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MONITORING YOUR VIDEO Chapter 10
The word “monitor” comes from the Latin “monēre” – meaning ‘to
warn’. The word has taken on additional meaning since Roman
times. As a verb, these include such connotations as ‘keeping an
eye’ on something, and ‘checking continually’. As a noun, we
understand it to mean devices that permit one to do just that.
As you would expect, TriCaster™ provides extensive and versatile monitoring – just
what is needed to control your live productions. Monitoring features can also warn
you of conditions that might affect output quality, as well as providing access to
adjustments providing quality control and creative alternatives.
Among others you will find Proc Amp, LiveMatte, Hotspot, Tracking (TriCaster 8000
only) and Crop controls. (To give some of these features the attention due, they are
treated individually in Chapter 8, I/O Configuration, and elsewhere. Likewise,
network inputs are discussed in Chapter 16, Network Inputs.)
SECTION 10.1 INTERFACE AND MULTIVIEW
Really, TriCaster provides two multiview monitor displays – one right on the Live
Desktop (a.k.a., the “Interface”), normally comprising its upper third, and the other
a fully independent display presented on
a secondary monitor output labeled
Multiview on TriCaster’s rear connector
panel.
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As we saw way back in Section 4.4.2, the overall layout of each of these multiview
monitoring areas is governed by two Workspace presets.