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Viz Pilot User Guide

Version 8.7 | Published September 25, 2023 ©

Working with Stillstore Images

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When searching for still images in Director, whether from Object Store, Viz One, Viz Engine or only from the file system, Director lets you drag and drop any still image into the playlist for playout without the need for a graphics template. However, current limitations with Director’s Graphic Hub integration require a default stillstore scene to be present in order to enable playout of fullscreen stillstore images.

Note: The stillstore scene must be named vizrt_stillstore, and must be placed in Graphic Hub’s data (root) directory.

This section explains how to work with stillstore scenes.

Creating a Stillstore Scene in Viz Artist

Vizrt provides a basic stillstore scene which can be imported and used; however, in order to get the look and feel required to match the overall theme, it's recommended to further improve the scene.

In addition, it's recommended to utilize Object Store’s functionality to add keywords to images that are used for fullscreen playout. Fullscreen images also have a fixed ratio to comply with the final design and desired output.

The scene example below describes the required elements and parameters for the stillstore scene.

Creating a Stillstore Scene

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  1. Start Viz Artist

  2. Add a Group container to the scene tree

  3. Click Built Ins__on the main menu, and then press the CTRL + 2 keys to open the Container Plugins view

  4. Select the Control folder

  5. Add the ControlImage plugin to the group container

    • Set ControlImage’s Field identifier attribute to 1

    • Adding a control plugin automatically adds the ControlObject plugin to the group container

  6. Add an image to the container

  7. Rename the group container to object (lower case)

  8. Optional: Design your scene

  9. Save the scene as vizrt_stillstore

Moving the Stillstore Scene to the Graphic Hub Root

Graphic Hub is the graphics database where all scenes created in Viz Artist 3.x are stored and fetched for playout on Viz Engine. Graphic Hub has a tool named Graphic Hub Manager (GHM) that is used to manage the databases.

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  1. Start Graphic Hub Manager

  2. Login as admin

    • The standard out-of-the-box password for administrators is VizDb

  3. Open the project or folder containing the vizrt_stillstore scene

  4. Select the scene, press CTRL and drag and drop it onto Graphic Hub’s data (root) project folder

    • Alternatively, copy and paste the scene using the keyboard keys or context menus

      Note: Director’s stillstore scene is located in the scenes_to_be_dragged_to_root project folder.