User guide

Viz Engine Administrator’s Guide

• Scenes

• Audio

• Archives

• Folder Type Highlighting: When enabled this will highlight the folders that

contain content matching the current Viz Artist’s Server view (for example Scene,

Object, Material, Image, Font, Audio, etc.).

Note: This can cause some performance overhead, when switching to different

types and/or with opening sub folders (but only first time, as the information is

cached).

• Auto Grab Focus: When Inactive, a middle mouse click grabs the focus, as a left

and right-click do. When audio grab focus is Active, the focus is grabbed as soon as

you move the mouse over a widget.

• Reset Startup Default Folder: Resets the startup folder. If Viz Artist is unable to

start due to problems with the last saved server view, clicking the Reset button will

reset the Server view to its top node.

• Performance Update Interval: Sets how often Viz Engine should update the

Performance Bar when it is opened.

• OnAir Update Interval: Update interval for the On Air Information window. Note

that a shorter interval decreases render performance. Setting to 0 means that no

update occurs.

• Tooltips: Enables or disables the tool tip information (pop-ups) in the Viz Artist user

interface.

• Delay On (ms): Sets the amount of time in milliseconds before the tool tip

appears. Default is 1500 ms.

• Delay Off (ms): Sets the amount of time before the tool tip disappears. Default

is 4000 ms.

Note: A millisecond is one thousandth of a second.

• Screen Layout Mode: Set to either:

• Normal: Default screen (single monitor)

• Mosaic Horizontal: Viz Artist shows on the left monitor and the Scene

Editor shows on the right monitor (two monitors).

• Mosaic Vertical: Viz Artist shows on the top monitor and the Scene

Editor shows on the bottom monitor (two monitors).

Note: Mosaic Horizontal and Mosaic Vertical are only available with NIVIDA

graphics cards, with Windows 7 on. Open the NVIDIA properties to setup Mosaic

before changing the Viz Configuration file.

• Dual: The Scene Editor opens in a new window (two monitors).