NewTek Virtual Set Editor - Manual (Page 34)

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3.4.4 STYLE
A Style menu doesn’t appear in the Monitors group, but we should give it a moment’s attention as well.
Expand the Input A control group to show it. Style is a bit of a joker, since it may govern different features in
various places.
One very useful thing it offers in some instances is that it permits you to select between a one-person or a
two-person frame overlay on the Virtual Set Canvas. Elsewhere, it may be used to provide other options,
such as enabling or disabling lighting effect. Be sure to check it out wherever it appears.
SECTION 3.5 ANIMATION CONTROLS
We reviewed the use of the Animation Controls (Figure 41) in the Walkthrough Chapter. The thumbnail
icon shows the active zoom/pan preset position, which is also a) seen on the Canvas and b), highlighted
with a blue border in the Shot selector that opens when you click the thumbnail icon.
FIGURE 41
Edits made to the composition of the current preset take effect immediately. Clicking a different thumbnail
in the Shot selector begins an animated zoom preview right on the Canvas.
Notice, too, that you can right-click a Shot menu thumbnail to open a context menu offering Copy and Paste
features. This makes it a simple matter to duplicate a shot, and then tweak the new iteration to taste.
Note: The first and last presets serve as Start and End (min and max zoom) positions for TriCaster models that
do not support all nine preset shots.
SECTION 3.6 VIRTUAL SET CANVAS
The large Virtual Set Canvas dominates the screen. It not only provides feedback on your work in progress,
but also supports certain editing operations, and even allows you to preview animated zooms.
In addition, as previously mentioned, various objects on the Canvas may be highlighted when you roll the
mouse cursor over their respective headers in the Control Stack.