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Chapter 7

THE DASHBOARD

The Dashboard groups important production features and system display controls in
one convenient place for quick access and review. As well, the Dashboard serves to
provide information on the current session, status updates and storage usage, along
with timecode and the Macros and Options menu.

The

Dashboard

is home to several important displays, tools and controls. Prominently located at the very top

of the

Live Desktop

, the

Dashboard

occupies the full width of the screen.

FIGURE 57

Initially, to avoid overwhelming users, the left end of the

Dashboard

simply shows the name of the current

session. Moving the mouse pointer to the top of the screen reveals the set of menus shown in Figure 57.

FIGURE 58

The right half of the

Dashboard

(Figure 58) contains additional features and tools that are more frequently

accessed, for which reason they are displayed full-time. The various elements comprising the entire

Dashboard

are listed below (starting from the left):

1.

File

menu

2.

Options

menu

3.

Macros

menu

see Chapter 17

4.

Workspaces

menu

see Chapter 10

5.

EXPORT button

and

Configuration (gear)

see Chapter 19

6.

STREAM/ENCODE

button and

Configuration

(gear)

see Chapter 18

7.

RECORD/REPLAY

buttons and

Configuration

(gear)

see Chapter 20

8.

GRAB

button and

Configuration

(gear)

see Chapter 20

9.

Clock(s)

and

Configuration

(gear)

see Section 7.5

10.

Notification List