Grass Valley RTic v.2.43 - Manual (Page 24)

RTic User Manual- document version: 2.43 - 24
10.3 How to
You can include TGAs and ANIs in your tickers. To do so:
 In Channel Composer, graphic Players are defined in the Ticker property page. Add the Still or ANI file
as a fixed Asset to the Channel pack.
 In RTic select a story mode that includes a TGA (or ANI). Update the TGA (or ANI)-field with the
Player ID, as shown in the example below.
Channels, tickers and stories are numbered starting from 0.
 Insert a Targets > Channel Composer Ticker Object.
 Link the appropriate System object to the Ticker target.
 Link the appropriate Event object to the Ticker target.
 Double-click the Ticker object to edit.
 In the Ticker on layer box, select the Channel and ticker number.
 Select a Ticker story mode (single story mode, triple story with TGA or ANI, etcetera).
 If appropriate, check the Cache stories option.
 Click Save to save the ticker, click Cancel to discard.
To link Sources (and Process objects) to a Ticker:
 Link the appropriate Source (or Process) object(s) to the Ticker Object.
Linking a Source or Process object to the Ticker object will open the Ticker Story properties window.
Here you select:
 Story part: the story part you want to update: part-1/part-2/part-3/TGA or ANI.
Note that the Ticker object defines the Ticker story mode. For single stories, select part-1
here.
 start story number: the (first) story number you want to update
 pitch: if applicable, select a step value between consecutive stories (only applies when
grabbing stories from a multirecord source).
 Click Save to save input properties, Cancel to discard.
The number of tickers that can be played out per Channel depends on your K2 Edge license.