Grass Valley Xstudio Vertigo Suite v.4.10 - Manual (Page 11)

1-2 Xstudio User Manual
Introducing Xstudio
Xstudio’s role in the Vertigo Suite workflow
Xstudio is the authoring component of the Vertigo Suite of products. Figure 1-1 shows in
summary form how Xstudio works with Xnews and Xplay.
Figure 1-1. Xstudio elements are passed on to Xnews and Xplay
To put it into a real world context, consider the following scenario that demonstrates how all
of the Xmedia Suite components work together, including servers and drivers:
A sports news program needs to display scores on a daily basis.
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Using Xstudio, the art team could create reusable templates to act as master copies
for the season.
Figure 1-2. Sports Results Template built in Xstudio
Xstudio
Used to create the look
and feel of control
panels and templates.
USED BY: art directors,
animators and
designers.
Xnews
Used to create pages
from existing templates
(created in Xstudio), as
well as build playlists.
USED BY: journalists,
art staff and production
assistants.
Xplay
Used to create, control
and send playlists of
pages to air.
USED BY: producers,
news directors and CG
operators.