Grass Valley Channel Composer v.1.6.2 - Manual (Page 2)

Channel Composer User Manual - Channel Composer User Manual- document version: 1.6.2 - 1
1 Support ..................................................................................................................................................... 5
2 About this document ................................................................................................................................. 6
3 Channel Composer Concepts .................................................................................................................. 8
3.1 Objects ........................................................................................................................................... 9
3.2 Templates ..................................................................................................................................... 10
3.3 Formats ........................................................................................................................................ 10
3.4 Assets, Metadata, Scene Parameters and Test Media ............................................................... 11
3.5 Main Event ................................................................................................................................... 12
3.6 Projects and Channel Packs ........................................................................................................ 13
3.7 Channel Pack Activation and Scheduling .................................................................................... 14
3.8 Workflow ....................................................................................................................................... 16
4 Channel Composer: getting started ....................................................................................................... 17
4.1 System Requirements (Mac) ........................................................................................................ 17
4.2 Installation Mac ............................................................................................................................ 17
4.3 Requirements (Windows) ............................................................................................................. 18
4.4 Installation Windows .................................................................................................................... 18
4.5 Starting Channel Composer ......................................................................................................... 19
4.6 Setting preferences and customizing Channel Composer ........................................................... 19
5 Working with Projects ............................................................................................................................. 22
5.1 Creating or opening an existing project ....................................................................................... 22
5.2 Importing a Project ....................................................................................................................... 23
5.3 Merging Projects .......................................................................................................................... 24
5.4 Restoring a Backup ...................................................................................................................... 25
5.5 Exporting a Project ....................................................................................................................... 25
5.6 Exporting a Project to disk ........................................................................................................... 26
5.7 Managing Exports ........................................................................................................................ 29
6 Working with Templates ......................................................................................................................... 31
6.1 Opening a Template ..................................................................................................................... 31
6.2 Creating a new Template ............................................................................................................. 31
6.3 Renaming a Template .................................................................................................................. 31
6.4 Deleting a Template ..................................................................................................................... 31
6.5 Copying a Template ..................................................................................................................... 32
6.6 Displaying Object properties on the Timeline .............................................................................. 32