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Interface

Novelty has a very flexible interface. All of the individual windows can be dragged around, resized and docked to suit your needs. The workspace is saved between sessions.

Keyboard shortcuts:


Navigator

Novel

Scene

Notes:
Objects can be dragged and dropped between layers.

Global layers are layers that can be shared between multiple pages. To make a layer global right-click on it and select Make global.

You can ignore selections and other input in the scene view by locking the layer (click the lock icon).

You can rearrange the Navigator tabs by clicking on a tab and dragging it.


Properties

This window lets you manipulate the properties of the currently selected object, action or page.


Scene view

This is the main editor window that displays the current scene.

Controls


Actions

View and edit the current page's action list.

Notes:
When an action is selected, a preview of the scene up to that point will be displayed in the scene view. Selecting multiple actions disables the preview.
Assets

Library
Lists all available assets. Some assets can be placed in the scene while some can only be added to the project to be used later (audio, menu templates, scripts ...).

Used
Lists the assets currently used in the project.


Script editor

Create and edit scripts



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