The Teleprompter and Action Area are scrollable areas where
you build your show. Enter your script in the Teleprompter and drag and
drop actions into the Action area to create your sequence of events.
Feature |
Description |
Teleprompter
window |
Where you enter and edit text for your script or
outline. Also where you read the text aloud as it scrolls up the screen
while rehearsing or recording. The controls for the Teleprompter can be
found on the Director tab. To learn more about using the Teleprompter,
see Using the Teleprompter and Scripts. |
TickMark Ruler |
This is a multipurpose element:
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It's a timeline: The tick marks on the right side indicate time in the show, which
provides a convenient reference for moving Action Trays to
the desired positions. The distance between the tick marks changes as you adjust
the scroll speed, reflecting how that action stretches and compresses time.
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It's the Recording
Status Indicator: The stripe running down the center of this bar turns blue for segments that have
been recorded.
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It's a scroll bar: When your mouse point is over the bar, it turns to a hand icon.
Clicking and dragging vertically scrubs the show with much finer control than with the scrollbar along
the right side of the Action Area.
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Action Area |
Where you place and arrange Action Trays that contain
your Media, such as pre-recorded videos, audio, camera input and effects.
Actions scroll up the Action Area with the words in the Teleprompter while
rehearsing or recording.
To move up and down the show manually, drag the
scroll bar up and down.
To quickly move to the top or bottom of the show,
right-click the scroll bar and select top or bottom.
To quickly move one Action Area Page down or up,
right-click the scroll bar and select page Up or Page Down. |
Action Trays |
The container for Action and Media files etc. The
contents and placement of a tray determines what happens and when. For
more information see Everything You
Always Wanted to Know About Action Trays.
- To quickly move an Action Tray and every tray below
it, click the top tray, hold down the Shift key and drag the trays up
or down.
- To move a tray and selected trays above it, hold
down the Ctrl key on your keyboard select a Tray and any tray(s) above
it. Release the Ctrl key and drag the Action Trays up or down.
- Smart Position an Action Tray. Right-click on the
left handle of the Action Tray and select Smart Position Next Action from
the pop-up menu.
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Enhanced Action Tray Controls |
- The Time Tab. The time tab displays the exact position
of a tray. Slide the cursor over any part of a tray to display the blue
time tab.
- Overlap Trays. Drags trays on top of each other to
achieve closer timing.
- Collapse Trays. Action Trays can be made smaller
to accommodate closer timing. To collapse trays, right-click a tray and
select Collapse Tray from the pop-up menu. Drag the collapsed trays as
close as you like.
- To expand collapsed trays, right-click the tray and
select Expand Tray from the pop-up menu. To learn more about these features,
see Rapid Fire Action
Timing.
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Actions
(aka, Effects, Transitions) |
The left side of the Action Tray can contain an
Action, such as a video effect, that determines how the Media in the right
side of the tray is introduced to the video. For instance, if the Action
is a Dissolve, the incoming Media will dissolve in as the preceding Media
dissolves out. Add an Action to a tray by dragging an Action icon from
the library to anywhere in a tray. To learn more, see Adding
Actions and Effects.
- Preview an Action by double-clicking it.
- Replace an Action by dragging and dropping another
Action icon over the top of the first one.
- Delete an Action by right-clicking the tray handle
and select Delete Action. The entire tray will be removed.
- Cut an Action to be pasted later by right-clicking
the tray handle and select Cut Action. The entire tray will be cut.
- Copy an Action by right-clicking the tray handle
and select Copy Action.
- Paste an Action by right-clicking in the Action area
and selecting Paste Action.
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Media |
The right side of the Action Tray holds the video,
audio, or graphic file that goes with the Action. When you see a Camera
icon here, it means that this Action will contain live video from your
currently selected Video Input Device. You can replace the Media in the
tray by dragging a new Media File onto the Action Tray. For more information,
see Media Inputs.
- Preview Media by double-clicking it.
- Add Media to a tray by dragging a Media icon from
the library into the right side of the tray.
- Replace Media by dragging and dropping another Media
icon over the top of the first one.
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