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SpeedEDIT is an optional application, and can be found in the downloads section of NewTek’s website.
SpeedEDIT is launched from the Home Page in TriCaster’s Startup Screen. After creating a new session or opening an existing one, click Add-Ons on the icon ring (see Section 0). This reveals options and links at right, including SpeedEDIT after it has been installed.
21.2.1 SESSIONS, PROJECTS AND DISPLAY
Normally, TriCaster uses its current session settings for video output. New SpeedEDIT projects (created using SpeedEDIT’s File menu (New), for example) may be a various resolutions, however. SpeedEDIT sends output to TriCaster’s audio and video outputs continuously, without selecting any menu setting.
Unlike the arrangement for Live Desktop output, for SpeedEDIT purposes TriCaster’s video outputs (rows 1-3) attempt to conform to the SpeedEDIT project format. So if the project is HD, TriCaster’s SDI outputs will all send HD-SDI, and the analog outputs will all be Component HD.
Likewise when the project is SD, the SDI outputs will all be SD. As there are multiple connection options for analog SD video, please refer to the following table in this case:
Row Number | SDI | Analog BNC 1 | Analog BNC 2 | Analog BNC 3 |
1 | SD | Y | Pb | Pr |
2 | SD | Composite | Y | C |
Note: When opening projects, TriCaster will attempt to provide hardware video output for SpeedEDIT, which may require it to reset the display hardware from HD to SD (or vice versa). It’s possible that this could result in a monitor, its connection type, or both being inappropriate for TriCaster’s output mode.
The realtime IEE1394 (DV/HDV) preview found in SpeedEDIT standalone is not supported for TriCaster, which has other (superior) video display options.
TriCaster launches SpeedEDIT on a desktop of its own, spanning all connected monitors. You can exit SpeedEDIT by clicking the [x] button in the upper-right corner of the desktop, or by using the File men item Close.
If you have a secondary monitor connected to TriCaster, you can drag SpeedEDIT’s
Video Output window (opened from the Window menu) onto that screen.
Maximize it by double-clicking inside the preview area (double-clicking a second time restores the standard ‘floating’ window).
Similarly, you might find it convenient to maximize the SpeedEDIT window to fill the primary monitor display. To do this, double-click the window border. In this configuration, the Desktop exit button is not available, but you can exit the application using the File menu’s Close item.
