Overview
This lesson explains how to record interactions without a touchscreen.
| Prerequisites: Lessons 01, 03, 04, 05, and 06 |
Recordings
Preparing to record interactions
Interactions are objects or tools to be added to a playlist at runtime. They are designed to be used with a touchscreen to telestrate something or to highlight a value or area.
It is possible to record interactions without a touchscreen or if you want to have objects already in place, when you start the playlist. Recordings are made using Chyron Weather’s Edit mode. Before a recording can be made, interactions must be defined.
| See Lesson 06 for how to define interactions. |
Image description: Defining an interaction (touch and move)
Recording an interaction
To record an interaction, enter Edit mode.
- Go to the Segment on which you wish to record an interaction.
- Double click on a segment preview to go to Edit mode and straight to the chosen segment.
- Click the record button to start recording.
Image description: Record button
Perform the desired interaction. For example, add and draw an object. You can record several interactions on several segments if needed.
| Unlike objects added from the library of operator objects recorded objects are targeted to a specific content collection (not necessarily the topmost). Therefore, objects can be drawn below other elements (example: city labels). |
Image description: Recording an interaction
- Click the record button to stop recording.
- Return to the Chyron Weather’s Interface.
- Click Start Presentation to view the recording.
Deleting recorded objects
The presence of Recorded Objects within a Playlist is indicated by a white circle contained within a red square in a Segment Thumbnail Window.
Image description: Recorded Objects indicator
Recorded Objects may be deleted in two ways:
- Globally
- Individually
To delete Recorded Objects globally:
- Click the Application menu button.
- Click the Delete All Recorded Objects menu item.
- All the Recorded Objects contained within the Playlist will be reset.
Image description: Delete recorded objects globally
The indicator, illustrated in Lesson 10.7, will clear:
Image description: Recorded Objects indicator cleared
To delete Recorded Objects individually, select the Content Collection containing the object(s).
Image description: A Content Collection containing a Recorded Object
Recorded Objects will appear in red text. Select an object, then click the Delete button. The object will delete.
Image description: Content Collection showing Recorded Object deleted
Lesson Activities
Quiz |
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Questions |
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Question 1: Which color indicates that a recorded object in the content collection? A. red B. blue C. orange Question 2: Which mode is used to record interactions? A. Presentation mode B. Edit mode C. MeteoEarth Question 3: Where the interaction will be saved? A. The first content collection on the topmost geo layer B. The target content collection of the action preferences C. The last content collection of the used geo layer
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Answers |
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1. The correct answer is A. 2. The correct answer is B. 3. The correct answer is B. |
Tasks
- Open a playlist containing a map or create a new one.
- Select an interaction element.
- Open edit mode and record during drawing the element.
- Delete the recorded object.