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SECTION 10.7
PROGRAM MONITOR
The Program Output monitor could hardly be more important, hence it’s prominent default location at upper-
right on the Live Desktop.
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Normally, this viewport shows what the Switcher is sending to Program output at any moment. The display
includes the BKGD video layer as well as any other video layers (such as one or more DSKs, or FTB ) displayed
above it.
Note: By default, Program output is sent to the MIX 1 output, subject to assignments made in the Output
Configuration pane. When you move your mouse pointer over the Program monitor, a Configure button (gear)
appears at lower right. Clicking this button opens the Configuration panel (see Section 8.2).
SECTION 10.8 LOOK AHEAD PREVIEW
Again, by default, the Live Desktop also prominently displays the
Look Ahead Preview monitor (labeled simply Preview ).
The Look Ahead Preview is versatile and powerful. Instead of
showing just one video source (the Preview row selection), it
displays what the outcome of a Take operation applied to all
currently delegated video layers would be.
• Delegating the BKGD layer indicates you intend the next
transition to swap the Program and Preview layers. The
Preview monitor will show the Preview row selection as its background.
• When the BKGD is not delegated, that layer will not change during a transition. Consequently, in this
case the Preview and Program monitors share identical backgrounds.
• Delegated DSK layers are shown above the background on Preview according to their current state.
That is, if a delegated DSK layer is currently displayed on Program output it does not appear on
Preview – since the next transition would remove it.
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