Session 14: Swift CG+: Tickers

Preparation

Please also view the Session14.zip file in the Materials tab that contains the xml file you need for this tutorial.

Description

This video tutorial looks at basic Tickers in Swift CG+. Tickers form an ever more significant part in broadcast information – especially social media related content.

Session specific objectives

1. Creating a ticker, populated in the contents, fed by a manual text string.
2. Creating a ticker, populated in the contents, fed by an xml file.

Chapter 1: Creating a ticker

• Custom Browser
• Changing fonts and sizes
• Adding a plinth

Chapter 2: Basic Ticker controls

• Spacing
• Limits
• Speed
• Number of Cycles

Chapter 3: Restarting a ticker

• Restart step animators
• Multiple blocks

Chapter 4: Adding logos between slugs

• Scaling images and logos
• Manually populating the Contents with text

Chapter 5: Populating the ticker with an xml file

• xml file path
• xml file format
• GetData block
• Command input type
• File input type
• Access strings
• Reviewing in the Playout interface

Expected duration

30 mins

User Level

Advanced users