Grass Valley iTX Desktop v.2.6 - Manual (Page 223)

The CG application
Editable text blocks
Your CG may contain editable text blocks, which are useful for last-minute entering of
information in a standard CG template. They allow you to add text to a CG when it is in a CG
event in a playout schedule; you may insert the text at any time, up to the point at which iTX
gets ready to play out the CG event.
You enter the information through text boxes that appear on the Event Editor when you select
the CG event:
Dynamic text blocks
Dynamic text blocks are similar to editable text blocks.
The difference is that, in a dynamic text block, iTX automatically enters information from a
specified source into a special space in the text block. The space that receives the information is
called a field.
An example is a time-of-day field. In this field, iTX displays the current time, which it receives
from the system time source. iTX constantly updates the display while the CG is on air.
Another possible source of information is the primary event that a CG is associated with. The
CG may include text, such as a program name, that iTX reads from the media item used in the
event.
Transparent objects
You can apply a color fill to an object that lies directly above another object. By varying the
transparency of the fill, you blend the objects so that the lower one, instead of being obscured,
appears partially visible through the upper one.
Transitions and vision effects
You can apply visual effects to groups of objects. You do this while the CG application is in the
animation operating mode.
Each CG object is assigned to a group (it may be the only object in the group); groups are
numbered from 0-9.
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