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Viz Pilot User Guide

Version 8.7 | Published September 25, 2023 ©

Viz Engine Preview in Template Wizard

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Remote Preview in Template Wizard

Using a Viz Engine installed on another remote machine is the recommended preview mode for Template Wizard.

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Remote Preview is the default mode for Template Wizard. Unlike Local Preview, remote preview does not require a local installation of Viz Engine and is therefore the recommended option. For more information on configuring Remote Preview, see Configuring Remote Preview in Director.

Note: The remote preview of templates with video clips requires a full Viz One video workflow and the use of Viz Pilot in order to trigger the transfer of video clips to Viz Engine.

Properties and Parameters

  • Refresh: Refreshes the scene preview displaying a snapshot of the scene at its current animation position. This enables you to fetch new snapshots of the scene while it is being rendered on a remote Viz Engine without seeing the full animation in the preview window.

  • Back: Sets the animation back to the last stop point.

  • Continue: Continues the animation to the next stop point.

  • Copy: Copies the snapshot to the clipboard.

  • Animate: Animates the scene in the remote preview window. The animation is based on a series of snapshots of the scene rendered on the remote Viz Engine. Click Animate to start and stop the animation.

  • Size: Sets the size of the preview window. There are two default settings, one for PAL and one for NTSC, and one custom.

  • Close: Closes the preview window.

  • Add to template: Adds a snapshot of the previewed graphics to the template. The snapshot is appended to a Static Image Component component.

Previewing a Template

  1. Open a template and change to Run mode.

  2. Select Preview on the View menu, or press CTRL + P to open the preview window.

  3. Click the Load (F7) button and then the Refresh button in the Viz Engine window to see a snapshot of the rendered scene.

  4. Click Animate to see a series of snapshots.

Local Preview in Template Wizard


Local Preview must be selected by enabling the Viz Engine Preview plugin in the Changing Settings. For more information, see Configuring Local Preview. The interface is the same as that used in Viz Pilot News and Director, see Local Preview in the Newsroom.

Note: This mode requires that a Viz Engine is installed locally on the Template Wizard client machine for preview purposes and is therefore not the recommended preview option.

Note: The remote preview of templates with video clips requires a full Viz One video workflow and the use of Viz Pilot in order to trigger the transfer of video clips to Viz Engine.

Previewing a Template in Local Preview Mode

  1. Open a template and change to Run mode.

  2. From the main menu select Viz Engine > Local Preview

  3. In Template Wizard click the Load button to load and preview the scene. The Start/Take button in the Local Preview window does not load the scene on Viz Engine. Once loaded by Template Wizard, the scene can be previewed using the control buttons in the Local Preview window.