Selection of this tool allows creation of random direction lines (in your choice of line pattern). A smoothing algorithm will be applied to the line in real time ensuring the finished product has a perfectly machined quality. See Freehand E-Chalk Object Control Palette.

Selection of this tool allows creation of perfectly straight lines (in your choice of line pattern). See Straight Line E-Chalk Object Control Palette. Note: When in freehand mode, the same effect may be achieved by holding down the Control key while drawing the line.

Selection of this tool allows creation of perfectly rendered circles and ellipses. The circles/ellipses can take on various looks according to the selected fill mode. For example, Transparent and Inverted creates a powerful spotlight effect on the area inside the circle/ellipse. See Shape E-Chalk Object Control Palette.

Selection of this tool allows creation of perfectly rendered squares and rectangles. The squares/rectangles can take on various looks according to the selected fill mode. For example, Transparent and Inverted creates a powerful spotlight effect on the area inside the square/rectangle. See Shape E-Chalk Object Control Palette.

Selection of this tool allows creation of E-Chalk Text Objects. The font color, font style, font size and other attributes may be selected before the E-Chalk Text Object is created. All of these attributes may be changed after the text object has been created. As well, the text itself may be edited after it has been created. See Text E-Chalk Object Control Palette

E-Chalk Objects (lines and shapes) may now be selected for the purposes of cutting (or copying) and pasting. More than one object may be selected at a time (multi-select) by holding down the Shift key or "lasso-selecting". See Example

Straight line, Shape (ellipses and rectangles) and Text E-Chalk objects may now be dynamically re-sized. All E-Chalk objects may be moved with a simple drag and drop.

Before creating an E-Chalk line (straight or freehand), the "pattern" may be selected from among several patterns. An E-Chalk line's pattern can easily be changed after it has been created. See Available Patterns

Before creating an E-Chalk Object (lines and shapes), the "line thickness" may be selected from among six choices. An E-Chalk Object's line thickness can easily be changed after it has been created. See Available Line Weights

Before creating an E-Chalk line (straight or freehand), an automated line endings may be selected from among the following choices. An E-Chalk line's line ending may easily be changed after it has been created. The endings can be applied to the start of the line and/or the end of the line. See Available Line Endings

Before creating an E-Chalk Object (lines and shapes), the line color may be selected from among all standard Windows colors. An E-Chalk Object's line color can easily be changed after it has been created. See Available Colors

Before creating an E-Chalk Object shape (ellipse or rectangle) the fill color may be selected from among all standard Windows colors. An E-Chalk Object shape's fill color mode can easily be changed after it has been created.See Available Colors

Before creating an E-Chalk Object shape (ellipse or rectangle) the fill color mode may be selected from among several choices. An E-Chalk Object shape's fill color mode can easily be changed after it has been created. Interesting effects may be created. For example, with the "Transparent & Inverted" mode, a spotlight effect is created for a certain area of the playing surface. See Available Fill Modes

Using the Fill Mode "Transparent and Inverted", a powerful spotlight effect on the area inside the square/rectangle is achieved. See Example

When in E-Chalk mode, the Play Manager menu system now becomes E-Chalk-centric, providing tools which support the direct management of E-Chalk objects. See Portion of E-Chalk Context Menu

An E-Chalk instance may now be quickly created simply be initiating an E-Chalk object (line, shape or text) on the playing surface.

Play Manager 4.0 provides literally hundreds of different layouts to print your playbooks, so there will surely be one that fits your needs. Your printed playbooks will possess a professional quality and will be suitable for publication. See Print Dialog.

When the Black & White mode is selected in the Print Dialog, the playing surfaces in your printed diagrams will be white with black lines.

The Print Dialog has a switch which allows quick selection of either portrait or landscape mode for your printed diagrams.

When the Expand to Fit switch is set on in the Print Dialog, the playing surface image will expand to occupy the entire printed page. This will make great playcards which can be read from a distance of several feet.

When printing an entire playbook, a switch called Page Break Between Plays becomes available. When this switch is turned on, a new page is started for each new play in the playbook. When this switch is NOT turned on, a new play will start on the current page, if space permits.

