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Background Pictures

Pictures can be added as a background or illustration for patch editors.

Creating a Background Picture

To add a picture box in a patch editor :

• Ctrl / right click in the patch editor, choose Picture

Choose an item among the registered User Resources of the Picture Chooser, and click on OK.

• To add a resource, press + and select an item from any location in your computer.
• To delete a resource, press - .

Resources and Picture Chooser:

• Resources

Managing Background Pictures

Selection / Delete

• To activate a background picture, press y . A selected picture features a bold border.
• The selected picture can be moved around the patch and resized by a simple drag and drop.
• To switch to another background picture, press y again .
• To delete a selected picture, press Backspace .
• To reinitialize the picture size, press i.

The Picture Object

A Picture object also exist in OM, and allows to create and edit pictures as a standard OM object. It is possible to convert a background picture to a picture object and vice-versa.

More About Picture Objects:

• Picture Box

Contents :

• OpenMusic Documentation
• OM User Manual
  • Introduction
  • System Configuration and Installation
  • Going Through an OM Session
  • The OM Environment
  • Visual Programming I
    • Patch Introduction
    • Adding Boxes Into a Patch
    • Elementary Manipulations
    • Boxes
    • Box Inputs
    • Connections
    • Evaluation
    • Documentation and Info
    • Comments
    • Pictures
    • Saving / Reloading a Patch
    • Dead Boxes
  • Visual Programming II
  • Basic Tools
  • Score Objects
  • Maquettes
  • Sheet
  • MIDI
  • Audio
  • SDIF
  • Lisp Programming
  • Reactive mode
  • Errors and Problems
• OpenMusic QuickStart

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