02: Creating Content – Chyron

Overview

Content for the Event Workflow should conform to the requirements for either HD-SD or GPU Workflows, depending on the Type of Player output desired.

After creating content meeting the Click Effects PRIME video and audio requirements, the next step is to import or record content and prepare it for playback.

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Import files

Import files into empty Media buttons:

Right-click the Media button.
Select the Import Files, a file browser window appears.
Browse to and select the file(s) that you would like to import, and then click OK. You can select one file or multiple files. Click Effects PRIME imports the files into your system.
After a successful import is complete, a popup notification briefly appears, and the graphic(s) appear in the Media Button.
If an import is unsuccessful, then an alert is displayed.

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To learn more about the Media Button context (right-click) menu, see Media Buttons.

Drive requirements

Click Effects PRIME requires that media content files reside on a hard drive that is fast enough for video playback. At import time, Click Effects PRIME interrogates the source location of any type of media, and if necessary, then copies it to the Media Drive.

Best Practice: Always copy media files onto the Media Drive of your Click Effects PRIME Workflow prior to import. This avoids additional copy times during the import process.

File formats and media types

It is important to understand how file formats translate to Media Types when using the Click Effects PRIME Workflow’s import functionality.

Note: When importing image files directly into the media page, the files are imported as Stills rather than Graphics objects. To use Image files as Graphics, or to import PRIME Designer Scenes:

You must start a Graphics Editor session and import the image files or Scene file from within the Graphics Editor.

To learn more about Images see Image Object.

Recording overview

The Click Effects PRIME HD-SDI and Event Workflows can accept both Video and Audio signals for recording, to create new Media buttons. The input signal must be valid in order to record.

Best Practice: Chyron recommends that a Genlock signal be present and locked to assure the best quality recording.

Video input source

Chyron recommends that the HD-SDI and Event Workflows’ input signal matches the playback video format. However, the Workflow can be configured to accept incoming video from multiple video formats. Note, however, that media buttons created with mismatched formats might be stretched, skewed, or off speed.

HD-SDI and Event Workflows accept incoming video signals in the SDI format, for Standard Definition and High-Definition sources, via a BNC cable.

Audio input sources

Click Effects PRIME can record Audio as an Audio button, or as embedded audio within a Video.

Depending on the type of system, there are two audio source types:

Embedded Audio is contained in the video stream.
AES/EBU Audio is discreet from the video and requires additional BNC cable connections.

When recording Video using the AES/EBU input, the audio will be embedded into the video file.

NOTE: Once you have imported or recorded a media file into the Workflow, moving the file to a new location breaks the connection, and the Media Button or buttons will not work.

Start a video recording session

Click Effects HD-SDI and Event Workflows’ Video Editor makes it easy for you to record video sent to the Workflow’s video input connection to the Media Drive.

To open a video recording session:

Right-click a Media button, and then select Record Video.
The HD-SDI or Event Video Editor displays and enables the RECORD button.
1. To start recording, click the Record button.
2. To stop recording, click the Stop button.

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Save recorded video

Upon clicking the STOP button to halt recording, a Save recorded video file dialog appears:

Save your recording as a GTC file.
The save location defaults to \\<media drive>\Click Effects\Video, but you can select a different location.
The HD-SDI or Event Workflow will subsequently play the media from that location.

Save the new video

After saving the video to the Media Drive:

Configure Button Title, Looping, Audio, Trimming, etc.
Click the Save button to create a new Media Button on the Click Effects PRIME Media Page.

See Use the HD-SDI & Event Workflow to Record Video for more detail about this process.

Start an audio record session

Click Effects HD-SDI and Event Workflows’ Video Editor makes it easy for you to record audio, either from an SDI embedded stream, or via an AES/EBU connection.

To open an audio recording session:

Right-click a Media Button, and then select Record Audio.
The HD-SDI or Event Audio Editor appears and the RECORD button is enabled.

Save recorded audio

Upon clicking the Stop button to halt recording, a Save recorded audio file dialog appears:

Save your recording as a GTC file. The save location defaults to \\<media drive>\Click Effects\Audio, but you can select a different location. The HD-SDI or Event Workflow will subsequently play the media from that location.

