Vinten Radamec Control (VRC) - Manual (Page 24)

VRC Client User Interface
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Preview Panel Groups bar
This optional bar displays the same groups as the Primary Panel Groups bar and
enables the operator to select a second camera mapping group (possibly for a
different studio) to setup the initial shots for another show while the current show is
still running.
The Preview Panel Groups function would normally only be used if there were fewer
than eight cameras in each show. The camera mapping would be setup with:
• The cameras for the current show (selected Primary Panel Group) on the top
row of the Camera Selection and Status bar.
• The cameras for the next show (selected Preview Panel Group) on the bottom
row of the Camera Selection and Status bar.
This would enable you to control the cameras in both the Primary and Preview groups
simultaneously.
Once the production moves to this other studio, the operator simply selects the group
that was selected in the preview mapping group in the Primary Panel Groups bar and
runs that show.
This enables a single operator to control multiple studios from a single control panel.
Stored shot editing grid
This grid of cells is used to display the shots that have been created and stored for
each camera in the current show, or the shots stored for the currently selected camera
depending on the setting of the Per Camera configuration option. The grid size
(number of shots that are visible on a single page can be selected using the Grid Size
option on the Configuration Screen – see Grid display options on page 66.
Every time a shot is stored, a thumbnail image is captured from the camera and saved
into the selected cell. These thumbnails allow you to quickly identify the shots without
requiring long descriptive names. Depending on the number of shots stored in the
current show and the grid size selected, the shots may span several pages.
After shots are stored they can be moved, edited or deleted using the options on the
Edit menu – see Edit menu on page 31.
NOTE: The Display Full Panel configuration option needs to be enabled before
using the Preview Panel Groups. If only eight cameras are being shown in
the Camera Selection and Status bar, these will be the first 8 cameras for
the Primary Panel Group and you will be unable to see the camera
buttons for the preview group.