Grass Valley NewsQ User Manual

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Rev Date Description

April 16, 2004 Release 071-8312-00 for Software Version 5.0

November 28, 2004 Release 071-8312-01 for Software Version 5.1

November 21, 2005 Release 071-8312-02 for Software Version 5.5

Contents

Preface

Grass Valley Product Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Safety Summaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Safety Terms and Symbols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Service Safety Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Certifications and Compliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Environmental Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Chapter 1 Introducing NewsQ

What is NewsQ?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Overview of Using NewsQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Tour of the NewsQ Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Main Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Playback Channel Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Playback Viewer Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Navigating in NewsQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Using the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Using the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Using the Shortcut Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Tour of the NewsQ Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Mark Point Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Transport Control Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Other NewsQ Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Chapter 2 Setting Up The Bin

The Bin Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Understanding the Bin Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Creating a New Bin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Working in Shared or Local Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Setting Up a SmartBin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Creating a Video Server SmartBin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Creating a Media Import SmartBin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Viewing the Material in Your Bins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Thumbnail View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Changing Thumbnail Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Details View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Displaying Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Sorting Your Media Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Using the Context-Sensitive Bin Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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Chapter 3 Working with Playlists

Creating a Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Rearranging Clips in the Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Saving Playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Loading an Existing Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Understanding Playback Colors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Changing Playback Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Viewing Clips in the Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Using the Context-Sensitive Playlist Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Chapter 4 Trimming Clips in the Playlist

Tour of the Trimmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Navigating and Playing Through Your Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Trimming Mark In and Out Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Using Additional Features of the Trimmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Using Handles to Add Frames to Your Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Locking the Duration of a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Playing Past Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Using Control Track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Chapter 5 Playing Clips to Air

Using Manual Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Loading a Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Modifying the Start of a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Cueing and Playing Clips to Air. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Cueing Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Playing Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Playing an Entire Playlist Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Viewing Clips While Playing to Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Using An External Automation System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Configuring NewsQ for Automation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Playing Clips to Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Adjusting Audio Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Adjusting the Volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Muting Audio Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Appendix A The NewsQ Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Appendix B Configuring NewsQ Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Index

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Grass Valley Product Support

To get technical assistance, check on the status of problems, or report new
problems, contact Grass Valley Product Support via e-mail, the Web, or by
phone or fax.

Web Technical Support

To access support information on the Web, visit the product support Web page
on the Grass Valley Web site. You can download software or find solutions to
problems by searching our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) database.

Grass Valley Product Support

World Wide Web:
Technical Support E-mail Address:

http://www.thomsongrassvalley.com/support/

[e-mail].

Phone Support

Use the following information to contact product support by phone during
business hours. Afterhours phone support is available for warranty and contract
customers.

United States [phone] (Toll Free) France [phone]

Latin America [phone] (Toll Free) Germany [phone]

Eastern Europe [phone] Greece [phone]

Southern Europe [phone] Hong Kong [phone]

Middle East [phone] Italy [phone]

Australia [phone] Netherlands [phone]

Belgium [phone] Poland [phone]

Brazil [phone] Russia [phone]

Canada [phone] (Toll Free) Singapore [phone]

China [phone] Spain + 34 91 512 03 50

Denmark [phone] Sweden [phone]

Dubai + 971 4 299 64 40 Switzerland [phone]

Finland [phone] UK [phone]

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Authorized Support Representative

A local authorized support representative may be available in your country. To
locate the support representative for your country, visit the product support
Web page on the Grass Valley Web site.

Profile Users Group

You can connect with other Profile XP Media Platform users to ask questions
or share advice, tips, and hints. Send e-mail to profi[e-mail] to
join the community and benefit from the experience of others.

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Safety Summaries

General Safety Summary

Review the following safety precautions to avoid injury and prevent damage to
this product or any products connected to it.

Only qualified personnel should perform service procedures.

While using this product, you may need to access other parts of the system.
Read the
cautions related to operating the system.

Review all system operator manuals, including manuals in electronic format on
the system hard drive.

Injury Precautions

General Safety Summary

Safety Summaries

in other system manuals for warnings and

Use Proper Power

Cord

Ground the Product

Do Not Operate
Without Covers

Do Not Operate in

Wet/Damp

Conditions

Do Not Operate in

an Explosive

Atmosphere

Avoid Exposed

Circuitry

To avoid fire hazard, use only the power cord specified for

this product.

This product is grounded through the grounding conductor of

the power cord. To avoid electric shock, the grounding

conductor must be connected to earth ground. Before making

connections to the input or output terminals of the product,

ensure that the product is properly grounded.

To avoid electric shock or fire hazard, do not operate this

product with covers or panels removed.

To avoid electric shock, do not operate this product in wet or

damp conditions.

To avoid injury or fire hazard, do not operate this product in

an explosive atmosphere.