Save the new audio

After saving the audio to the Media Drive:

Configure Button Title, Looping, Audio, Trimming, etc.
Click the Save button to creates a new Media Button on the Click Effects PRIME Media Page.

After you have imported and/or created your new media, the next step is to organize the newly created media buttons. There are multiple methods for organizing your media to prepare for event production.

For sporting events, some users like to sort media by period, inning or quarter.
For broadcasting events, some users like to sort media by time slot.
Some users find it useful to sort media by Media Type.

The goal is to have quick and easy access to your Media button locations.

Organizer Mode: Overview

The default mode of the Click Effects PRIME Workflow is Player Mode. In Player Mode, clicking a Media button moves the Media button to either Preview or to Program.

Organizer Mode allows you to select buttons without sending them to Preview, so that you can move, copy, paste, edit or delete your Media buttons.

Enter organizer mode

To enter Organizer Mode, do one of the following:

Press Ctrl+O.
From the Media Button right-click menu, select Organizer Mode.
From the Edit menu, select Organizer Mode.

Leave organizer mode

To exit Organizer Mode, do one of the following:

From the Media Button right-click menu, select Player Mode.
From the Edit menu select Organizer Mode with checkmark.
Click the Close button in the Organizer Panel.

When in Organizer Mode, the top section of the Click Effects PRIME screen displays the Organizer Panel. The Organizer Panel contains multiple settings, a button storage location and the trash can. * The GPU Workflow only has 1 Dimension option.

Page arranger

To organize media pages on media bank locations, Click Effects PRIME provides the Page Arranger.

To access the Page Arranger:

Enter Organizer Mode, and then at the top of the screen, click the ARRANGE button.

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The Page Arranger displays a grid that represents all Media Banks and Media Pages available to the current User, as well as an Archive Bank that holds fourteen Media Pages. The Archive is useful if you have seasonal media items that you want to be stored offline or non-visible. When Media Pages are stored in the Archive, they are not visible on a Media Bank.

Page colors

Coloring individual Page buttons can help the user to quickly recall where a set of Media button reside. To adjust a Page Button color:

Right-click the page in the Media Bank in either the Media Organizer or the Page Arranger, and then select Change Page Color.
In the Page Button Color dialog, select a color from the AVAILABLE COLORS list, and then click OK.

To perform any actions upon a Media Button or Media Buttons, you must first select them. To select a Media Button:

Click the Media button. This applies a teal highlight to the Media button.
- To select multiple Media button, do one of the following:
  - Select one Media button and then Ctrl+Click to select other Media buttons one at a time.
  - Select one Media button and then Shift+Click to select all Media buttons in between the first Media button selected and the Shift-Clicked Media button.
Click Effects selects Media buttons from left to right and top to bottom.

When you move or copy a Media button, the moved or copied Media button may either find an empty space to occupy (Pick-and-Place), or may shift (Displace) a Media button to accommodate the moved or copied Media button.

Pick-and-Place finds a currently empty space(s) and places a copied or pasted Media button(s) into that space(s), leaving existing Media buttons in their current locations.
Displace starts from either the location where you moved a Media button or right-clicked and selected Paste, or from the Media button where you dropped the copy using the Click-and-Drag method. The moved/copied Media button drops into that location and shifts the Media Button currently in that location one position to the right. When you paste multiple Media buttons, then the same number of Media buttons shift.

To move one or more media buttons:

Select the Media button(s) that you would like to move.
Click and drag the Media button(s) to the new desired location within the page, or drop the selected items on a new Media Page.

Note:

If you drop a Media button onto a filled Media button, or if there are not enough open Media buttons at the location to where you drag the Media buttons, then Click Effects PRIME displaces the existing Media buttons, shifting them right and down.
If you choose to drop the Media buttons on another page, then Click Effects PRIME uses the Pick-and-Place method, which drops the Media button or Media buttons into empty positions starting in the top-left corner. The moved Media buttons do not displace existing Media buttons, but fill in positions around existing Media buttons.
If the drop-targeted Media Page has not been activated, then a prompt displays, requesting that you activate and name the new Media Page. The Media buttons then appear in the new page.

