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Creating & Editing Multimedia Audiovisuals within OnCue
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Designation Lists are the page/line clips of the deposition testimony for the purpose of playback in court. You will need a synchronized transcript file (.mdb or an OnCue xml) and the raw deposition video to use this feature (see Adding Synchronized Transcripts). There are several ways to create Designation Lists in OnCue (manually, importing lists and through the Designation Wizard. Below is an explanation of the first, quick way to create a list and add single designations.
NOTE: You can create designation lists using just the transcript text file if you don't have a video. Reporting and creation is the same. The only difference is in the presenting part. Check this article for more information on displaying designations as text.
IMPORTANT: The underlying deposition video files should be copied to the “_synchedvideos” folder in your OnCue case, put the loose video files in the root of that folder (not in subfolders). OnCue looks for the video in this folder.
Creating a Quick Designation List
To create your Designation List, click on Create/Edit Designations screen layout from the Workflow Ribbon. Under the Designations section of the Media Bar, click the "+" sign and select New Designation List

You will get a dialogue box to change the ID and Name if you want.

Select a Transcript from either the Media Bar or from the drop-down menu on the Transcript Pane toolbar.

Once you have created the Designation List, you can add the page/line designations. There is no limit to the number of designations you can have in a List, and you can designate from different Transcripts within the same Designation List if desired.
Then click and drag to select the transcript text you want to play. You can then either click the "Add Selection" button in the toolbar, right-click the selected text and select “Add Selection," or use the "Ctrl + S" hotkey.

The Designation List in the Designations tab will expand, and you'll see your new designation appear below the ID.
The highlighter color will be the last used color but can also be changed prior to adding the designation by selecting a color from the Highlighter dropdown menu.

You can even create a list of the entire deposition.

Creating a New Designation List from a Selection of Existing Designations
First, select the designation lists or individual designations you want to compile into the new list.
Right-click and select Create New Designation List from Selection.

Create ID and new name. It appends one list after the other.
For more information about this, check out our Copying Designations & Merging Lists article.
Using the Designation Wizard
Manually is the quick way to add one or two designations as you are going through a transcript but if someone gives you a list or maybe wants to make changes to an existing list, the Designation Wizard is what you want. You can find an in-depth explanation in the Designation Wizard article.
Importing Designations
If someone gives you hundreds or thousands of page/lines, you might want to import them. Designation List Imports can be created outside of OnCue in a text file. You can find information about these files in our Importing Designation Lists article.
Right-Click Menu
For more information about what you can do with the right-click menu, see our Understanding your Right-Click Menu - Designations article.
Designation List FAQs
You can have different transcripts in one designation list–it is okay to put different dates or even different deponents in one list.
Designation lists, when created, default to play through to the end of a list unless you change the auto-advance arrows.
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