Grass Valley Xbuilder Vertigo Suite v.4.8 - Manual (Page 35)

Xbuilder User Manual 3-11
Creating, editing and previewing pages and/or scenes
2. Double-click the folder that contains the required image. Click the P ROXY V IEW button
to display the folder’s contents as proxies, or click the L IST V IEW button
display detailed asset information.
3. Double-click the desired image in the right window pane, or select the desired file and
then click the S
ELECT button. The S ELECT AN IMAGE dialog box closes and the new
image appears in the page.
Previewing a page or scene on the Preview device
Since only a static version of the control-side of a template or page is displayed in Xbuilder’s
Template Editor, it may not provide you with a true representation of how it will look when
played out on a device. Similarly, standalone scenes open as static displays, meaning that
you are not able to view the playout of any cel animations, clips or animated properties
associated with the scene.
Xbuilder offers the P REVIEW P AGE /S CENE command in the Template Editor’s toolbar as
a method for viewing the playout of the template, page or scene that you currently have
open in the Template Editor. The P
REVIEW P AGE /S CENE renders and plays out the video,
audio, and animation elements of the page/scene on the preview device (Software CG)
specified in Xbuilder’s Manager.
To preview a template, page, or scene on a connected device:
1.
Set up the preview device.
In most cases, the device used for previewing the playout will be a Vertigo Software CG.
Therefore, you should verify that the software CG is specified in the SWCG E
XECUTABLE
L OCATION parameter on Xbuilder’s G ENERAL setting page ( page 2-7 ) and that the device
is also properly configured as the Preview device in Xbuilder’s Device Manager (see
“Adding and configuring a Preview device” on page 2-7 ).
2. Open the desired template, page, or scene so that it is displayed in Xbuilder’s Template Editor.
3. Select the P REVIEW P AGE /S CENE command from the Template Editor’s toolbar.
A publishing status bar briefly appears in the right-corner of the Template Editor’s toolbar.
Once the publishing is complete, the scene automatically begins to play in the
software CG’s playout window.
Template in the Template Editor Preview of the page using the Software CG