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Enable word wrap for pre tags on MediaWiki
Add these lines to skins/monobook/main.css in the section which defines the formatting for the pre tags (search for pre):
white-space: pre-wrap; /* css-3 */ white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; /* Mozilla, since 1999 */ white-space: -pre-wrap; /* Opera 4-6 */ white-space: -o-pre-wrap; /* Opera 7 */ word-wrap: break-word; /* Internet Explorer 5.5+ */
Disable anonymous editing and new user registrations in MediaWiki
# Disable anonymous editing $wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false; # Prevent new user registrations except by sysops $wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = false;
How to Create Livesets in VT5
The most helpful explanation I came across on this topic was [this forum post]. I opted to install the Aura plugin and the included tutorial is extremely helpful for getting started.
Create a simple picture in picture using Aura
Here are the quick steps for creating an angled picture in picture view with blurred edges (from memory, may not be exactly right):
- Open a new project in Aura
- Name the first layer Input
- Open the liveset brush creator (Filters>LiveSet>LiveSet Brush Creator)
- Click on the Full Screen Layer button
- Create a new layer and name it FX
- In the brush generator set the size to what you want for your picture in picture window and then click Create Brush
- Optionally if you want to crop the brush follow this steps first
- Change the view to only show 1 layer (= sign)
- Stamp the brush onto the blank layer
- Press the b key to enable the rectangle select tool
- Select the new cropped brush space you want to use
- Type shift-k to clear the layer
- Open Filters>Motion>KeyFramer
- Check the Preview box
- Adjust parameters as needed (in this case the H A is changed to 45 degrees)
- Click Apply Filter
- Open the blur filter (Blut>Blur)
- Configure the blur amount (2 in this case)
- Click Apply Filter
- Open the LiveSet Generator (Filters>LiveSet>LiveSet Generator
- Set the Effects Warp Type to Complex (this is required to render the angled video I believe)
- Name the scene and the shot
- Click on Create LiveSet
- Open VT5 and you will now be able to select the LiveSet and shot (the effects bus will display within the pip window