TriCaster Professional User Guide

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Chapter 1 CONTENTS PART I ( GETTING STARTED )Chapter 1 ABOUT THIS MANUAL Chapter 2 INTRODUCTION SECTION 2.1 MEET THE FAMILY SECTION 2.2 OVERVIEW SECTION 2.3 STARTUP SCREEN SECTION 2.4 LIVE DESKTOP SECTION 2.5 FEATURES SECTION 3.1 COMMAND AND CONTROL SECTION 3.2 ACTIVATING & AUTHORIZING SECTION 3.3 LICENSE AND REGISTRATION SECTION 3.4 RACK MOUNTING TRICASTER SECTION 3.5 INPUT CONNECTIONS 3.5.2 CONNECTING A VIDEO ROUTER SECTION 3.6 GENLOCK CONNECTION SECTION 3.7 TIMECODE CONNECTION SECTION 3.8 OUTPUT CONNECTIONS SECTION 3.9 TALLY LIGHTS SECTION 3.10 STARTING A SESSION SECTION 3.11 CONFIGURE VIDEO OUTPUT SECTION 3.12 CONFIGURE VIDEO INPUTS 3.12.1 CONFIGURE A VIDEO ROUTER INPUT SECTION 3.13 CONFIGURE AUDIO SECTION 3.15 CONFIGURE TIMECODE SECTION 3.16 NETWORKING Chapter 4 LIVE PRODUCTION WALKTHROUGH SECTION 4.1 CREATING A SESSION SECTION 4.2 IMPORTING CONTENT SECTION 4.3 CONFIGURING SHARE ACCOUNTS SECTION 4.4 MONITORING SECTION 4.5 AUDIO MIXER SECTION 4.6 NETWORK SOURCES SECTION 4.7 LIVE SWITCHING SECTION 4.8 RECORD AND GRAB SECTION 4.9 MEDIA PLAYERS SECTION 4.10 LIVEMATTE & M/ES SECTION 4.11 MORE ABOUT M/ES SECTION 4.12 BUFFERS SECTION 4.13 STREAMING PART II ( REFERENCE)Chapter 5 THE STARTUP SCREEN SECTION 5.1 INTRODUCTION TO SESSIONS SECTION 5.2 THE HOME PAGE SECTION 5.3 THE SESSION PAGE Chapter 6 LIVE DESKTOP: OVERVIEW SECTION 6.1 DISPLAY REQUIREMENTS SECTION 6.2 OVERVIEW SECTION 6.3 STANDARD CONTROLS SECTION 6.4 CUSTOMIZING THE LIVE DESKTOP Chapter 7 THE DASHBOARD SECTION 7.1 FILE MENU SECTION 7.2 OPTIONS MENU SECTION 7.3 HELP SECTION 7.4 INFORMATION PANEL Chapter 8 I/O CONFIGURATION SECTION 8.1 OUTPUT CONFIGURATION SECTION 8.2 INPUT CONFIGURATION SECTION 8.3 NETWORK INPUTS SECTION 8.4 TIMECODE CONFIGURATION Chapter 9 SWITCHER, TRANSITIONS AND OVERLAY SECTION 9.1 SWITCHER ROWS SECTION 9.2 BACKGROUND AND DSK LAYERS SECTION 9.3 TRANSITIONS SECTION 9.4 SWITCHER MEM SLOTS Chapter 10 MONITORING YOUR VIDEO SECTION 10.1 INTERFACE AND MULTIVIEW SECTION 10.2 PROGRAM MONITOR SECTION 10.3 LOOK AHEAD PREVIEW SECTION 10.4 SCOPES Chapter 11 MEDIA PLAYERS & BUFFERS SECTION 11.1 SPECIALIZED MEDIA PLAYERS SECTION 11.2 SHARED FEATURES SECTION 11.3 EDITING TITLE PAGES SECTION 11.4 BUFFERS Chapter 12 PTZ CONTROL SECTION 12.1 THE PTZ TAB Chapter 13 LIVEMATTE SECTION 13.1 CHROMAKEYING SECTION 13.2 MATTE SECTION 13.3 SPILL SUPPRESSION SECTION 13.4 COMPOSITING SECTION 13.5 FINE TUNING SECTION 