To avoid injury, remove jewelry such as rings, watches, and

other metallic objects. Do not touch exposed connections and

components when power is present.

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Product Damage Precautions

Use Proper Power

Source

Provide Proper

Ventilation

Do Not Operate With

Suspected Failures

Battery

Replacement

Do not operate this product from a power source that applies
more than the voltage specified.

To prevent product overheating, provide proper ventilation.

If you suspect there is damage to this product, have it
inspected by qualified service personnel.

To avoid damage, replace only with the same or equivalent
type recommended by the circuit board manufacturer.
Dispose of used battery according to the circuit board
manufacturer’s instructions.

Safety Terms and Symbols

Terms in This

Manual

!

!

These terms may appear in this and other product manuals:

WARNING

: Warning statements identify conditions or

practices that can result in personal injury or loss of life.

CAUTION

: Caution statements identify conditions or
practices that can result in damage to the equipment or other
property.

Terms on the

Product

These terms may appear on the product:

DANGER

indicates a personal injury hazard immediately

accessible as one reads the marking.

WARNING

indicates a personal injury hazard not

immediately accessible as you read the marking.

CAUTION

indicates a hazard to property including the

product.

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Service Safety Summary

Symbols on the

Product

The following symbols may appear on the product:

DANGER high voltage

Protective ground (earth) terminal

!

ATTENTION – refer to manual

Service Safety Summary

Do Not Service

Alone

No Power Switch

Use Care When

Servicing With

Power On

Do not perform internal service or adjustment of this product
unless another person capable of rendering first aid and
resuscitation is present.

To avoid electric shock, disconnect the main power by means
of the power cord. The power cord is the main power
disconnect. Ensure that the power cord is easily accessible at
the rear of the product or at the power receptacle.

Dangerous voltages or currents may exist in this product.
Disconnect power and remove battery (if applicable) before
removing protective panels, soldering, or replacing
components.

To avoid electric shock, do not touch exposed connections.

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Certifications and Compliances

Canadian Certified

Power Cords

Canadian approval includes the products and power cords
appropriate for use in the North America power network. All
other power cords supplied are approved for the country of
use.

FCC Emission

Control

Canadian EMC

Notice of

Compliance

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the
limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the
FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference when the equipment
is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment
generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and,
if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction
manual, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential
area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the
user will be required to correct the interference at his own
expense. Changes or modifications not expressly approved
by Grass Valley can affect emission compliance and could
void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for
radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the
Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department
of Communications.

Le présent appareil numérique n’émet pas de bruits
radioélectriques dépassant les limites applicables aux
appareils numériques de la classe A préscrites dans le
Règlement sur le brouillage radioélectrique édicté par le
ministère des Communications du Canada.

Canadian Certified

EN55022 Class A

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AC Adapter

Warning

Canadian approval includes the AC adapters appropriate for
use in the North America power network. All other AC
adapters supplied are approved for the country of use.

For products that comply with Class A. In a domestic
environment this product may cause radio interference in
which case the user may be required to take adequate
measures.

Laser Compliance

Laser Safety

Requirements

Certifications and Compliances

The device used in this product is a Class 1 certified laser
product. Operating this product outside specifications or
altering its original design may result in hazardous radiation
exposure, and may be considered an act of modifying or new
manufacturing of a laser product under U.S. regulations
contained in 21CFR Chapter 1, subchapter J or CENELEC
regulations in HD 482 S1. People performing such an act are
required by law to recertify and reidentify this product in
accordance with provisions of 21CFR subchapter J for
distribution within the U.S.A., and in accordance with
CENELEC HD 482 S1 for distribution within countries using
the IEC 825 standard.

Laser Safety

FCC Emission

Limits

Laser safety in the United States is regulated by the Center for
Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). The laser safety
regulations are published in the “Laser Product Performance
Standard,” Code of Federal Regulation (CFR), Title 21,
Subchapter J.

The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
Standard 825, “Radiation of Laser Products, Equipment
Classification, Requirements and User’s Guide,” governs
laser products outside the United States. Europe and member
nations of the European Free Trade Association fall under the
jurisdiction of the Comité Européen de Normalization
Electrotechnique (CENELEC).

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This
device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this
device must accept any interference received, including
interference that may cause undesirable operation.

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Certification

Category Standard

Safety

Designed/tested for compliance with:

ANSI/UL60950-2000

IEC 60950

CAN/CSA C22.2, No. 60950-00

EN60950:2000

- Safety of Information Technology Equipment (3rd edition, 1999)

- Safety of Information Technology Equipment

- Safety of Information Technology Equipment

- Safety of Information Technology Equipment (3rd edition)

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Environmental Criteria

The following table lists the environmental criteria for NewsQ.

