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Persona Help Persona Help Contents Create Mode Interact Mode Introduction Learn Mode Misc Shortcuts Solving problems Discover what you can do Use Persona Help to discover what you can do using Persona. To quickly find answers to specific questions, type a word or phrase in the search box above and press Return. To choose what you want to search, click the magnifying glass and choose an item from the pop-up menu, then type your search phrase in the box and press Return.
Overview Persona Help Overview The brainchild of Mariner Software's resident staff, and squarely aimed at the character development space, Persona aids you in crafting archetypal themed characters and plots by using time-honored psychological principles to describe the motivations and interactions between different characterizations of people.
Persona Help Persona Help Contents Introduction Create Mode Heroes color wheel Interact Mode Heroines color wheel Introduction How do archetypes relate to each other Learn Mode The Ideology Misc Villainesses color wheel Shortcuts Villains color wheel Solving problems What is the archetype color wheel?
Persona Help Persona Help Contents Create Mode Create Mode Adding a photo to a character Interact Mode Creating a SmartGroup Introduction Creating a character Learn Mode Creating a group Misc Duplicating a character Shortcuts Printing a character Solving problems
Persona Help Persona Help Contents Interact Mode Create Mode Interactions between characters Interact Mode Introduction Learn Mode Misc Shortcuts Solving problems
Persona Help Persona Help Contents Create Mode Interact Mode Introduction Learn Mode Misc Shortcuts Solving problems Learn Mode Learning about the archetypes and their styles.
Persona Help Persona Help Contents Misc Create Mode Managing Tags Interact Mode Names Database Introduction Learn Mode Misc Shortcuts Solving problems
Persona Help Persona Help Contents Create Mode Interact Mode Introduction Learn Mode Misc Shortcuts Solving problems Shortcuts Keyboard shortcuts
Learn about Persona Persona Help Learn about Persona In this section, you'll find links to help you learn about Persona. Overview Learn what Persona is and what you can do with it. Go to overview Shortcuts Learn how to use your keyboard to do tasks more quickly.
Creating a character Persona Help Creating a character 1. Press Command-N or click the plus "+" button. 2. A new Character appears in the side bar and the Name field is highlighted. 3. Type a name for the character. 4. Fill out as much info for the character as you'd like. Note: The list of styles is specific to the archetype you choose.
Printing a character Persona Help Printing a character Printing in Persona yields a character sheet printout. The format is set from within the application in html. Here's how to print: 1. Press Command-P or File>Print... A print window appears. 1. Click the Print button. Note: Only the currently selected character is printed. To Print all your characters use the File>Print All… command. Note: If you have a lot of text or notes, the content for the character may spill over onto an additional page.
Creating a group Persona Help Creating a group Groups can contain an ad hoc assemblage of characters. Simply drag a character to a group to add it to that group. Characters can belong to as many groups and SmartGroups as you'd like. Here is how to create a group: 1. From the File menu, select New Group (Shift-Command-N) An untitled group appears in the source list pane on the left. 1. Type a name for the Group.
Creating a SmartGroup Persona Help Creating a SmartGroup SmartGroups contain an assemblage of characters based on criteria. Once, the criteria is set, the smartGroup filters out matches. Characters can belong to as many groups and SmartGroups as you'd like. Here is how to create a SmartGroup: 1. From the File menu, select New SmartGroup (Option-Command-N) A SmartGroup sheet appears. 1. Type a name for the SmartGroup. 2. Choose the criteria for the smart group. 3.
The Ideology Persona Help The Ideology Mariner Persona is about categorizing characters. There are eight Hero archetypes, eight Heroines, eight Villains, and eight Villainesses. Each archetype has two styles. While categorizing anything might be a superficial activity, it has merit in that it helps you determine the background and therefore motivations of your character.
