To make the scene ready for import into Viz Trio, Control plug-ins must be added. The plug-ins enables the designer to expose scene properties to the Viz Trio operator.

1. Add the Control Object plug-in to the object container.

   • For Viz Artist 3.x: Click the Built Ins button, and select Function Container _from the drop-list. The Control Objectplug-in can be found in the _Control folder.

   • For Viz Artist 2.x: Click the Function button, and in the Control folder select the Control Object plug-in.

     

2. Click on the Control Object icon on the object container to open its editor.

   • Enter a description for the Viz Trio template (e.g. Lower Third).

     

3. Add the Control Text plug-in to the Headline and both bullet_text containers.

   

4. Click on the Control Text icon on the containers to open its editor.

   • Set the Field identifier and Description. The Field identifier must be a numeric value and the value will be used to give the Viz Trio page a tab order.

   • In this scene the Headline container will typically get identifier 1, and the two bullet_text containers will get identifier 2 and 3. There are other parameters that can be set.

     

     It is possible to expose more properties to the Viz Trio operator. By exposing the position, rotation, and scaling properties the operator can hide or show an object and add material.

5. Add the Control Container plug-in to the container to be exposed (e.g.headline).

6. Click the Container plug-in icon to open is editor.

   

7. Enter a field identifier. If there is another control plug-in on that container, like a Control Text or Image, use the same Field identifier.

   • X/Y/Z properties for a keyframe in an animation must be specified by a stop keyframe name.