Part I. Crank Storyboard Suite
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Part I. Crank Storyboard Suite

Table of Contents

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
Notes 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 Custom Shader, 3D Model and Compressed Texture Support
Working With Templates
Working with Multiple Application Design Files
Circles and Arcs
9 Patch
Groups
Scrolling Layers
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

Target Configuration

Application Files
Setting up Storyboard Engine
Running Storyboard Engine
Command line Options
Plugins

Custom Shader Support

Font Environment Variable

System Specific Requirements

Linux FBDEV x86, armle
Microsoft WinCE, Compact7 win32, armle

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 extensions

5. Event Definitions

Standard Event Definitions

System Events
Pointer events
Keyboard Events
Screen Manager Events
Focus Events
Table Events
Table Scroll Events
Layer Scroll Events
Android Events
Mobile 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.resource.dump_def
gra.playback

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 Render Extension Options

Polygon Render Extension Options

Rectangle Render Extension Options

Image Render Extension Options
Image Alignment

Text Render Extension Options

External Render Extension Options

3D Model Render Extension Options

8. Scripting with Lua

Lua Function Parameters

Passing Extra Parameters to Functions

Storyboard Lua Integration

Lua Execution Environment

Asynchronous Lua Support

Lua Debugger

Introduction
Configuration
Debugging

Storyboard Lua API

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 Output Verbosity
Memory
Measuring Performance

11. Storyboard Software Updates

Automatic Updates

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