Copy/Paste overview

You can copy and paste Media buttons. These functions are available only in Organizer mode.

Note: When copying from one tab to another, the buttons will keep their original tab assignments until they are changed to the new tab.

Copy media buttons

Use any of the following methods to copy one or more Media Buttons to the clipboard, and then use one of the paste methods to copy them to the new location.

Edit Menu: Select one or more Media Buttons, and then from the Edit menu, select Copy Media buttons.
Keyboard Shortcut: Select a Media button or buttons and then press Ctrl+C to add buttons to the clipboard.
Right-Click Menu: Select one or more Media Buttons, and then right click inside one of the teal-colored Media buttons. Select Copy from the pop-up menu.

Copy/Paste Media Buttons in a single operation

To copy and paste one or more Media buttons in one operation via Click and Drag:

Select one more Media buttons, and then hold down the Ctrl key.
Left-click inside one of the teal-colored Media buttons, and then drag to a new location. The mouse icon changes to add a plus sign (+).
Release the mouse. A copy of the selected Media button(s) is dropped at the new location. Make sure to hold the Ctrl key before clicking the mouse and hold it until letting go of the mouse at the new location.

Paste media buttons

Use any of the following methods to paste the copied Media buttons to a new location:

Pick-and-Place method: When user moves or copies a Media Button, the moved or copied Media Button may either find an empty space to occupy (Pick-and-Place), or may shift (Displace) a Media Button to accommodate the moved or copied Media Button.

Pick-and-Place finds a currently empty space(s) and places a copied or pasted Media Button(s) into that space(s), leaving existing Media Buttons in their current locations.
Displace starts from either the location where you moved a Media Button or right-clicked and selected Paste, or from the Media Button where you dropped the copy using the Click-and-Drag method. The moved/copied Media Button drops into that location and shifts the Media Button currently in that location one position to the right. When you paste multiple Media Buttons, then the same number of Media Buttons shift.
- Edit Menu: From the Edit menu, choose Paste Media buttons. This method uses the Pick-and-Place function to paste.
- Keyboard Shortcut: Press Ctrl+V to paste the Media buttons. This method also uses the Pick-and-Place function to paste.
- Right-Click Menu: Right-click any button location in the Media Page, and then select Paste. This method uses the Displace function to paste.

If the drag is released on a Page Button, then the new Page is displayed, and the Media Button is deposited using the Pick-and-Place function to paste.

Delete a media button

Select Delete from the Media Button right-click menu.
From the main toolbar Edit menu, select Delete Media Buttons.
Select a Media Button, and then press the Delete button on your keyboard.
A confirmation message displays. If you select Yes, then the Media Button is permanently deleted.

NOTE: Deleting a Media button does not delete the physical media content file on the Click Effects PRIME hard drive

To delete the file from the PRIME hard drive, use one of the following methods:

Browse to the file using Windows Explorer and delete the file.
From the Organizer Mode Control Panel, you can see which files are orphaned, or no longer attached to any Media button. You can purge these files from the system to conserve hard drive space.
Click the Empty button to scan for orphaned Media buttons and display a list for you to view.
From the Trash list, select the files that you would like to delete.
Click the Delete button. The Trash dialog clears, and Click Effects PRIME returns to Organizer Mode.

Note: The selected (checked) files are deleted. The list itself then clears, but the remaining files are not deleted. However, because they are no longer associated with Media buttons, the Trash list clears.

Note: You can also delete files using Windows Explorer.

Media Vault Overview

You can store Media buttons that are not currently in use in the Click Effects PRIME Media Vault. Media Buttons stored in the Media Vault are not available for playback on the Click Effects PRIME system, nor are they returned in any search results using the Media Finder.

When you would like to use the Media buttons stored in the Media Vault, you can easily move them back to a Media Page.

Move media buttons to the Media Vault

To move Media buttons into the Media Vault:

Select the Media buttons in the Media Page...
Then drag-and-drop the selected Media buttons into the Media Vault.

Remove media buttons from the Media Vault

To remove Media buttons from the Media Vault and place them onto a Media Page:

Select the Media buttons in the Media Vault, and then drag-and-drop the Media buttons onto an empty Media button in the Media Page.

