Grass Valley Xnews Vertigo Suite v.5.0 User Manual
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Xnews User Manual
3-5
Familiarizing yourself with the Xnews Interface
2.
Asset Browser: Provides a tree view of the Xmedia Server root categories that contain
the templates, pages and clips, Work Orders and Jobs. When you click on a folder in
the Asset Browser, its contents are displayed in the Asset Gallery on the right. You can
display or hide the Asset Browser by clicking the orange gripper bar. See
Asset Browser in Xnews” on page 3-8
for more detailed instructions for using the Asset
Browser.
3.
Asset Gallery / Home Area: When you click a folder in the Asset Browser, its contents
are displayed in the Asset Gallery in either D
ETAIL
or P
ROXY
view (to toggle between
views, click
in the toolbar). Double-clicking a template or page in the Asset Gallery
opens the template/page in what now becomes the Home Area. You can modify the
template/page’s editable components in the Home Area and then save the page. If
Xnews experienced an error when loading the template or page, a message will appear
in a banner along the bottom of the Home Area. See
for instructions on how to use the Asset Gallery and Home
Area.
4.
Status bar: Located next to the toolbar, the Status bar provides the name, source,
offset, and duration values for the template or page that is currently open in the Home
Area. Right-clicking the Status bar also provides access to the C
HANGE
S
ETTINGS
and
A
BOUT
commands. See
“Asset Gallery, Home Area and Status bar” on page 3-14
for
instructions on how to use the Status bar features.
5.
Drag bar: The Drag bar, identified by the Vertigo Xmedia logo, allows you to drag and
drop the currently open page into the host news system. Right-clicking the Drag bar
also provides access to the C
HANGE
S
ETTINGS
command. See
create embedded pages and clips” on page 3-20
for instructions on how to use the
Drag bar.
6.
Error Message: Whenever Xnews encounters an error, a red bar appears in the lower
portion of the Xnews interface that displays an error message describing the source
and/or consequence of the error. Simply click the error message bar to hide it.