Printing routines will now respect carriage returns in play notes and E-Chalk notes. In this way, the text can be organized in sections for clarity. For example, this is useful for creating bulleted player assignments.

All print parameters will be stored so that they do not have to be re-entered on subsequent printouts.

- Football Sample 1
- Football Sample 2
- Football Sample 3
- Football Sample 4
- Basketball Sample 1
- Basketball Sample 2
- Basketball Sample 3
- Basketball Sample 4
- Soccer Sample 1
- Soccer Sample 2
- Soccer Sample 3
- Soccer Sample 4
- Hockey Sample 1
- Hockey Sample 2
- Hockey Sample 3
- Hockey Sample 4
- Roller Sample 1
- Inline Sample 1
- Roller Sample 2
- Inline Sample 2

Plays may now be mirrored left to right and/or top to bottom, allowing coaches to easily show how a play will look from a different perspective, or create a duplicate play that is the mirror image. This feature is flexible in that all or part of a play may be mirrored. Coaches may select only certain players to mirror. See Example

E-Chalk images may be exported with the push of a button to web-ready JPEG files. Images may be exported in color or black&white mode. This feature provides coaches with a turn-key method of creating play images and thumbnails for team websites, documents, articles and other 3rd party printed materials.

Unlike Play Manager 3.0, with the floating Object Browser, Play Manager 4.0 has a sleek, new all-in-one interface, allowing for quicker navigation and control of playbooks.

QuickChalk allows coaches to pause a play and "telestrate" directly on the screen (John Madden-style). QuickChalk will now be available in multiple colors and patterns.

All playbooks created with Play Manager 3.0 are fully compatible with Play Manager 4.0. Once a Play Manager 3.0 playbook is opened with Play Manager 4.0, it may be thoroughly enhanced using new features available in Play Manager 4.0.

Dragging an actor on the Play Surface will create animation for this actor. To change the start location for an actor, the Control key must be held down while the actor is dragged, an action many early users forget about. With Play Manager 4.0, a warning message has been added to protect coaches against inadvertently creating animation.

Actor positions may now be micro-adjusted using the up/down/left/right arrow keys.

The Play and Pause button have been consolidated into one button allowing for easier plays stops and starts.

Actors may be multi-selected and then perfectly aligned with each other, without having to tediously move one actor at a time. This is useful in many situations. For example in football, for aligning your offensive line. See Example

Actors may be multi-selected and then perfectly distributed to create the same amount of space between each actor. This is useful in many situations. For example, use this when creating a lineup of players in a drill. See Example

When this switch is activated, a play will pause at each E-Chalk instance, and then display the E-Chalk markings and E-Chalk notes. This feature provides a way to focus attention to the most important aspects of a play or drill.

This fixes a long-standing problem with Play Manager 3.0, in which Play Manager could not work with read-only files. This meant that playbooks on CD could not be opened until they were copied to disk and their read-only flag turned off. This problem has been fixed. Playbooks may now be opened directly from CD.

To change an actor's image, simply double click on the actor, and the Select Image dialog will be displayed. Previously, this could only be done through the Actor Tab on the Object Browser.

Play Manager ships with hundreds of pre-built plays and drills. With Play Manager 4.0, this content quality has been vastly improved using the powerful new Play Manager 4.0 features. As well, there is much more content available for Play Manager users.

The Add Actor command now lists all Actor Types. With Play Manager 3.0, certain actor types (e.g. extra soccer nets, extra basketball hoops, football blocking dummies) could only be added by adding a different actor type and then changing the actor's image. Now all Actor Types can be added with one command.

Your Team Name is discreetly branded right onto the playing surface, providing a personalized feel to your Play Manager environment.

When a pose is appended for a given actor, all other actors will momentarily jump to their position as determined by the time of the End Record Marker. However, for inserting poses, this behavior was not intuitive or helpful and the problem has been addressed in Play Manager 4.0. This is a simple but very important adjustment to the animation editor.

The addition of many new sections to Play Manager's Help System will ensure coaches can tap into the full power of Play Manager.