13.6 PRACTICAL STAGING FOR LIVEMATTE Chapter 14 MIX/EFFECT ( M/E) TOOLS SECTION 14.1 OVERVIEW SECTION 14.2 M/E MODES SECTION 14.3 KEY CHANNELS Chapter 15 AUDIO SECTION 15.2 HEADPHONES SECTION 15.4 EXTERNAL SOURCES SECTION 15.5 COMMON CONTROLS SECTION 15.6 INTERNAL SOURCES SECTION 15.7 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION SECTION 15.8 OUTPUT AND PRIMARY BUS CONTROLS SECTION 15.9 MEM SLOT BINS Chapter 16 NETWORK INPUTS SECTION 16.1 IVGA SECTION 16.2 AIRPLAY SECTION 16.3 LIVETEXT SECTION 16.4 3PLAY™SECTION 16.5 NETWORK VIDEO Chapter 17 MACROS, AUTOMATION AND REMOTE SECTION 17.1 SYSTEM MACROS SECTION 17.3 MANAGING MACROS SECTION 17.4 MACROS AND HOTSPOTS SECTION 17.5 EDIT A MACRO SECTION 17.6 AIRSEND™ CONTROL SECTION 17.7 REMOTE CONTROL Chapter 18 STREAMING SECTION 18.1 OVERVIEW SECTION 18.2 WEB BROWSER SECTION 18.3 CONNECTION OPTIONS SECTION 18.4 AUDIO LEVEL SECTION 18.5 CAPTURING THE STREAM SECTION 18.6 STREAMING STRATEGIES SECTION 18.7 PRODUCTION AND CAPTURE CONSIDERATIONS SECTION 18.8 DIAGNOSTICS AND TROUBLESHOOTING Chapter 19 PUBLISH SECTION 19.1 OVERVIEW SECTION 19.2 ACCOUNT CONFIGURATION SECTION 19.3 THE PUBLISH QUEUE Chapter 20 RECORD AND GRAB SECTION 20.1 RECORD SECTION 20.2 ISOCORDER™SECTION 20.3 GRAB Chapter 21 LIVETEXT™ AND SPEEDEDIT™SECTION 21.1 LIVETEXT SECTION 21.2 SPEEDEDIT PART III ( APPENDICES )Chapter 22 CONTROL SURFACES SECTION 22.1 SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE SECTION 22.2 CONNECTIONS & POWER SECTION 22.3 TRICASTER™ 8000 CS SECTION 22.5 TRICASTER™ 40 CS & TRICASTER MINI CS SECTION 22.6 TIMEWARP™SECTION 22.7 AVID® ARTIST MIX 22.7.4 PANEL LAYOUT SECTION 22.8 MIDI CONTROL SECTION 22.9 GPI CONTROLLERS A HOW DO I … (?)How do I ... (?)A.2 SESSIONS A.3 LIVE PRODUCTION A.4 FILES A.5 SOFTWARE, MAINTENANCE AND UPDATES A.6 REGISTRATION AND TECH SUPPORT A.7 MISCELLANEOUS A.8 MORE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS B PERFORMANCE CONSIDERATIONS B.1 TESTING, ONE TWO …B.2 IVGA™ AND PERFORMANCE B.3 IMAG AND LATENCY C VIDEO CALIBRATION C.1 WHAT (AND WHERE) TO CALIBRATE?C.2 CALIBRATING VIDEO SOURCES C.3 CALIBRATING YOUR MONITORS C.4 FURTHER READING D KEYSTROKE SHORTCUTS D.1 SWITCHER…E DIMENSIONS AND MOUNTING SECTION 22.10 TRICASTER MINI SECTION 22.11 TRICASTER 460 AND 410 SECTION 22.12 TRICASTER 8000 AND 860 SECTION 22.13 TRICASTER 8000 CS SECTION 22.14 TRICASTER 860 CS SECTION 22.15 TRICASTER 460 CS F RELIABILITY TESTING INDEX 3 8 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z CREDITS