Grass Valley NewsQ Pro v.2.1 - Manual (Page 45)

Tour of the Assignment List Manager
Digital News Production 31
• In NewsEdit, double-click the Missing box to open the Clips window:
The list of assignments shows each clip placeholder and its properties:
Column Description
S (Status) The clip status: displays OK if a clip has been completed, sent to the Media
Server, and is ready for playback. Status is blank if a clip is incomplete and not
ready for playback.
Clip Name The name of the clip placeholder.
Edit Edit status; displays + and highlights the row in blue if the clip is being edited
by another editor. This field is automatically set when an editor links a
placeholder in the Assignment List Manager to a sequence in NewsEdit.
Automatically turns off when the sequence is sent to a Media Server.
Editorial
Duration The duration of the clip set when the placeholder was created. This estimated
value will be changed later when media is associated with the placeholder.
Category The category assigned to the clip; you can assign categories based on the editor
to receive the assignment, for instance.
Type The type of story or sequence an editor needs to create: Voice Over (VO),
Sound on Tape (SOT), or other types set in SDB Server Options.
Description Brief description of the clip an editor needs to create.
Lists
assignments
Creates
a new
Deletes
a clip Shows only list of
missing clips
Shows this clip
is being edited
placeholder
Displays the total
number of placeholders
for the selected category