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Performing Quality Control (QC) and Media Check (MC)
Quality Control: Previewing and validating graphics in
Xbuilder
The QC workflow allows you to preview and validate (approve or reject) the graphics that
the After Effects Plug-in and the Make List file created and ingested into the Xmedia Server.
When you open the Make List file in Xbuilder, a playlist is created that contains an element
for each of the assets (pages) that were created by the After Effects Plug-in’s export.
Selecting an element in the playlist, opens the page in Xbuilder’s Template Editor.
To preview the page’s playout, select the P
REVIEW
P
AGE
button and the page plays out in
the local Software CG’s Live window. To validate the page, simply select either the A
PPROVE
or R
EJECT
buttons. Approved assets are automatically moved to the Approved Category
that was specified in the Make List spreadsheet, while rejected assets are flagged as such
for further revising.
To use Xbuilder to preview and validate graphics created by using a Make List:
1.
Launch Xbuilder and select A
CTIONS
>O
PEN
M
AKE
L
IST
... menu command.
The O
PEN
M
ERGE
L
IST
F
ILE
dialog box appears.
N
OTE
The Open MakeList command is only enabled if a valid QC license is found on the Xmedia
Server. Please contact Miranda’s Technical Support team to obtain a valid QC license.
2.
Select and open the Make List file.
Xbuilder creates a temporary playlist with one element per asset (figure
). The first
element is selected by default and is displayed in Xbuilder’s Template Editor pane. If
an asset has multiple target devices, it will appear multiple times in the playlist with
different target devices (see
).
If there is any issue parsing the data or finding the asset, a comment is inserted in the playlist.
3.
To preview the page (element) selected in the playlist, simply click the P
REVIEW
P
AGE
button
in Xbuilder’s Template Editor toolbar.
The page is automatically published and opened in the local Software CG’s Live
window. The Live Window displays the page’s playout in the format associated with the
page’s template (figure
). You can preview the page multiple times.
Figure 5-11. Pages from the Make List’s playlist can be previewed in the local Software CG