Grass Valley Xbuilder Vertigo Suite v.4.8 - Manual (Page 121)

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Appendix A - Quick reference to Xbuilder’s menus & toolbars
Tools menu
The T OOLS menu contains commands that allow you to specify some of settings that affect
the aesthetic and behavioral properties of Xbuilder. It also allows you to configure Xbuilder
to interact with other devices and applications. The following table describes the
functionality of the Tools menu commands.
O PEN M AKE L IST As the gateway to the Vertigo Quality Control (QC) workflow, the O PEN
M AKE L IST command allows you to open a Make List file, which creates a
playlist element for each of the assets (pages) that were created by the
After Effects Plug-in’s export. You can then preview, approve or reject the
new graphics. See
“Quality Control: Previewing and validating graphics in
Xbuilder” on page 5-12 for more information.
O PEN A IR L IST As the gateway to the Vertigo Media Check (MC) workflow, the O PEN
A IR L IST command allows Master Control to quickly verify that all of the
assets that were validated (approved) during the QC workflow have been
published to the target playout devices. See
“Media Check: Graphics
publish verification” on page 5-14 for more information.
S ETTINGS Displays the S ETTINGS dialog box, which is used to establish the aesthetic and
behavior of many of the Xbuilder features. See “Configuring Xbuilder’s settings”
on page 2-6 for more information.
C ONFIGURE
P LAYLIST C OLUMNS
Displays the C OLUMN L AYOUT dialog box. This allows you to determine what kind
of information will be displayed in the Playlist and Segment windows for each item.
See
“Configuring the Playlist table columns” on page 6-11 and “Configuring the
segment table columns” on page 7-11 for more information.
P LUGINS Opens the P LUGIN M ANAGER , which is used for registering or de-registering
plugins that support or enhance Xbuilder.
D EVICE M ANAGER Displays the D EVICE C ONFIGURATION dialog box, which allows you to define and
add new output devices to the Device Manager. Once devices are added to the
Device Manager, you can connect a device to Xbuilder to be used for previewing
and/or verify if each playlist element has been published on the device. See
“Adding and configuring a Preview device” on page 2-7 for more information.
T IMELINE SEEDS Displays the T IMELINE S EED dialog box, which allows you to add/remove and
specify the seed files that are used as the basis for building auto promo timelines
in the Timeline Editor.