard Engine
Major Changes
Known Issues
21. Release Notes 3.1.1
Introduction
Storyboard Designer
Major Changes
22. Release Notes 3.1
Introduction
Storyboard Designer
Major Changes
Known Issues
Storyboard Engine
Major Changes
23. Release Notes 3.0
Introduction
Storyboard Designer
Major Changes
Minor Changes
Known Issues
Storyboard Engine
Major Changes
24. Release Notes 2.1
Introduction
Storyboard Designer
Major Changes
Minor Changes
Known Issues
Storyboard Engine
Major Changes
25. Release Notes 2.0
Introduction
Storyboard Designer
Major Changes
Minor Changes
Known Issues
Storyboard Engine
Major Changes
Known Issues
26. Release Notes 1.3
Introduction
Storyboard Designer
Major Changes
Minor Changes
Storyboard Engine
Major Changes
Known Issues
27. Release Notes 1.2
Introduction
Storyboard Designer
Major Changes
Minor Changes
Known Issues
Storyboard Engine
Major Changes
Minor Changes
Known Issues
28. Release Notes 1.1
Introduction
Storyboard Designer
Major Changes
Minor Changes
Known Issues
Storyboard Engine
Major Changes
Minor Changes
Known Issues
Miscellaneous
Minor Changes
V. Licensing
29. END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
30. Crank Software Third Party License Guide
Introduction
Storyboard Designer
Lightweight Java Game Library
Storyboard Engine
Lua
SOIL
Option Parsing
XML Parsing
Imagination OpenGL libraries
FreeType library
Storyboard Engine Platform Specfic Dependencies
All Simple Direct Media Layer (SDL) renderers
All OpenGL ES 2.0 renderers
All Fujitsu V03 renderers
Fonts
Bitstream Vera
Bitstream Deja Vu
Liberation
Roboto
Lato
GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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