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Avid Motion Graphics Operations Console

User Guide

Contents

1. Basic Concepts ............................................................................................................................................. 2

2. System Requirements .................................................................................................................................. 2

3. Installing the AMG Operations Console ....................................................................................................... 2

4. AMG Operations Console User Interface .................................................................................................... 6

4.1. Main User Interface elements .............................................................................................................. 6

4.2. Channel Setup tab ................................................................................................................................. 7

4.3. All tab .................................................................................................................................................... 8

4.4. Group tabs ............................................................................................................................................ 9

4.5. Menu bar ............................................................................................................................................ 11

4.5.1. Action menu ..................................................................................................................................... 11

4.5.2. Edit menu ......................................................................................................................................... 11

4.5.3. View menu ....................................................................................................................................... 11

4.5.4. Help menu ........................................................................................................................................ 11

5. Common Tasks ........................................................................................................................................... 12

5.1. To add a new Channel......................................................................................................................... 12

5.2. To configure a Channel Group ............................................................................................................ 13

5.3. To open an AMG project for a Channel .............................................................................................. 13

5.4. To open an AMG project for a Group ................................................................................................. 14

Summary of content (16 pages)

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Avid Motion Graphics Operations Console User Guide Contents 1. Basic Concepts ............................................................................................................................................. 2 2. System Requirements .................................................................................................................................. 2 3. Installing the AMG Operations Console.........................................................................................
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Avid Motion Graphics Operations Console User Guide 1. Basic Concepts The Avid Motion Graphics (AMG) Operations Console allows remote configuration, management, analysis and monitoring of individual or multiple AMG rendering engines.
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Avid Motion Graphics Operations Console User Guide b) Click Avid Motion Graphics Tools. c) Select AMG Operations Console. d) Click Next.
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Avid Motion Graphics Operations Console User Guide e) Select I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next. f) Click Install. g) Click Finish.
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Avid Motion Graphics Operations Console User Guide h) Ensure that the installation tool indicates that the AMG Operations Console is installed properly, and then click Exit. i) Go to Start Menu > All Programs > Avid > Avid Motion Graphics > AMG Operations Console to confirm that the application was installed.
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Avid Motion Graphics Operations Console User Guide 4. AMG Operations Console User Interface 4.1. Main User Interface elements The User Interface consists of three main areas: the Menu bar, the Channel Setup and Groups section and the Channel spaces.
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Avid Motion Graphics Operations Console User Guide 4.2. Channel Setup tab When you first launch the AMG Operations Console, you see the Channel Setup tab without any channels in the Channel List. The Channel Setup tab is used to add and configure channels in the Operations Console. Channels are saved when you close the application. All added channels appear in the Channel List. Adding Channels To add a channel: 1. 2. 3. 4. In the Channel Label field, type a label for the channel.
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Avid Motion Graphics Operations Console User Guide 4.3. All tab The All tab displays channels previously added to the Operations Console. You can view channel headers with summary information or expand channels to view details about them. The channel header displays the following:     Channel label System time of the AMG Chassis Name of the AMG project open in the channel Channel status indicator (see next section). The main purpose of the All tab is grouping of channels.
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Avid Motion Graphics Operations Console User Guide 4.4. Group tabs Four groups of channels allow monitoring and control of customized sets of channels. You can view summary information in headers of collapsed channels. Expanded channels allow you to view more detail about the corresponding AMG engine.
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Avid Motion Graphics Operations Console User Guide of AMG Program and Preview outputs. The main purpose of snapshots is to monitor the rough parameters of played out video. The Log area displays log information retrieved from the AMG Chassis. You can open an AMG project for a single channel or for a group of channels. To open an AMG project on a single channel: 1. Right-click the channel header. A file system of network drives with saved AMG projects appears. 2. Choose the project you want to open.
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Avid Motion Graphics Operations Console User Guide 4.5. Menu bar There are four buttons in the Menu bar: Action, Edit, View and Help. 4.5.1. Action menu Menu Item Purpose Channel > OpenProject… Opens a project for a chosen channel Group > OpenProject… Opens a project for a chosen group 4.5.2.
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Avid Motion Graphics Operations Console User Guide 5. Common Tasks 5.1. To add a new Channel a. Launch the AMG Operations Console. b. Go to the Channel Setup tab; type a label for the channel; enter an IP address or hostname for the AMG Server in the Host field; choose either Chassis Channel A or Chassis Channel B, and click Add. c. Go to the All tab and ensure that the channel appears.
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Avid Motion Graphics Operations Console User Guide 5.2. To configure a Channel Group a. Launch the AMG Operations Console and add channels (See 5.1). b. Go to the All tab. c. Assign channels to groups by clicking the appropriate buttons on the channel headers. d. Go to the corresponding groups and ensure that the channels appear. 5.3. To open an AMG project for a Channel a. Go to the group that contains the channel you want to work with. b. Right-click on the Channel header and choose Open Project.
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Avid Motion Graphics Operations Console User Guide c. Go to the location of your AMG projects and select the project you want to open. d. The project opens on the AMG channel, allowing you to play out the project’s compositions using the playout controls. 5.4. To open an AMG project for a Group a. Choose a Group tab.
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Avid Motion Graphics Operations Console User Guide b. Choose Action> Group> Open Project, select an AMG project on the X drive and click OK. You can also open a project by Right-clicking on the Group header.
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Avid Motion Graphics Operations Console User Guide c. Review the channels in the group to ensure that the required project name appears for each channel.