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Persona for Windows User Guide Contents Create Mode Discover what you can do Use Persona for Windows User Guide to discover what you can do using Persona. Interact Mode To explore what you can do with Persona, click an item on the left. Introduction To search for text within a page currently displaying in Help, press Ctrl-F to display a search dialog. Use this dialog to search for text.
Persona for Windows User Guide 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 for Windows User Guide 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 for Windows User Guide Contents Interact Mode Create Mode Interactions between characters Interact Mode Introduction Learn Mode Misc Shortcuts Solving problems
Persona for Windows User Guide Contents Create Mode Interact Mode Introduction Learn Mode Misc Shortcuts Solving problems Learn Mode Learning about the archetypes and their styles.
Persona for Windows User Guide Contents Misc Create Mode Managing Tags Interact Mode Names Database Introduction Learn Mode Misc Shortcuts Solving problems
Persona for Windows User Guide Contents Create Mode Interact Mode Introduction Learn Mode Misc Shortcuts Solving problems Shortcuts Keyboard shortcuts
Persona for Windows User Guide Contents Solving problems Create Mode I'm having trouble exporting. Interact Mode I'm having trouble printing.
Persona for Windows User Guide 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.
Persona for Windows User Guide 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.
Persona for Windows User Guide 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. The tags Window can be opened either by selecting Window>Tags or by double-clicking the Tags field (under Create view mode). Tags that apply to the current character will appear with a checkbox that has been checked.
Persona for Windows User Guide 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.
Persona for Windows User Guide 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.
Persona for Windows User Guide Adding a photo to a character Each character can have one photo. Photos can be added through an open file dialog. With the open file dialog, it is possible to add an image to a character by locating the image file and clicking Open. There are two ways to display the Open file dialog: Select Choose Character Image from the Edit menu. Double-click the character image field under Create view mode. The photo size on screen is 150px x 150px. In print, it is 200px x 230px.
Persona for Windows User Guide Creating a character 1. 2. 3. 4. Press Ctrl-N or click the plus "+" button. A new Character appears in the side bar and the Name field is highlighted. Type a name for the character. Fill out as much info for the character as you'd like. Note: The list of styles is specific to the archetype you choose.
Persona for Windows User Guide 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 Ctrl-P or select File>Print... A window (with Title Persona Print) will appear, displaying a preview of the printout. 2. Within the Persona Print window, select Print from the File menu. Note: Only the currently selected character is printed. To Print all your characters use the File>Print All… command.
Persona for Windows User Guide 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 (Ctrl-Shift-N) A dialog will appear, prompting for a name for the group. 2. Type a name for the Group into the text field in the prompt, and click OK to finish creating the group.
Persona for Windows User Guide 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 (Alt-Ctrl-N) A SmartGroup sheet appears. 2. Type a name for the SmartGroup. 3. Choose the criteria for the smart group. 4.
Persona for Windows User Guide 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.
Persona for Windows User Guide 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.
Persona for Windows User Guide 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.
Persona for Windows User Guide 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.
Persona for Windows User Guide 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 for Windows User Guide 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).
Persona for Windows User Guide 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.
Persona for Windows User Guide 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 reviewing topics listed on the Contents page, 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 for Windows User Guide What's new in Persona 1.0 Here's what's new in Persona for Windows: Persona 1.0.0 Initial release of Persona for Windows Persona 1.0.1 Resolved an issue where user content saved to the Notes field did not display after a project was closed and reopened. Resolved an issue where clicking on a link in User Guide would not retrieve the location it linked to. Resolved an issue where clicking a link in the User Guide would display a prompt to confirm following the link.
Persona for Windows User Guide 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.
Persona for Windows User Guide Heroes color wheel The relationships between the heroes:
Persona for Windows User Guide Heroines color wheel The relationships between the heroines:
Persona for Windows User Guide Villainesses color wheel The relationships between the villainesses:
Persona for Windows User Guide Villains color wheel The relationships between the villains:
