Workflow on replacement Designer files in Scenarist HDMV? [Archive]

Eric69

22nd November 2009, 01:43

I was working on a test project recently that needed a replacement designer file after changes where needed to replace the original Designer XML.

The structure was the same but it failed to import and replace the original. I did change button and BOG/slice names in Scenarist itself after the original import. Would this be the issue?

Just wondering if anyone had a particular workflow with Designer that works for them? Especially if you expect changes to menus down the production process.

rik1138

23rd November 2009, 11:01

Just wondering if anyone had a particular workflow with Designer that works for them? Especially if you expect changes to menus down the production process.

Don't ever change any of the names in the IG after it's imported, that's the easiest workflow rule. :cool: Scenarist expects those names to match if you do a Designer update. Any BOGs/Buttons with names not in the Designer XML that contain graphics will be deleted, and all names in the XML, but not in the project will be added. So if your Designer save out has a button called 'Chapter' and you rename it 'Chapters', if you update the IG with a new Designer save out, the 'Chapters' button will be deleted (along with all links and nav commands), and the button 'Chapter' will be added. Graphically, it won't look like it changed, but all your code/links to and from that button will be gone.

It's always best to leave them, and make sure they aren't changed in Scenarist, or the layer names in Photoshop, even if you don't like the names for some reason...

But, if it's already been done, you can either rename all the BOGs/Buttons in Scenarist, or the Designer XML script. Just change the name=" field that follows:
<InteractiveGraphic
<DisplaySet
<Page
<ButtonOverlapGroup
<Button
in the Designer XML to match everything in your Scenarist project exactly (or change the project to match the Designer XML in these fields). The paths and names of the graphic files don't need to be changed, Scenarist will update them just fine.

If you are doing the Photoshop/Designer work and authoring yourself, then you can also just try to remember to change the layer names in Photoshop if you change a name in Scenarist.