Grass Valley Xstudio Vertigo Suite v.4.10 User Manual

Xstudio, User manual

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Xstudio User Manual
1 Introducing Xstudio
- Xstudio’s role in the Vertigo Suite workflow
- Types of Xstudio projects: Templates, Panels & Pages
  - Procedural overview for creating Template+Scene and Panel+Scene projects
  - Procedural overview for creating Pages
2 Getting started with Xstudio
- Installation and licensing information
- Starting Xstudio and connecting to the Xmedia Server
- Configuring Xstudio’s settings
- Connecting Xstudio to an output device
- Verifying Xstudio’s installation and setup
3 Orientation to Xstudio’s desktop
- Starting Xstudio
- Design Mode vs. Production Mode
- Xstudio’s menu commands
- Xstudio’s desktop icons and toolbars
- Xstudio’s primitives
  - Control side primitives
  - Scene side primitives
- Asset Browser and Gallery Browser
- Properties Browser
- Action Editor and Animation Editor
- Project Windows - Control and scene sides
- Production mode environment
4 Creating and opening Xstudio projects and assets
- Creating new projects and assets
  - Setting the canvas’ properties
- Opening existing projects
- Searching for projects/assets on the Xmedia Server
- Importing assets from another Vertigo system
- Ingesting files created using third-party applications
5 Adding and preparing objects on the Xstudio canvas
- Adding assets to the canvas
- Adding primitives to the canvas
- Removing assets or primitives from the canvas
- Previewing a scene’s layout on a device during development
- Selecting, grouping, and/or layering objects on the canvas
- Resizing objects using object zones
- Moving and aligning objects on the canvas
- Cutting, copying and pasting objects to/from the canvas
- Modifying the font properties of text objects
- Editing an image
- Undoing and redoing edits on the canvas
6 Working with scene objects
- Text2D objects on the scene canvas
  - Creating simple clocks and timers using Text2D scene elements
  - Using embedded text tags within Text2D scene objects
- Clip objects on the scene canvas
- Image objects on the scene canvas
- Cel Animation objects on the scene canvas
- Video In objects on the scene canvas
- Crawl and Roll objects on the scene canvas
- Using scene objects as a mask
7 Animating scene objects
- Animation Editor’s interface components
- Creating scene animations
- Editing existing animations
- Animated property descriptions
8 Working with control objects
- Connecting control objects to scene objects
- Text objects on the control canvas
- Dropbox objects on the control canvas
- Button objects on the control canvas
- Textbox objects on the control canvas
- Image objects on the control canvas
- Checkbox & Radio Button objects on the control canvas
- ActiveX objects on the control canvas
- Timer objects on the control canvas
9 Linking objects to a data source
- Data Manager screen items
- Schemas
- Data entities: snapshots, tickers, multi-tickers and classes
- Creating data links
- Prefixes (Scene:, Control:, Data:, L:, G:)
- Creating and applying lookup tables
- Editing lookup tables
- Using social media messages and online polls as a data source
10 Adding logic to control objects
- Opening the Action Editor
- Action Editor interface components
- Using the object’s default events
- Creating custom events
  - User Defined events
  - Data Arrival events
- Assigning an action to an object
- Creating custom actions
- Setting the Target parameter
- Using the Expression Builder
- Deleting actions from events
- Default actions and action parameters
11 Saving, publishing and exporting Xstudio projects
- Saving Xstudio projects and assets
- Publishing assets to output devices
  - Manually publishing assets to devices in Xstudio
  - Automatically publishing assets to devices in Xstudio
- Exporting assets to be used on another Vertigo system
12 Playing out a scene using Xstudio’s Production mode
- Playing out a scene associated with a template or page
- Playing out a scene controlled by a control panel
- Playing out a standalone scene
13 Appendix A - Asset Browser
- Opening, closing, and resizing the Asset Browser
- Structure of the Asset Browser
- Creating Asset Browser categories
- Deleting Asset Browser categories
- Renaming an Asset Browser category
- Publishing a category’s assets to one or more output devices
- Moving or copying assets to different categories
- Removing assets from categories
- Opening and editing assets using the Asset Browser
- Deleting assets using the Asset Browser
- Viewing and editing asset properties using the Asset Browser
14 Appendix B - Gallery Browser
- Opening, closing, and resizing the Gallery Browser
- Switching between Proxy and Detail view in the Gallery Browser
- Viewing assets in the Gallery Browser
- Adding and deleting asset categories to the Gallery Browser
- Refreshing the Gallery Browser
- Opening and editing assets using the Gallery Browser
- Deleting assets using the Gallery Browser
- Viewing and editing asset properties using the Gallery Browser
15 Appendix C - Xstudio properties
- Control object properties
- Scene object properties
- Group object properties
- Formats for text, numbers, dates and times
  - Formatting numbers
  - Formatting dates and times
16 Appendix D - Search tool
- Opening the Search tool
- Using the search tool’s interface
- Performing a standard search
- Advanced search procedures
17 Appendix E - Image Editor
- Opening the Image Editor
- Zooming in/out and repositioning the image
  - Zooming in/out
  - Reposition the image by panning
- Cropping an image
- Making color adjustments
- Adjusting the sharpness of an image
- Using the Image Modification buttons to flip an image
18 Appendix F - Script Editor
- Accessing the Script Editor
- Script Editor screen items
- Creating scripts
- Opening existing scripts
- Saving scripts
19 Appendix G - External Controls
- About external controls