Grass Valley Xpanel Vertigo Suite v.4.8 - Manual (Page 7)

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Introducing Xpanel .............................................................................................................. 1-1
Getting started with Xpanel................................................................................................. 2-1
Installation and licensing information................................................................................................. 2-2
Starting Xpanel and connecting to the Xmedia Server ...................................................................... 2-3
Connecting Xpanel to an Xmedia Server...................................................................................... 2-3
Resolving a license error on startup ............................................................................................. 2-5
Overview of Xpanel’s user interface .................................................................................................. 2-6
Design mode interface components ............................................................................................. 2-7
Production mode interface components ....................................................................................... 2-9
Opening and positioning Xpanel’s Views.................................................................................... 2-11
Zooming in/out of the canvas...................................................................................................... 2-13
Panning across the canvas......................................................................................................... 2-13
Creating and loading a station configuration ................................................................... 3-1
Adding a device to the Station Manager............................................................................................ 3-2
Creating and saving a new station configuration............................................................................... 3-4
Adding a channel to the station configuration.................................................................................... 3-5
Removing a device assignment from a channel ........................................................................... 3-7
Removing a channel from a station configuration......................................................................... 3-7
Loading a station configuration.......................................................................................................... 3-8
Building and editing panels ................................................................................................ 4-1
Opening panels or projects................................................................................................................ 4-2
Opening a new panel.................................................................................................................... 4-2
Opening an existing panel or project ............................................................................................ 4-3
Configuring the panel’s properties..................................................................................................... 4-4
Adding objects and primitives to a panel ........................................................................................... 4-6
Configuring an object’s properties ..................................................................................................... 4-7
Primitive objects and their properties............................................................................................ 4-8
Drawing objects and their properties .......................................................................................... 4-13
DSK objects and their properties ................................................................................................ 4-15
Video objects and their properties .............................................................................................. 4-21
Audio objects and their properties .............................................................................................. 4-24
Other objects and their properties .............................................................................................. 4-29
Configuring an object’s Control properties.................................................................................. 4-31
Creating a Channel Selector ........................................................................................................... 4-34
Positioning and formatting objects on the canvas ........................................................................... 4-36
Selecting, grouping, and/or layering objects on the canvas........................................................ 4-36
Resizing objects.......................................................................................................................... 4-39
Moving and positioning objects on the canvas ........................................................................... 4-42
Cutting, copying and pasting objects to/from the canvas............................................................ 4-46
Saving a panel................................................................................................................................. 4-47
Adding panels to a project ............................................................................................................... 4-48