Characteristics Description

Environmental Criteria

Operating Temperature

Storage Temperature

Operating Altitude

Storage Altitude

Mechanical Shock

Random Vibration

Transportation

Equipment Type

Equipment Class

Installation Category

Pollution Degree

Relative Humidity

Requirement:

Requirement:

Requirement:

Supplemental Data:

Requirement:

Supplemental Data:

Requirement:

Requirement:

Requirement:

Supplemental Data:

Supplemental Data:

Requirement:

Requirement:

Requirement:

10° to 40°C

-40° to 65°C

To 10,000 feet

To 40,000 feet

Non-Operational: Class 5 Grass Valley

Grass Valley 001131500

Category II Local level mains, appliances,

Operating 80% from +30° to +40°C

IEC 60950 compliant to 2000 meters

Class 5 (30G) Grass Valley 001131500

Operational: Class 6 Grass Valley
001131500

001131500

Information Technology

Class 1

portable equipment, etc.

Level 2 operating environment, indoor use
only.

Non-Operating 90% from +30° to +60°C
Do not operate with visible moisture on the
circuit boards

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Chapter

1

Introducing NewsQ

NewsQ is a news playout control system designed for instant roll, two-channel
manual or automated playout. With NewsQ, you can quickly create a running
order of stories and clips, cue the stories, and manually trigger them for play to
air. You can also configure NewsQ to be controlled by an external automation
system such as NewsQ Pro.

This manual shows you how to use NewsQ effectively and efficiently to create
playlists and play out clips to air using electronic news clips.

This chapter discusses:

• What NewsQ is

• How to use NewsQ to playback clips

• The NewsQ interface

• How to navigate around NewsQ

• How to use the NewsQ keyboard

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Chapter 1 Introducing NewsQ

What is NewsQ?

Designed for instant roll, two-channel playout, NewsQ provides a manual
playback solution for broadcasters that do not have an existing playback server
or control system. You can also use NewsQ with an automated playout system
like NewsQ Pro.

Using NewsQ for manual playback, you can quickly enter a running order of
stories and clips, assigning each to an A list or B list. NewsQ then cues the
stories, letting you manually trigger them for play to air. A countdown clock
helps you monitor the progress of each story during playback.

NewsQ accommodates last-minute timing changes, allowing you to trim the
beginning and end frames of clips with frame accuracy. You can also insert,
move, or delete items from a playlist without interrupting playback.

Using an external automation system with NewsQ allows you to play to air
without the use of a Profile Media Server. Playlists reside on your network or
as part of the automation system, and you use the external automation system
to play them to air using NewsQ as the server.

Another use for NewsQ is as a backup control system. In newsrooms where a
Profile system is the primary playback device, you can send clips to both the
NewsQ player and a Profile Media Server, thereby creating a backup for the
Profile system.

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NewsQ also includes enhanced audio features, including support for more
audio channels—two out or four out. For greater audio control and monitoring,
the system includes audio output metering and level controls.

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Overview of Using NewsQ

With manual playout, you play clips to air with NewsQ in three stages:

1. Create a new playlist using digitized news clips stored in the Bin.

You can also open an existing playlist. Importing clips from another
workstation or media server is another way to put clips in your playlist.

2. Trim any clips in the playlist, if necessary.

Change the starting or ending point of a clip.

3. Cue the clips in the playlist and play them to air during a news broadcast.

Cue clips automatically or manually. Play each clip to air when needed.
Change the starting point of a clip during playback.

If you are using NewsQ with an automation system, you follow these steps:

1. Configure NewsQ to use automation.

See “Using An External Automation System” on page 63 for instructions.

2. Load the playlist into the automation system.

Overview of Using NewsQ

3. Play the clips to air using the external automation system.

This manual takes you through the process of playing clips to air with NewsQ.

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Tour of the NewsQ Application

The NewsQ application consists of a main toolbar, a Bin to hold your files, the
Playback Channel window, and a Playback Viewer window. If you are using
two channels for NewsQ playback, you have two Playback Channel windows
(one for each channel), and two viewer windows.

NOTE: If you are using NewsQ in a shared environment, you do not
have a Playback Viewer window. See “Working in Shared or Local
Mode” on page 31 for more information.

Main
Toolbar

Playback
Channel
Window

Bin

Playback
Viewer
Window

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Main Toolbar

The Main Toolbar lets you access common NewsQ functions:

Icon Function Description

Main Toolbar

Copy Lets you copy a clip from the Bin into your playlist.

Paste Lets you paste a clip from the Bin into your playlist.

Delete Deletes the selected clip from the playlist or Bin.

Properties Opens the Sequence or Master Clip Properties window

ContentShare
Explorer

showing you the properties of the selected clip or sequence.

Opens the ContentShare Explorer program, which allows
you to obtain and manage media files from your network.

