Grass Valley After Effects Plug-in Vertigo Suite v.4.9 - Manual (Page 16)

After Effects Plug-in User Manual 3-1
3 M
IRANDA
A
NIMATION
(M
ERGE
M
ODE
)
OPTION
Graphics which must be prepared in multiple versions, like in-show promos, can be
prepared more quickly and more accurately using the After Effects Plug-in’s M
IRANDA
A NIMATION (M ERGE M ODE ) option. The process uses traffic data in a spreadsheet to feed an
Adobe After Effects Project composition. The plug-in combines the data and the
composition to generate multiple versions of the promo, as animation or video files, for
different channels, days and times. This approach allows quality control tasks to be
performed quickly and easily.
The following sections describe the workflow and provide instructions for using the M IRANDA
A NIMATION (M ERGE M ODE ) option to render multiple versions of in-show promotional
graphics:
•
“Workflow for pre-rendering in-show promos using the After Effects Plug-in” on page 3-2
• “Using the Merge Mode option to perform a batch export of graphics files” on page 3-3
• “Creating a spreadsheet for Merge Mode” on page 3-5
N
OTE
By default, Miranda’s After Effects Plug-in renders the first composition in a project. See
“Handling a Project with Multiple Compositions” on page 3-12 for more information.
The Miranda Animation (Merge Mode) option also allows you to generate an Intuition
template for each exported animation containing the new animation file (the new template
is based on a specified pre-existing template file). See
page 3-10 for more information.
Another practical use of the M IRANDA A NIMATION (M ERGE M ODE ) option is to transcode Targa
(TGA) sequences from disk to OXI/OXA animations and/or VAF video clip format. See
“Transcoding TGA sequences into animation and/or video files” on page 3-13 for more
information.