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01: Workflow and LUCI Overview

Overview

What Are CAMIO and LUCI?

CAMIO is a centralized Media Object Server (MOS) and graphics asset management system. You can upload Image, movie and template assets to CAMIO from anywhere on your facility’s network or station group.

LUCI is a graphical user interface for CAMIO available through Newsroom Computer Systems (NRCSs), such as AP ENPS, Octopus, Dalet Galaxy, Avid iNews, CGI OpenMedia and Ross Inception. Assets are available in LUCI in groups called Contexts. LUCI enables newsroom staff to build and preview graphics for their stories from a WYSIWYG interface, and receive a true preview of the content created. Staff can add these graphics, as MOS objects, to the scripts in the NCRS Rundown. They are then listed in LUCI as “Completed Graphics.” CAMIO manages distribution of graphic assets associated with the NRCS Rundown to the specified Chyron playout devices.

Template editing in LUCI includes text entry and replacement of image and movie assets from CAMIO’s library. Through LUCI, a user can also order custom images, movies or even templates using Chyron Order. With a Chyron Axis subscription, LUCI also offers you the ability to design your own images using a variety of comprehensive libraries including AP Graphics Bank, Getty Images, and/or a custom library created by the Art Department and shared across your organization. Additional Axis modules include map, financial quote, and chart graphic creation.

NOTE: The terms “Rundown” and “Running Order” are used interchangeably in the LUCI application and in this document.

Access LUCI

Prior to Using LUCI

This document assumes that the setup and configuration required to access LUCI have been completed. These Administrator tasks are typically performed when the equipment is installed. If LUCI does not start or work as described in this manual, then please contact your CAMIO Administrator.

Open LUCI in a Web Browser

The LUCI interface is a web page hosted on the CAMIO Server. LUCI can run inside an HTML5-compatible browser. Chrome is recommended.

To open LUCI:

  1. Navigate to http://camioservername/LUCI, where “camioservername” is the machine name or IP address of the installed CAMIO Server.
  2. A prompt appears, requesting the username to log into LUCI. Enter your username and click Login button. The LUCI interface displays:
  3. You can also display LUCI in the browser by going to the CAMIO Central home page (http://camioservername/camio) and selecting the LUCI link.

Interface: Dark vs. Light

You can choose to display in either the Dark Look or Light Look.

To toggle between looks,

  • Click the icon to view the interface in Light Look.
  • Click again toggle back to the Dark Look.

Image Description: Dark Look

Image Description: Light Look

Version, License, and Status

To display version, license, and status information about the CAMIO and its related components:

Click the Information icon in the upper right. The Information box displays:

To view the License Agreement, click the License Agreement button. Scroll to view the entire License Agreement. Click the close icon when finished.

Opening LUCI in the ActiveX Container

Legacy MOS Newsroom Computer Systems (NRCSs) expect a MOS ActiveX plugin. There is a component called the ActiveX Container which adapts the NCRS to run the LUCI web page. Chyron provides several versions of an ActiveX container depending on which NRCS you are using. Please contact Chyron Support to find out which version you should install on your NRCS.

Open LUCI in iNews

The ActiveX Container must be installed on every iNews client workstation.

  1. Start iNews.
  2. In the iNews Tools drop-down, select Plugins > ChyronHego LUCI.
    1. LUCI opens into the iNews workspace.
    2. iNews logs into LUCI as the user who started the iNews application.

Many iNews administrators have assigned shortcuts to invoke frequently used tools, such as LUCI. Ask your CAMIO Administrator or NRCS administrator if there is a shortcut to open LUCI.

Open LUCI in ENPS

To open LUCI in ENPS:

  1. Start ENPS.
  2. Click the MOS plug icon at the bottom of the screen.
  3. ENPS logs into LUCI as the user currently logged into the Windows desktop.

Open LUCI in other newsroom computer systems

For other newsroom computer systems, please refer to the NRCS documentation for information on accessing configured MOS devices. Some newsroom systems support LUCI as a native HTML5 plugin. Other newsroom systems require an ActiveX container.‎ 

LUCI Workflow Overview

The LUCI workflow is straightforward and provides you the speed and flexibility to quickly add graphics to your story. You can easily update graphics as needed.

When you create a graphic in LUCI, the result is a MOS Object which is inserted into the NRCS’s rundown. The MOS Object contains the metadata necessary to play the graphic on the specified playout device when the rundown is activated.

Workflow

The workflow is as follows, and is described in detail in subsequent chapters of this document.

  1. Select the Template Types at the left of the screen and Context at the top of the screen to display only the templates that you would like to view.
  2. In the Browse Templates panel, select a template.
  3. Highlight the desired template, and then press Enter or double-click the message to load it into Edit Mode.
  4. Enter new text into the Text input field(s). Note that the thumbnail image displayed in the Preview Display does not reflect the change at this time, but will update later.
  5. Double-click any image or movie field to open the Asset Browser. Drag and drop or single-click to select the image or movie to populate the selected Image/Movie field.
  6. If desired, enter text into the Slug field. This is additional information which can be displayed by the MOS Object in the newsroom rundown..
  7. Click the Preview button to preview the graphic. Depending on system settings you may get automatically generated previews as you modify the replaceable fields.
  8. Add the completed graphic or MOS Object to the story as follows.
    • Click Insert to insert the MOS Object at the point where the cursor was located in the script; or,
    • Alternatively, you can Drag and Drop the MOS Object into the script. The item needs to be made drag ready by clicking the Preview button. You will see a bar that says Drag/Drop under the preview image when it is drag ready. You can drag from the preview thumbnail or the Drag/Drop bar.

After the insert the MOS Object will appear in the newsroom system's rundown as a Production Cue. Depending on the newsroom system the format of the Production Cue is defined in CAMIO as the MOS Abstract or Object Slug.

The display format of the MOS Abstract and Object Slug is a Global setting determined by the CAMIO Administration page. To change these formats, contact your System Administrator

Once a new file is inserted to a script, a pop-up indicates the context and number of the created object, so you can feel confident that your content was created successfully. The example above specifies that the template data message is in the context NAB 2017, and the message number is 00010852,