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Bin

The Bin is a database where clips and sequences are stored and organized. The
top-level bin appears by default when you start NewsQ.

You can create additional bins to organize your media. You can also customize
the information about each clip and then search specific fields in the database.

See “Setting Up The Bin” on page 27 for details on using the Bin.

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Playback Channel Window

You create your playlist in the Playback Channel window, as well as cue and
play clips to air. You can also adjust the audio output.

Playback Channel Window

See Chapter 3, “Working with Playlists” and Chapter 5, “Playing Clips to Air”
for details on creating playlists and playing clips to air.

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Playback Viewer Window

The Playback Viewer window allows you to simultaneously monitor your
media as you are playing it to air. You can also use the Playback Viewer to
preview clips on the channel you are not using for playback. You can view the
video at full size, half size, or quarter size.

NOTE: If you are using NewsQ in a shared environment, you do not
have a Playback Viewer window.

View

1/4

Size

View

1/2

Size

View

Full

Size

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Navigating in NewsQ

You work in NewsQ with the mouse, the keyboard, or a combination of both.
This manual includes instructions for both mouse and keyboard commands,
allowing you to use the method you prefer.

Using the Mouse

To execute a mouse command, move the mouse pointer to a given menu or
button, then click the left mouse button. This manual uses the term click when
you press the mouse button once; double-click when you press the mouse
button twice in quick succession; press when you press and hold the mouse
button.

You can also use the mouse to drag clips from the Bin into the Playback List.
Place the mouse pointer on the title bar of the clip you want to move. Press the
mouse button and drag the clip to the Playlist.

Using the Keyboard

The keyboard is customized with color-coded keys that allow you to see
commands at a glance. Keyboard commands are either a single keystroke or a
key combination. You execute key combinations such as
and holding the first key in the combination, while simultaneously pressing the
second key. A complete list of the keyboard keys and functions is in

Appendix A.

Navigating in NewsQ

Ctrl+TAB by pressing

Using the Shortcut Menus

NewsQ also makes use of right-click shortcut menus. Shortcut menus provide
a quick way to access relevant commands without having to move the mouse
pointer to the toolbar or menu bar. To access these menus, press the right­mouse button once and a menu appears. The commands that appear depend on
the position of the mouse pointer when you right-click. For example, when you
right-click in the Bin, the shortcut menu provides quick access to bin
management commands.

If you are comfortable using a mouse, shortcut menus provide a valuable means
of accessing commands quickly.

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Tour of the NewsQ Keyboard

NewsQ’s keyboard uses color-coded keys that correspond to NewsQ functions.
The keyboard you use with NewsQ is the same keyboard you use with other
Digital News Production products, including NewsEdit. Some of the keys are
used exclusively for NewsEdit and are not used with NewsQ. Keys listed here
apply to NewsQ functions. For a complete key reference, see Appendix A.

Esc F1

~

!1@2#3$4%5^6&7*8(9)

`

Tab

Caps
Locks

Shift

Ctrl

F2 F31F4

Q W

A G

Z XHC V

RE I O P

D FS

Alt

F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12

2

T

Y U

J

V

A1KA2

B

N

CTL

<

M

,

O

Mark Point Buttons

F3

F4

1

2

F5 F6 F7 F8

You use the dark purple buttons to set and control the mark In and Out points.

Transport Control Buttons

Q W RE

Print
Scrn
SysRq

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+

-

0

{[}

:

L

A3

;

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.

Backspace

=

|

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Enter

A4

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Shift

CtrlAlt Gr

Insert

Delete End

I O

Scroll
Lock

Home

Pause

Break

PageUpNum

Page
Down

1A

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Lock

8

7

Home

465

2

1

End

0

Ins

B

CTL

9

Pg Up

+

3

Pg Dn

Enter

.

Del

N

O

D FS HA

You use the light purple buttons for playing a sequence in the Trimmer; these
buttons act like deck controls. You use the avocado green buttons to control
movement within a clip.

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Other NewsQ Buttons

F2

You use this green button to send clips to other workstations or video servers.

The black buttons round out the NewsQ application.

Other NewsQ Buttons

Home

Delete End

Page
Up

Page
Down

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Chapter

1

Setting Up The Bin

NewsQ uses Bins to hold all of your media clips, sequences and raw footage. A
bin is like a database; you can create as many bins as you need to organize your
work. NewsQ uses the same Bin as NewsEdit, another Digital News Production
product from Grass Valley. If you are also using NewsEdit, the Bin may already
be set up.

This chapter discusses how to:

• Create a new bin

• Work in Local or Shared mode

• Set up a SmartBin

• View your bins

• Use the context-sensitive Bin menu

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The Bin Window

The Bin window consists of two main components — a toolbar and the area that
holds your files. The toolbar lets you create new bins, search for specific files,
and change the way you view bins.

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