To Create a Director

• Click the (Add Director) button

  Note: The new Director is added under the currently selected Director. If no Director is selected then its added at the end of the director tree.

  Or

• Drag the (Add Director) icon to the Stage Tree:
  Directors that are dragged to the Stage Tree can be positioned in various ways, and create either root or Sub-Directors.

• Sub-Director: Drop the icon at the right side of a Director to create a Sub-Director

• Root Director Below/Above: Drop the icon at the left side of a Director to create a root Director at the same hierarchy level, either below or above the selected Director

To Move a Director

• Drag one or more Directors to a different place in the Stage Tree hierarchy

To Copy a Director

• Press <Ctrl> and drag one or more Directors to a different place in the Stage Tree hierarchy

To Rename a Director

1. Right-click a Director.

2. In the context menu, select Rename.

3. Type a new name.

4. Press <Enter>.
   Or:

1. Select the required Director in the Stage Tree.

2. Open the Director Editor.

3. Type a descriptive name in the Name text box.

4. Press <Enter>.

   

To Delete a Director

1. Right-click a Director in the Stage Tree.

2. In the context menu, select Delete Director.
   Or:

• Drag the Director, or multiple Directors, to the trash can
  Or:

• Select a Director, or multiple Directors, and press <Delete>

To Mark a Region Within a Director

1. In the Dopesheet Editor, press <T+Click> to create a start point in a Director.

2. Press <T+Click> again to create an end point in the Director.

   

   Drag the green start and end points to lengthen or shorten the selected region. In the Director only the Key Frames inside this region are affected.

To Move a Director in the Time-line

• Click on the Director and drag to a different time.

  

To Speed Up or Slow Down a Director

• Click on the start or the end of the Director.

• Drag the start or end point to change the Director speed:

  • Speed up: Lengthens the Director.

  • Slow Down: Shorten. the Director.

To Create a New Event

1. Click on a Director in the Stage Tree.

2. Set the Time-line Marker to the point where the new Event is to be added.

3. Add an Event:

   • Click the (Add Stop/Tag) button, or

   • Press <S> and click in a Director where the new Event is to be added.

     Note: The default new Event is a Stop Event.

4. If required, change the Event type.

To Change an Event Type

1. Enable the Event Editor in the Stage.

2. In the Director, select the Event to be change.

   

3. In the Event Editor, click an Event type button in the Type area to change status.

4. If Pause is selected: In the Value box, define the number of frames that the animation should pause for, before it continues.

To Move an Event along the Time-line

1. Select one or more Events.

2. Drag the selected Events along the Director Time-line.

   Note: To select more than one Event press and hold <Ctrl> and click on each required Event.

   or

1. Enable the Event Editor in the Stage.

2. Select an Event in the Director.

3. Move the selected Event:

   • In the Event Editor, enter the new position (in frames) in the Time input box, or

   • Click in the Time input box and drag left or right.

     Note: This moves only the last selected Event in the Director.

To Name an Event

1. Enable the Event Editor in the Stage.

2. Select an Event in the Director Time-line.

3. In the Event Editor, enter a descriptive name in the Name text box.

4. Press <Enter>.

   Note: Special characters, such as space, are not allowed in Event names.

To Delete an Event

1. Select the Event to be deleted.

2. Click the (Delete Stop/Tag) button.
   or

1. Select one or more Events.

2. Press <Delete>.

To Create a Tag (Preview Point) for External Applications

(for example Viz Trio and Viz Pilot)

1. Open the Stage

2. Select the default Director.

3. Position the Time Marker at the point where the Scene is to be previewed.

4. Click the (Add Stop/Tag) button to add an Event.

5. In the Event Editor, enter pilot1 (case sensitive) in the Name text box. The name pilot1 is the Tag name requested by control application, and is also the default preview point for an Object scene in Transition Logic-enabled scenes. For labeling more Tags, or preview points, continue with pilot2, pilot3, etc. Make sure Tag is selected in the Type area.

   Note: Custom Tag Events can be used as well. However, those Tags Events are only selectable within the Viz Pilot Newsroom client.

To Create a Tag (preview point) for Viz Trio

1. Open the Stage, and select the default Director.

2. Position the Time Marker at the point where the Scene is to be previewed.

3. Click the (Add Stop/Tag) button to add an Event.

4. In the Event Editor enter the Name as 01, 02, 03, etc. according to the value of the corresponding Field identifiers (01, 02, 03, etc.).

   • Setting these points will, when a tab field in Viz Trio is selected (01, 02, 03, etc.), preview the Scene in the local Viz Trio preview window.

Preview Callback Events

Viz Engine supports a script event called OnPreview upon loading a scene in an External Control Application, such as Viz Trio or Viz Pilot. This gives the designer additional capabilities for when the scene is loaded in the local preview, as it can be used to show or hide parts of the scene to make it clearer for the operator what will be shown later in the animation, or to write some instructions for the operator, while the scene should be taken on air without changes.

It may also be used to compensate for unavailable capabilities on a preview Engine. For example, if a scene plays a video in the background, which a VGA mode preview Engine cannot play, a back plate can be shown in the preview with a snapshot of the video. This will give the operator an idea of how the scene will look like when taken on air. It could also be used as an optimization, to save the local preview engine from loading large video files.

The OnPreview script event can be used in a scene or container script. If adding the script as a container script, make sure it is added to the same container as the Control Object plug-in. The script can also be loaded as both a scene and a container script, in which case both scripts will be invoked when the scene is loaded.

In Transition Logic scenes, the function can be placed in the scene script of the Master scene, or as a container script on the Control Object container in one or more of the Object scenes. In Transition Logic scenes, the scene script of the Master scene, and the container script on the root Control Object container of all Object scenes, is invoked.

A simple OnPreview script event handler could be like:

See Also

• Transition Logic

• Scripting