Grass Valley Xstudio Vertigo Suite v.4.10 User Manual
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Xstudio User Manual
Creating and opening Xstudio projects and assets
If you selected a single image file and the first three letters in the name of the file are
identical to other files in the same directory (i.e. Bug001, Bug002, Bug003...), the
I
NGESTING
A
C
EL
A
NIMATION
message box appears and asks if your intention is to
ingest the single image file or to create cel animation.
• Select N
O
to ingest the single image file using the N
EW
M
EDIA
dialog box. See
for instructions on how to proceed in such a case.
• Select Y
ES
to create a cel animation or clip from the set of identically named
image files using the M
ULTI
-
IMAGE
I
NGEST
dialog box.
If however, you selected multiple image files, the M
ULTI
-
IMAGE
I
NGEST
dialog box
automatically appears and offers you several options to either ingest the individual
image files, or to create a cel animation or clip asset from these image files.
3.
When the M
ULTI
-
IMAGE
I
NGEST
dialog box appears, it offers you six (6) options for how
you can proceed to ingest the set of image files. Each option is described in the table
below.
Note that the Xstudio takes into consideration what is trying to be ingested and makes
a preliminary suggestion as to which option to use by pre-selecting an option for you.
You may use the pre-selected option or select another.
VAF
The VAF option ingests the selected image files and converts their
sequential playout into a video clip asset. The resulting video clip asset
is saved using the Vertigo Animation Format (.vaf) and it is stored in
the Xmedia Server’s Clips category.
This option is recommended for large animations.
Note that this option does not preserve the original format and it offers a
reduction in looping options.
OXI +VAF
Select the OXI +VAF option when ingesting large animations. In such a
case, the OXI is the master, while the VAF as the alternate format.
When publishing the OXI + VAF, the Xmedia Server determines whether
to publish the OXI or the VAF based on the target device type. Note that
this option results in a reduction of looping options, but there is no size
limit for the VAF file.
OXI
The OXI option ingests the multiple images and creates a cel animation
by converting the images into oxi format, which is a series of targa
format files (.tga) that are lossless, uncompressed, and cropped. The
resulting .oxi file will be saved as a cel animation asset in the Cel
Animation category.
The OXI option is recommended when ingesting smaller animations.
Unlike the OXI +VAF option, the OXI option provides additional looping
options. The recommended file sizes for this option are < 250 MB when
the target device is a Vertigo XG and < 4 GB when the target device is
an Intuition.