Grass Valley Vertigo XG Integration v.2.6 - Manual (Page 28)

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Using the Vertigo XG Plugin
Adding a page to the VertigoXG palette
Adding a page to the VertigoXG palette
When creating a new page from a template, you will finish creating the new page by
clicking the Save Page button. The Save Page button saves the new page to the Xmedia
Server and adds a reference listing of the page (a page element) in the VertigoXG Palette’s
Selection pane.
Pages added to the Selection pane are listed alphabetically and consist of the page’s name
and its current default keyer value.
In reality, this listing is a reference to the page stored on the Xmedia Server. Therefore any
changes saved to the page on the Xmedia Server are reflected in the page when it is
opened from the Selection pane.
Pages can only be added to the Vertigo XG Palette’s Selection pane by first opening the
template/page in Edit view and then clicking the Save Page button. Adding a page is not
permitted in the VertigoXG Viewer’s Browse view.
Opening and editing an existing page in the VertigoXG Viewer
You can use the VertigoXG Viewer to edit existing pages that are saved on the Xmedia
Server. Although there are various ways in which you can open the VertigoXG Viewer in Edit
view, we recommend that you first add the page to the VertigoXG Palette’s Selection pane
and then open and edit the page from this state.
To open and edit an existing page using the VertigoXG Viewer:
1 Open the page in the VertigoXG Viewer’s Edit view.
2 Double-click the page’s name listed in the VertigoXG Palette’s Selection pane.
The page opens in the VertigoXG Viewer.
3 Optional: Edit the page’s dynamic fields.
You may want to edit text fields, make selections from a drop-down list, or substitute
an image, cel animation or clip asset displayed on the page.
To substitute an image, cel animation or clip element on a page, right-click on the
element. A browser for that asset type appears and displays the assets on the Xmedia
Server that can be used as substitutes. Select a new asset and click OK to add it to the
page.
Note: While pages already exist on the Xmedia Server, you cannot create a
new page from an existing page. In other words, there is no “Save Page As”
functionality in the VertigoXG Viewer. You can only edit and save existing
pages or create new pages from templates.
Note: If the page does not open and an error message appears, verify the
Server settings, the operational state of the Xmedia Server and/or whether
the page still exists on the Xmedia Server.