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Viz Multichannel

Version 4.1 | Published May 27, 2019 ©

Working with Templates and Pages

The first step in populating a playlist with graphics is importing Viz Artist scenes in to Viz Multichannel. These scenes become templates, saved in Multichannel as an editable form, known as a Page.

Note: All pages added to a playlist are added as secondary events.

A page can be added to the playlist, creating a standalone instance of that page. Changes to the added page do not affect the original page. Likewise, you can also create rules on pages, and each page resulting from the rule in the playlist is also standalone.

This section contains information on the following topics:

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Importing Scenes

Templates are scenes imported from Viz Artist, and while the scene cannot be edited one can adjust the information in the tab fields as well as create pages (i.e. an instance of the template) that can be edited (see Creating Pages) from this Template.

To Import a template

  1. Click the Import Scene button.

    • A tree representing the Viz Graphics Hub is displayed.

  2. Browse for scene(s) to import, and do one of the following:

    • Double-click the scene to import it

    • Right-click the scene and from the appearing context menu select Import Template(s)

    • Select the scene(s) and click the Import button (lower-right)

    • Select a scene folder, right-click and from the appearing context menu select Import Recursively to import all scenes in that folder and sub-folders

  3. Click OK.

    • The imported templates now appear in the Templates view (left panel).

Creating Pages

A page is an instance of a template that is made editable. Meaning you can, if the template contains editable elements, add text, images, and videos to it before you add your page to the playlist. Once a page is added to the playlist it is treated as a secondary event.

To Create a Page

  1. Select your channel.

  2. Click the Templates and Pages button (left pane).
    All templates are displayed in the left pane.

  3. Right-click the template and from the appearing context menu select either Create Page or Create Page As.
    The Create Page option will create a page with the same name as the Template selected, while Create Page As allows you to create a page with a new name you select.

  4. Enter a name and click OK.
    The page is now added to the Page list, seen below the Templates list.

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Previewing Pages

You can preview all pages, regardless of whether or not they are editable.

To Preview a Page

  1. Select your channel

  2. Click the Templates and Pages button (left pane).
    All templates and pages are shown.

  3. Double-click the page you wish you preview.
    The page is shown in the preview window.

Editing Page Duration

You may edit the duration field for a page, setting a default duration, before you add it to your playlist.

To Edit Page Duration

  1. Select your channel.

  2. Click the Templates and Pages button (left pane).

  3. Select the page you want to edit.

  4. Double-click the Duration field.
    The Duration field becomes editable.

  5. Enter the desired duration and press Enter.

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Sending Templates and Pages

Templates and pages can be manually or automatically sent to the MCR setup or other machine for backup purpose. Both options require that the remote machines Media Sequencer host is defined in the Remote Hosts section under General Settings.

To Manually Send Templates and Pages to a Remote Host

  1. Select your channel.

  2. Click the Templates and Pages button (left pane).

  3. Right-click the relevant template and select Send Template(s) and Send Page(s).
    This will send templates and pages to the remote Media Sequencer host.

To Automatically Send Templates and Pages to a Remote Host

  1. Open the Channel Settings, and select Update Settings

  2. Under the Update Options section check the Send Templates and Pages to remote host(s) option.
    Whenever the Playlist Importer updates the playlist, templates and pages are sent to the remote Media Sequencer host).

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