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The WATCHOUT Image Server is a separate program that allows you to incor-
porate up-to-date text, images and graphics into your presentation. It renders
the requested images, and sends the result to your display computers via the
network. This is somewhat similar to the way a VNC Server provides images
for a “Computer Screen” media item, but provides for greater flexibility and
programmability.
Being a server application, the program doesn’t offer much in terms of user
interface. It simply runs on a computer connected to the network and responds
to image requests from WATCHOUT. Using the Open command on the File
menu, you can manually open supported files to preview them on screen.
Images are also displayed while they’re being served to WATCHOUT.
◆ NOTE: As the Image Server runs as a separate application, it requires its
own WATCHOUT license key.
Image Types The Image Server can serve two types of images:
• A still image.
• A SWF file (Adobe Flash).
For still images, the Image Server accepts the same kinds of images that you
can generally use with WATCHOUT. It supports transparency information for
files that include such data.