How do archetypes relate to each other Persona Help How do archetypes relate to each other Archetypes in Persona have a relationship to each other. We tend to think of the range of attributes as a continuum or a wheel. Much like a color wheel we see that there are similar, inverted, synonymous, and complimentary archetypes. Here is a bit more on each of those: Similar archetypes would be in adjacent positions on a wheel. They are likely, most like the archetype.
What is the archetype color wheel? Persona Help What is the archetype color wheel? In the learn mode, selecting any of the sidebar headings (Heroes, Heroines, Villains, Villainesses) will display it's corresponding color wheel graphic. These graphics are to help you visualize the relationships between the archetypes.
Heroes color wheel Persona Help Heroes color wheel The relationships between the heroes: Tell me more
Heroines color wheel Persona Help Heroines color wheel The relationships between the heroines: Tell me more
Villains color wheel Persona Help Villains color wheel The relationships between the villains: Tell me more
Villainesses color wheel Persona Help Villainesses color wheel The relationships between the villainesses: Tell me more
Duplicating a character Persona Help Duplicating a character To duplicate a character: 1. click the action menu at the bottom of the source list. 2. Choose Duplicate selected character. 3. A "Copy of" character_name appears in the source list.
Names Database Persona Help Names Database The names database is a way to find some inspired names for your characters. It helps you see the names, their meaning, gender, origin and see some description about the name.
Managing Tags Persona Help Managing Tags Tags are bits of metadata that you can assign to characters. They are specific to the file you are working on and not shared across the application. To easily add and remove tags, open the Tags window - Window>Tags CMD-K. Tags that apply to the current character will appear with a blue highlight. To edit the tags, click the edit button. click the plus button (+) to add a tag. Click the minus button (-) to remove a tag.
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Interactions between characters Persona Help Interactions between characters Interactions mode uses your selected character, group , or smart group to show you the relevant interactions. Interactions are composed of three things: How they Clash How they Mesh How they Change There are 32 Archetypes, Each archetype can interact with any of the other archetypes including a character of it's same archetype, thus there are 32 interactions per archetype.
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Learning about the archetypes and their styles. Persona Help Learning about the archetypes and their styles. Learn mode displays the name, type, sex, description, background, styles, qualities, flaws, occupations, and examples for the archetype. The view provides an expansive view of the content. Note: This view is not printable for digital rights reasons.
Adding a photo to a character Persona Help Adding a photo to a character Each character can have one photo. To add a photo you can: Drag and Drop an image from the Finder or another app Copy and paste a picture into the image well From the menu, select Edit>Choose Character Image… The photo size on screen is 150px x 150px. In print, it is 200px x 230px. Note: The image you choose will be stored at the original size, so large megapixel pictures will bloat the file size quickly.
Keyboard Shortcuts Persona Help Keyboard Shortcuts You can use your keyboard to quickly accomplish many tasks in Persona. To find the shortcuts for common commands, look in the menus (or see the list at the bottom of this page). To do an action, press the keys indicated below.
Keyboard Shortcuts Check Document Now Command-; Start Dictation Check system Prefs (Mountain Lion+ Only) View Hide Toolbar Option-Command-T Create Command-1 Interact Command-2 Learn Command-3 Window Tags Command-K Minimize Command-M
Solving problems Persona Help Solving Problems If you need help solving a problem you're having while using Persona, look below for a solution. If you can't find what you're looking for, try searching help using the box above, or click the link at the bottom of the page to go to the Persona Support web site (you need to be connected to the Internet). I'm having trouble exporting. I'm having trouble printing.
Persona Help Persona Help Contents Solving problems Create Mode I'm having trouble exporting. Interact Mode I'm having trouble printing.
I'm having trouble printing. Persona Help I'm having trouble printing. Much of the content in Persona is protected from printing (due to copyright concerns). The interactions are printable but the archetype general info and examples are not (at this time).
I'm having trouble exporting. Persona Help I'm having trouble exporting. Persona currently does not "export" to other file types. One can print an archetype or the interactions. The file format from Persona is an industry standard XML.
