Grass Valley Xpanel Vertigo Suite v.4.8 - Manual (Page 9)

Xpanel User Manual 1-1
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Xpanel is the Vertigo Suite’s application that allows you to create and operate “soft” control
panels for controlling the playout of graphics on external channel branding devices.
Specifically, Xpanel can be used to control the following Miranda channel branding devices:
Imagestore 750, Densite LGK-3901, Densite DSK-3901, Intuition, Intuition XG, Vertigo XG
and HMP devices.
Figure 1-1. Xpanel allows to build custom control panels for on-air control of branding devices
Xpanel’s Design mode provides an environment for creating custom control panels that
meet your specific functional needs. Building a control panel in Xpanel basically involves
adding and configuring Xpanel’s control objects (widgets), which provides operators with
manual and automated controls for selecting and playing out branding graphics, as well as
video and/or audio media on a single-channel or multiple channels. For example, panels
may include controls for performing the following tasks:
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Cutting or fading up and down graphics on specific device keyers
• Viewing what media is currently keyed up on a specific device keyer
• Adjusting the gain, transparency and/or positioning media on device keyers
• Adjusting the levels and playing out voice-over audio, while ducking program audio
• Performing A/B mixing of incoming video sources using traditional cut and fade transitions
• Monitoring the health and alarms of connected devices