3 buffers menu, 4 animation features – NewTek TriCaster Advanced Edition User Guide User Manual

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11.4.3

BUFFERS MENU

Right-click a thumbnail icon in the Buffers pane to open a menu offering two items:

FIGURE 147

Rename allows you to assign a custom name to the buffer. The

name will also be visible in menus (such as DSK source menus).

Configure opens the standard configuration options, including
cropping, color processing, and even LiveMatte keying.

The Unload option clears the effect, freeing Switcher Memory

reserved for effects.

Hint: A small [x] button appears over the upper-right corner on rolling the cursor into a Buffers tab icon. This
button simply provides another convenient method of unloading an effect from Switcher Memory.

11.4.4

ANIMATION FEATURES

The thumbnail icon for a buffer with an animation effect assigned to it provides several additional features.

As mentioned earlier, animation effects can be of either looping or auto-run type (the type determination is
made in the Animation Store Creator utility when the effect is generated).

FIGURE 148

Loading either class of animation effect into a buffer results in a time control being displayed at right in the
buffer label (Figure 148).

Hint: Select a Slow, Medium or Fast preset value from the drop-down menu, drag the mouse left or right over the
time to change the current value, or click to enter a number directly using the keyboard.

For auto-run animation effects, a further control is added to the thumbnail icon when you move the cursor
over it. The Rehearse button appears at the top-center (Figure 148). Clicking it plays the animation from its
first frame through to the last, and holds that image.

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