Content for the Event Workflow should conform to the requirements for either HD-SD or GPU Workflows, depending on the Type of Player output desired.

After creating content meeting the Click Effects PRIME video and audio requirements, the next step is to import or record content and prepare it for playback.

Import files

You can import files into empty Media Buttons.

Right-click the Media button.
Select the Import Files, a file browser window appears.
Browse to and select the file(s) that you would like to import, and then click OK. You can select one file or multiple files. Click Effects PRIME imports the files into your system.
- After a successful import is complete, a popup notification briefly appears, and the graphic(s) appear in the Media Button.
- If an import is unsuccessful, then an alert is displayed.

Drive requirements

Best Practice: Always copy media files onto the Media Drive of your Click Effects PRIME Workflow prior to import. This avoids additional copy times during the import process.

File formats and media types

It is important to understand how file formats translate to Media Types when using the Click Effects PRIME Workflow’s import functionality.

Media Type	File Format
Video or Still	Video file formats: AVI, MOV, GTC
Audio	Audio file formats: WAV, MPHD-SDI and Event Workflows Only
Still	Image file formats: TGA, BMP, JPG, PNG
Graphic	PRIME Designer Scene: PBX

Note: When importing image files directly into the media page, the files are imported as Stills rather than Graphics objects.

To use Image files as Graphics, or to import PRIME Designer Scenes:

You must start a Graphics Editor session and import the image files or Scene file from within the Graphics Editor.

Recording: Overview

The Click Effects HD-SDI and Event Workflows can accept both Video and Audio signals for recording, to create new Media buttons. The input signal must be valid in order to record.

Best practice: Chyron recommends that a Genlock signal be present and locked to assure the best quality recording.

Video input source

HD-SDI and Event Workflows accept incoming video signals in the SDI format, for Standard Definition and High Definition sources, via a BNC cable.

Audio Input Sources

Click Effects PRIME can record Audio as an Audio button, or as embedded audio within a Video.

Depending on the type of system, there are two audio source types:

Embedded Audio is contained in the video stream.
AES/EBU Audio is discreet from the video and requires additional BNC cable connections.

When recording Video using the AES/EBU input, the audio will be embedded into the video file.

Note: Once you have imported or recorded a media file into the Workflow, moving the file to a new location breaks the connection, and the Media button or buttons will not work.

Start a video record session

Click Effects HD-SDI and Event Workflows’ Video Editor makes it easy for you to record video sent to the Workflow’s video input connection to the Media Drive.

To open a video recording session:

Right-click a Media button, and then select Record Video.
The HD-SDI or Event Video Editor displays and enables the RECORD button.
- To start recording, click the Record button.
- To stop recording, click the Stop button.

Save recorded video

Click the Stop button to halt recording, a Save recorded video file dialog appears:

Save your recording as a GTC file. The save location defaults to \\<media drive>\Click Effects\Video, but you can select a different location. The HD-SDI or Event Workflow will subsequently play the media from that location.

Save the new video button

After saving the video to the Media Drive:

Configure Button Title, Looping, Audio, Trimming, etc.
Click the Save button to create a new Media Button on the Click Effects PRIME Media Page.

See Use the HD-SDI & Event Workflow to Record Video for more detail about this process.

Start an audio record session

Click Effects HD-SDI and Event Workflows’ Video Editor makes it easy for you to record audio, either from an SDI embedded stream, or via an AES/EBU connection.

To open an audio recording session:

Right-click a Media button, and then select Record Audio.
The HD-SDI or Event Audio Editor appears and the RECORD button is enabled.

Save recorded audio

Click the Stop button to halt recording, a Save recorded audio file dialog appears:
Save your recording as a GTC file.
- The save location defaults to \\<media drive>\Click Effects\Audio, but you can select a different location. The HD-SDI or Event Workflow will subsequently play the media from that location.

Save the new audio button

After saving the audio to the Media Drive:

Configure Button Title, Looping, Audio, Trimming, etc.
Click the SAVE button to creates a new Media button on the Click Effects Media Page.

For sporting events, some users like to sort media by period, inning or quarter.
For broadcasting events, some users like to sort media by time slot.
Some users find it useful to sort media by Media Type.